Missouri’s first SEC Tournament game tips in the mid-afternoon on Thursday, against either Georgia or Vanderbilt. If the Tigers win, they get Kentucky on Friday. If they win that one, they get either Auburn, Alabama, or Texas A&M in Saturday’s semifinals.
In terms of NCAA tournament stakes, Cuonzo Martin’s squad finds itself laminated right in the middle of the current batch of potential 8 and 9 seeds. In Joe Lunardi’s latest ESPN Bracketology bracket, he has the Tigers playing Butler in the first round of the South region, with the winner getting Virginia.