Mizzou Men's Basketball Unveils Historic 2025-'26 Schedule
Mizzou Men's Basketball Unveils Historic 2025-'26 Schedule originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Mizzou men's basketball released its non-conference schedule and Southeastern Conference opponents for the 2025-26 season on Wednesday, and for the first time in school history, 10 teams that made last season's NCAA Tournament will travel to Columbia to challenge the Tigers.
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The Tigers open its season on the road for the second-straight season, this time heading to Washington D.C. to face Howard on Monday, Nov. 3. The date marks the earliest the Tigers have started their season in school history. Four days later, MU travels home to host Southeast Missouri State for the Tigers home opener on Friday, Nov. 7. SEMO marks the first of seven home games in a row for Mizzou. The Tigers notably host Minnesota on Wednesday, Nov. 12, a team MU narrowly defeated during its 2023-24 season where the Tigers went on to go winless in SEC play.
Mizzou wraps up its homestretch against Cleveland State — the school where Mizzou head coach Dennis Gates coached for three seasons before joining the Tigers in 2022 — on Nov. 28, before going on the road for two projected Quad 1 games according to Bart Torvik's early projections as a proxy for NET rankings. First, MU heads to South Bend, Indianapolis, to face Notre Dame on Tuesday, Dec. 2, then the Tigers head to the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City to challenge Kansas in a neutral battle.
The Missouri Tigers celebrate after defeating the Kansas Jayhawks at Mizzou Arena.© Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images
Last season, MU knocked off top-ranked Kansas at Mizzou Arena to extend its winning streak to eight games. The streak reached a season-high 10 games before the Tigers dropped a close one 80-77 against Illinois in St. Louis.
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Mizzou and Illinois will continue its bragging rights tradition with another St. Louis showdown. The two teams will face off on Monday, Dec. 22, at Enterprise Center.
The SEC also released opponents and locations for the conference portion of the season.
Mizzou plays three schools both home and away in Arkansas, Mississippi State and Oklahoma – all teams that advanced to March Madness one year ago.
Mizzou is set to face 19 of its 31 opponents next season who reached the NCAA Tournament in 2025. The Tigers have only once hosted more than seven tournament teams at home in a single season — when nine visited Hearnes Center during the 1988-89 campaign.
The Tigers notably host the reigning champion Florida Gators, along with Tennessee and Auburn — all of which made deep playoff runs last season.
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On the road, the Tigers toughest opponents are expected to be Kentucky and Alabama.
With a non-conference slate full of NCAA Tournament contenders and a challenging SEC schedule ahead, it's a prime opportunity to bounce back — and prove they belong among the nation's best.
Related: Former Mizzou Standout Expected to Become Head Coach for Celtics NBA G League Team
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 18, 2025, where it first appeared.
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