COLUMBIA, MO. • The Missouri women's basketball team is headed back to the NCAA Tournament for a third straight season but fell short of the goal it chased all season and won't host the opening rounds of the tournament. Instead, the Tigers (24-7) are seeded fifth in the Lexington, Ky., Region and will begin play in Palo Alto, Calif., facing No. 12 seed Florida Gulf Coast in the first round on Stanford's campus. The game will tip off at 2:30 p.m. Central time on ESPN2.
The winner of that game faces the winner of No. 4 Stanford against No.