Overview
- Tipoff is 5:00 p.m. CT at the Sandy & John Black Pavilion, with coverage on SEC Network and streaming on the ESPN app.
- Missouri enters 12-3 overall and 2-0 in SEC play, while Ole Miss is 8-7 and 0-2 and trying to avoid its first 0-3 league start since 2012.
- The Tigers arrive off consecutive SEC upsets of Florida and Kentucky, including their first win at Rupp Arena.
- Statistically, the biggest gap is inside scoring: Missouri averages over 45 paint points per game, nearly 15 more than Ole Miss, which ranks last in the SEC in that area.
- Markets and metrics differ, with some sportsbooks listing Ole Miss as a 1.5-point favorite even as NET ranks place Missouri around No. 69 and Ole Miss near No. 99.