COLUMBIA, MO. • Missouri's basketball schedule for Cuonzo Martin's second season is complete. The Tigers had already announced its nonconfernece slate, but the Southeastern Conference filled in the blanks with Friday's release of all dates for league games. The Tigers begin SEC play Jan. 8 at home against co-regular season champion Tennessee, Martin's former team. Martin makes his first return visit to Knoxville, Tenn., on Feb. 5.
The SEC had already announced every team's home and road opponents but had not released the dates until Friday. The Tigers play both home and road games against Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas A&M, Ole Miss and South Carolina, play only home games against Alabama, LSU, Vanderbilt and Kentucky and only road games at Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State and Georgia.