While football season is on the horizon and forefront of minds of college sports fans, the Southeastern Conference has released the schedule for its upcoming 2026-27 basketball season, including slotted dates for each conference matchup. Tipoff times and specific midweek dates will be announced at a later date. Missouri is fresh off back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and one of the biggest offseasons in program history. Head coach Dennis Gates beefed up his nonconference schedule, adding Power Five matchups like Nebraska, Kansas, Marquette and Indiana. Let's take a look at Missouri's conference slate.Mizzou Basketball's SEC ScheduleMizzou @ Arkansas, Saturday Jan. 2 Mizzou vs. Texas A&M, Jan. 5/6Mizzou vs. Kentucky, Saturday Jan. 9 Mizzou @ Tennessee, Jan. 12/13Mizzou vs. South Carolina, Saturday Jan. 16Mizzou @ Oklahoma, Jan 19/20Mizzou @ Vanderbilt, Saturday Jan. 23Mizzou vs. Alabama, Jan. 26/27Mizzou vs. Ole Miss, Saturday Jan. 30Mizzou @ Mississippi State, Feb. 2/3Mizzou vs. Tennessee, Saturday Feb. 6Mizzou @ Florida, Saturday Feb. 13Mizzou vs. Oklahoma, Feb. 16/17 Mizzou @ Auburn, Feb. 20Mizzou vs. Arkansas, Feb. 23Mizzou @ Georgia, Saturday Feb. 27Mizzou @ Texas, March 2/3Mizzou vs. LSU, Saturday March 6 SEC Tournament, March 10-14NCAA Tournament, March 16-April 5NotesConference play begins Saturday, Jan. 2, with the Tigers set to tip-off the slate on the road against Arkansas. Missouri will begin the season by playing the Razorbacks in Arkansas, picking up right where it left off the 2025-26 regular season, as the Tigers' final regular-season contest was an 88-84 overtime loss to Arkansas. The upcoming conference season-opener will mark the first time Missouri opened its conference slate against Arkansas since joining the SEC in the 2012-13 season. Like it was in 2025-26, Arkansas will be a competitive squad in 2026-27, as will Texas A&M, Kentucky and Tennessee. Missouri's SEC gives no time for the Tigers to ease into it, but that hasn't been a problem in previous seasons — a 3-1 start last season and a 4-1 start two seasons ago prove it. Missouri's bulked nonconference schedule should also help the smooth transition to conference play. Missouri has five Saturday home games, the same amount it did in the 2025-26 season. For what its worth to students, two of these games, vs. Kentucky on Jan. 9 and vs. South Carolina on Jan. 16, will be on Winter Break, which officially starts Dec. 18 and ends Jan. 19. Missouri's "bye" slot comes a week later than it did in the 2025-26 season, with the Tigers set to have an open date on Feb. 9/10. Missouri has two sets of consecutive home conference games, with the first against Texas A&M (Jan. 5/6) and Kentucky (Jan. 9), and the second against Alabama (Jan. 26/27) and Ole Miss (Jan. 30). In both sets of Missouri's consecutive home conference games last season, Missouri lost the first and won the second game. Mizzou basketball's nonconference scheduleEach game below has either been announced by the team or had reports of agreements being finalized. Mizzou @ UNLV, Oct. 29 (exhibition)Mizzou vs. Saint Louis, Nov. 6 (Neutral / St. Louis)Mizzou vs. Marquette, Nov. 15 (Neutral / Chicago)Mizzou vs. Alcorn State, Nov. 18Mizzou vs. Evansville, Nov. 18Mizzou vs. Pittsburgh, Dec. 1Mizzou vs. Kansas, Dec. 6 (Neutral / Kansas City)Mizzou vs. Nebraska, Dec. 12 (Neutral / Kansas City)Mizzou @ Indiana, Dec. 18 Mizzou vs. Illinois, Date TBD (Neutral / St. Louis)Sign up for our free newsletter and follow us on Twitter/X, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram for the latest news.Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow