Mizzou earns 10-seed in Big Dance, headed to St. Louis

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

For the second-straight season, Mizzou men's basketball is going dancing.

The Tigers earned a No. 10 overall seed in the West Region. The Tigers will face No. 7-seeded Miami (Fla.) in St. Louis, on Friday, March 20.

Head coach Dennis Gates and company earned a spot in March, after a 20-12 overall finish to the season and a 10-8 run in Southeastern Conference play. The squad will look to snap a three-game losing streak, which extended into the SEC Tournament in Nashville, on Thursday. The Tigers lost to the Kentucky Wildcats in the second round of the tournament, in a game that could've helped them sweat out the results of Selection Sunday a little less.

It is the third time in his MU tenure that Coach Gates has brought a team to the NCAA Tournament. The furthest he's made it into the Big Dance is the second round, when the Tigers lost to Princeton in the second round of the 2022-23 tournament.

In the 2024-25 campaign, Mizzou entered March with high expectations, as the group had earned a No. 6 overall seed. But, their run in tournament came to an early end in the first when the Drake Bulldogs stunned the Tigers.

Now, Coach Gates and his squad will look to get past the first week of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009.