The countdown has shifted from weeks to days to hours.
The NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket will be announced at 5 p.m. Sunday.
After March Madness was called off last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, it's been an extended wait to hear that familiar jingle and CBS Sports analyst Greg Gumbel read off each of the selected squads mascot-first.
For Missouri, it's a matter of who, when and where. The Tigers are a lock and don't have to sweat it out to see if they're in the 68-team field.
As of Friday night, Bracket Matrix lists Missouri on all 127 brackets found, with an average seeding of 6.