Can Mizzou still get in the NCAA Tourney without winning the SEC Tourney?

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Re: Can Mizzou still get in the NCAA Tourney without winning the SEC Tourney?

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clemonsonroots wrote: 26 Jan 2026 20:25 pm yes, of course they can lol. If you end up at .500 or better in SEC play, you are getting in.
Mizzou is currently 4-4
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clemonsonroots wrote: 26 Jan 2026 20:25 pm yes, of course they can lol. If you end up at .500 or better in SEC play, you are getting in.
Maybe not.

The conference isnt as good as last year.
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Re: Can Mizzou still get in the NCAA Tourney without winning the SEC Tourney?

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onemizzou wrote: 28 Jan 2026 11:48 am
dhsux wrote: 26 Jan 2026 18:37 pm
onemizzou wrote: 26 Jan 2026 17:23 pm
dhsux wrote: 25 Jan 2026 18:06 pm
onemizzou wrote: 25 Jan 2026 17:17 pm Unless they start shooting lights out from 3-point range I can barely see them winning 5 of the last 11 games. The end of the season could get very ugly.
If they beat all but their ranked opponents they will go 12-6.

And get in.

Of course..... it won't go down that way, we all know it.

I'll just say I'm more optimistic than you on this (dire) and let the games play out. They have a path but they can't mess around.
Did you watch the OU game? We needed to TWO miracles to beat a shytty OU squad, ON OUR HOME COURT. And you think we're going to win 6 games down the stretch? Optimistic is one way to put it. Delusional is another.
Wow.

Have fun there bro.
Did you enjoy the 30 point loss last night?
I don't enjoy any loss...by 1 point or 30

You do you and I'll let them play it out where ever it goes.
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Re: Can Mizzou still get in the NCAA Tourney without winning the SEC Tourney?

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dhsux wrote: 28 Jan 2026 14:43 pm I don't enjoy any loss...by 1 point or 30

You do you and I'll let them play it out where ever it goes.
Do us Mizzou fans a favor and not repost anything a troll like nonmizzou has to say.
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Re: Can Mizzou still get in the NCAA Tourney without winning the SEC Tourney?

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winonsports wrote: 28 Jan 2026 15:02 pm
dhsux wrote: 28 Jan 2026 14:43 pm I don't enjoy any loss...by 1 point or 30

You do you and I'll let them play it out where ever it goes.
Do us Mizzou fans a favor and not repost anything a troll like nonmizzou has to say.
give 'em heck willow
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Re: Can Mizzou still get in the NCAA Tourney without winning the SEC Tourney?

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Doubtful. Maybe if they made it to the finals of the SEC tourney.
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onemizzou wrote: 25 Jan 2026 17:17 pm Unless they start shooting lights out from 3-point range I can barely see them winning 5 of the last 11 games. The end of the season could get very ugly.
Free throws: Make them they’re in, keep missing them they’re out.
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Re: Can Mizzou still get in the NCAA Tourney without winning the SEC Tourney?

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rightthinker4 wrote: 29 Jan 2026 19:03 pm
onemizzou wrote: 25 Jan 2026 17:17 pm Unless they start shooting lights out from 3-point range I can barely see them winning 5 of the last 11 games. The end of the season could get very ugly.
Free throws: Make them they’re in, keep missing them they’re out.
It's not just free throw. It's 3pt shooting both on offense and on defense. They can't make 'em and me can't defend 'em.
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Re: Can Mizzou still get in the NCAA Tourney without winning the SEC Tourney?

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onemizzou wrote: 30 Jan 2026 00:25 am
rightthinker4 wrote: 29 Jan 2026 19:03 pm
onemizzou wrote: 25 Jan 2026 17:17 pm Unless they start shooting lights out from 3-point range I can barely see them winning 5 of the last 11 games. The end of the season could get very ugly.
Free throws: Make them they’re in, keep missing them they’re out.
It's not just free throw. It's 3pt shooting both on offense and on defense. They can't make 'em and me can't defend 'em.
...WON'T defend 'em.

Fixed it for you.
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Re: Can Mizzou still get in the NCAA Tourney without winning the SEC Tourney?

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11WSChamps wrote: 28 Jan 2026 14:23 pm
clemonsonroots wrote: 26 Jan 2026 20:25 pm yes, of course they can lol. If you end up at .500 or better in SEC play, you are getting in.
Maybe not.

The conference isnt as good as last year.
Agree. I think SEC teams will need 10 wins in conference to get in, absent a great non-conference record (which, of course, we don't have).
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Here's another poster putting Mizzou on an island.

Non conference records.

Texas AM 10-3
Arkansas 10-3
Florida 9-4
Auburn 9-4
Kentucky 9-4
Tennessee 10-3
Alabama 10-3
Mizzou 10-3
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Re: Can Mizzou still get in the NCAA Tourney without winning the SEC Tourney?

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Go 6-3 in the next 9 games, and get to SEC Tournament semi-finals.
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rightthinker4 wrote: 01 Feb 2026 20:25 pm Go 6-3 in the next 9 games, and get to SEC Tournament semi-finals.
That would get Mizzou an 8-9 seed.
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Re: Can Mizzou still get in the NCAA Tourney without winning the SEC Tourney?

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I think Mizzou needs to beat S.C, Texas at home, and Miss St. and OU again onthe road. Then beat one of the ranked teams at home (Tenn, Arkansas, or Vandy).

They would put them finishing 5-4.
Think they would then need a win, maybe 2, in the Conf. Tourney.

Going to be a tall task, but doable.
Most likely they will dancing in the NIT, though.
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Cardinals4Life wrote: 03 Feb 2026 19:05 pm I think Mizzou needs to beat S.C, Texas at home, and Miss St. and OU again onthe road. Then beat one of the ranked teams at home (Tenn, Arkansas, or Vandy).

They would put them finishing 5-4.
Think they would then need a win, maybe 2, in the Conf. Tourney.

Going to be a tall task, but doable.
Most likely they will dancing in the NIT, though.
They could use the experience, even if they are one and done in the NIT.
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Re: Can Mizzou still get in the NCAA Tourney without winning the SEC Tourney?

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onemizzou wrote: 26 Jan 2026 17:23 pm
dhsux wrote: 25 Jan 2026 18:06 pm
onemizzou wrote: 25 Jan 2026 17:17 pm Unless they start shooting lights out from 3-point range I can barely see them winning 5 of the last 11 games. The end of the season could get very ugly.
If they beat all but their ranked opponents they will go 12-6.

And get in.

Of course..... it won't go down that way, we all know it.

I'll just say I'm more optimistic than you on this (dire) and let the games play out. They have a path but they can't mess around.
Did you watch the OU game? We needed to TWO miracles to beat a shytty OU squad, ON OUR HOME COURT. And you think we're going to win 6 games down the stretch? Optimistic is one way to put it. Delusional is another.
Alabama beat OU by 2 and Arkansas beat them by 4. Against A&M it was a one possession game with one minute left. They had a 16 point lead against Nebraska but ended up losing by 6
No, they're not winning, but OU is competitive.
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