With the college basketball season set to tip off in less than three weeks, the Southeastern Conference (finally) released its men's league schedule on Friday.
Missouri's first SEC contest is Dec. 30 at home against Tennessee, one of the favorites to win the conference. As always, the Tigers play home and road games against Arkansas, Ole Miss and Texas A&M, plus home and road games against Tennessee and South Carolina.
The Tigers also announced five nonconference games, starting with the Nov. 25 season opener against Oral Roberts. MU also plays home games against Liberty, Bradley and Texas Christian University in the Big 12/SEC Challenge and plays at Wichita State.