College Basketball - Big 12 Conference
Missouri Tigers
| Location: Columbia, Mo. University Founded: 1839 Enrollment: 27,088 Nickname:  Tigers Mascot: Truman the tiger School Colors: Old gold and black Joined the Big 12: 1996 Varsity Sports: 20 U. President: Gary Forsee Director of Athletics: Michael Alden Basketball Head Coach: Mike Anderson Conference (Co-) Champions: Big 12 Reg. Sea: 0 Basketball Arena: Mizzou Arena Current Capacity: 15,061 First Year of Basketball: 1918 |
The Tigers have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 23 times, reaching the Sweet 16 in 6 occasions and the Elite 8 4 times. They have also played in 6 NITs.
The team has achieved a total of 15 conference championships and 6 conference tournament championships. They had not been able to reach a title with the Big 12 Conference until 2008-2009 season.
In the 2008-2009 season the Tigers went 12-4 in conference games, and held an overall record of 28-6 in this very competitive conference. That was enough to take 3rd place in the Big 12.
They also claimed their first ever Big 12 Tournament Title with wins over Oklahoma State, Baylor and Texas Tech. The team went on to March Madness and made it into the Elite Eight.
The team went on to play 18-0 at home for the season. The fan filled Mizzou Arena certainly gave the Tigers the home team advantage at every game. This was a school record.
As of Mid-February 2010, the Tigers are 6-4 in conference games and sit 6th in the Big 12 conference standings.
Missouri 2009/2010 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| 17-Nov | Tennessee-Martin | W 83-68 |
| 22-Nov | Texas-Pan American | W 100-44 |
| 24-Nov | Chattanooga | W 99-56 |
| 27-Nov | vs. Old Dominion | W 66-61 |
| 28-Nov | vs. Richmond | L 59-52 |
| 2-Dec | at Vanderbilt | L 89-83 |
| 5-Dec | Oregon | W 106-69 |
| 9-Dec | at Oral Roberts | L 60-59 |
| 12-Dec | Fairleigh Dickinson | W 87-36 |
| 19-Dec | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | W 88-70 |
| 23-Dec | vs. Illinois | W 81-68 |
| 27-Dec | Austin Peay | W 94-79 |
| 30-Dec | UMKC | W 91-57 |
| 2-Jan | Georgia | W 89-61 |
| 6-Jan | Savannah State | W 74-45 |
| 9-Jan | No. 10 Kansas State | W 74-68 |
| 13-Jan | at Texas Tech | W 94-89 |
| 16-Jan | at Oklahoma | L 66-61 |
| 23-Jan | Nebraska | W 70-53 |
| 25-Jan | at No. 2 Kansas | L 84-65 |
| 30-Jan | Oklahoma State | W 95-80 |
| 3-Feb | Texas A&M | L 77-74 |
| 6-Feb | at Colorado | W 84-66 |
| 10-Feb | Iowa State | 7:30 PM ET |
| 13-Feb | at Baylor | 1:45 PM ET |
| 17-Feb | No. 14 Texas | 9:00 PM ET |
| 20-Feb | at Nebraska | 6:00 PM ET |
| 24-Feb | Colorado | 7:30 PM ET |
| 27-Feb | at No. 9 Kansas State | 8:00 PM ET |
| 2-Mar | at Iowa State | 8:00 PM ET |
| 6-Mar | No. 1 Kansas | 2:00 PM ET CBS |
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