Robin Pingeton has assembled one the best Missouri women’s basketball teams ever and taken her program to a competitive level it had not been to in decades. But the coach, in her eighth season at MU, has never won a Southeastern Conference tournament game.
Pingeton’s latest chance to do so might also be her best yet. The Tigers will face No. 14 seed Mississippi, the conference's last-place team during the regular season. The Rebels, losers of 13 straight coming into this week, topped No. 11 seed Florida to advance to the second round. Ole Miss' only regular-season conference win also came against the Gators, and Missouri beat the Rebels by 19 points on the road earlier this season.