COLUMBIA, Mo. — Now for the stretch run.
No. 15 Missouri men’s basketball, along with the rest of the Southeastern Conference, is entering the final third of league play. At 8-4, the Tigers sit sixth in the conference. They’ve functionally secured their spot in the NCAA Tournament.
So the stretch run, then, is about seeding.
Bracketologists, at the moment, peg Mizzou as a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament. That still remains a rather sketchy science until the calendar turns to March.
Far more concrete is the race for seeding in the SEC Tournament, held March 12-16 in Nashville, Tennessee.