Mizzou (21-9, 8-8) will face off with BYU (26-6), Saturday March 19th at 5:30 CT on ESPN2 in Austin, Texas. Missouri was one of the last four at-large teams chosen for the tournament, along with St. Bonaventure, Purdue and Princeton.
Here's the team's reaction:
For the first time in a decade, we're going dancing! #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/4sZCiFx0WD
— Mizzou Basketball (@MizzouWBB) March 14, 2016
The upcoming meeting between BYU-Mizzou will be the 6th meeting all time. Mizzou currently leads the series 5-0, though the two teams haven’t faced each other since 1997.