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Steve Roberts - USA TODAY Sports
The Missouri Tigers learned Sunday they earned a No. 6 seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament.
They will head to Wichita for their first-round game against No. 11 Drake on Thursday. The winner of that matchup will face the winner of No. 3 seed Texas Tech and No. 14 seed UNCW on Saturday.
After opening the season with a loss on the road to Memphis, the Tigers returned to Columbia for 10 consecutive games, winning them all and highlighting the home stretch with a 76-67 Border War win against then-No. 1 kansas on Dec. 8, the first time the Tigers won the rivalry matchup since Feb. 4, 2012.
Mizzou then dropped a close one against Illinois for Braggin' Rights, but rebounded with a win to go into SEC play at 11-2, already surpassing the eight total wins the Tigers had in 2023-24.
Then-No. 2 Auburn handed the Tigers their 19th consecutive regular-season SEC loss to opened conference play, but Missouri responded with four consecutive wins against LSU, Vanderbilt, then-No. 5 Florida and Arkansas.
After a loss to Texas, the Tigers responded with wins against then-No. 16 Ole Miss and a road win against then-No. 14 Mississippi State to reach 6-2 in SEC play for the first time in program history.
After dropping two tough games against top-10 opponents, the Tigers then won three in a row, including a 110-98 win against then-No. 4 Alabama, the first time the Tigers ever scored 100 points in an SEC game, let alone 110.
But a down stretch hit through the end of the season as the Tigers lost four of their five final regular-season games, though they averaged 90 points per game in that stretch.
The Tigers responded with another win against Mississippi State to open the SEC Tournament, but lost to eventual-SEC champion Florida in the rematch.
This story will be updated with quotes after the selection show ends.
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