COLUMBIA, Mo. — The path, for now, is marked with percentages and projections.
A wide-open bracket awaits the Missouri men’s basketball team, which received a No. 6 seed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. While it’s as high a seed as seemed possible a few weeks ago — and a rather tough opponent in No. 11 seed Drake, the 30-win Missouri Valley Conference champion — there’s still the tingly feeling of March that a well-timed winning streak could mean something special for the Tigers.
Two wins gets them into the Sweet 16. Three for the Elite Eight. The program’s first Final Four is just four wins away.