{"id":595587,"date":"2026-02-11T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/595587\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T00:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:00:36","slug":"sbn-reacts-what-minimum-record-does-mizzou-basketball-need-down-the-stretch-to-make-the-ncaa-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/595587\/","title":{"rendered":"SBN Reacts: What Minimum Record Does Mizzou Basketball Need Down the Stretch to Make the NCAA Tournament?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Missouri fans and fans across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/6Q70N2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sign up here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sign up here<\/a> to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s February 10th and for the first time in a while, Mizzou Basketball is squarely on the bubble. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockmnation.com\/missouri-tigers-basketball\/138296\/pourover-never-apologize-for-winning\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sam Snelling notes from his pour over following the latest win over South Carolina that it\u2019s the first time since 2011;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sam Snelling notes from his pour over following the latest win over South Carolina that it\u2019s the first time since 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The last time Mizzou was a true bubble team was probably 2011. If you\u2019re a 9 seed you\u2019re not really on the bubble, and of the Tigers 6 tournament appearances since 2011 they\u2019ve been a 9 seed or higher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">With eight games remaining in the regular season, Missouri sits at 16-7 overall and 6-4 in SEC \u2013 which builds a reasonable path for the Tigers to make back-to-back NCAA Tournaments for the first time since 2012-2013.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Respectfully, Mizzou currently sits at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/rankings\/basketball-men\/d1\/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:No. 61 in the latest NET rankings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">No. 61 in the latest NET rankings<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:No. 52 on KenPom;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">No. 52 on KenPom<\/a>. The Tigers are 2-4 in Quad 1 games and 3-3 in Quad 2 games \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockmnation.com\/mizzou-links\/138396\/commute-the-latest-bubble-watch-for-mizzou-basketball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:barely good enough to be on the right side of the bubble in some projections.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">barely good enough to be on the right side of the bubble in some projections. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">ESPN\u2019s Joe Lunardi currently has Mizzou as the one of the First Four Out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Meanwhile, Bracketeer\u2019s Rocco Miller believes Mizzou needs to go .500 the rest of the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Continuing to take care of business at home and notching at least one more road win might be enough to do the trick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In our latest SBN Reacts survey, we ask you this: What minimum record does Mizzou Basketball need down the stretch in order to make the NCAA Tournament?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. 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