Thanksgiving weekend is shaping up to be quite the full plate for Missouri sports fans.
Before the football team takes the field in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Black Friday for the 2017 Battle Line Rivalry game against Arkansas, the Missouri men's basketball team will open the Advocare Invitational at 10:30 a.m. on Thanksgiving, Nov. 23, against Long Beach State. The eight-team invitational, held in Orlando, Florida, announced its brackets on Wednesday.
Long Beach State went 15-19 (9-12 in Big West games) during the 2016-17 season and finished fourth overall in the Big West.
Missouri will face either St.