NCAA Tournament March Madness

#53 Missouri

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Projection: first four out

Missouri’s résumé reads like a classic bubble profile because it mixes resume-boosting road wins, most notably at Kentucky and on the road at South Carolina and Texas A&M, with damaging showings in the big spots, including heavy losses at Kansas and at Alabama and a neutral-site drubbing by Illinois. The offense has produced standout outings against weaker nonconference opponents and the team has collected meaningful home wins over Florida and Oklahoma, yet the defense has been exposed in marquee tests and slip-ups at LSU and Mississippi raise real consistency concerns. With a stretch of remaining games that includes Texas and Vanderbilt at home and challenging road trips to Arkansas and Oklahoma, Missouri still has clear chances to strengthen its at-large case but also faces obvious routes to falling off the bubble depending on how it finishes.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Howard243W88-67
11/7SE Missouri St242W89-84
11/9VMI360W106-68
11/12Minnesota80W83-60
11/17Prairie View323W91-73
11/20South Dakota281W102-68
11/25S Carolina St358W98-66
11/28Cleveland St307W86-59
12/2@Notre Dame82L76-71
12/7@Kansas14L80-60
12/11Alabama St311W85-77
12/14Bethune-Cookman222W82-60
12/22(N)Illinois6L91-48
1/3Florida5W76-74
1/7@Kentucky28W73-68
1/10@Mississippi71L76-69
1/14Auburn31W84-74
1/17@LSU54L78-70
1/20Georgia39L74-72
1/24Oklahoma57W88-87
1/27@Alabama16L90-64
1/31Mississippi St91W84-79
2/7@South Carolina98W78-59
2/11@Texas A&M36W86-85
2/14Texas3448%
2/18Vanderbilt1130%
2/21@Arkansas1817%
2/24Tennessee1935%
2/28@Mississippi St9155%
3/3@Oklahoma5744%
3/7Arkansas1835%