SEC opponents revealed for Mizzou WBB

Basketball is back on the menu. The Southeastern Conference revealed the women’s basketball conference schedule on Tuesday after releasing the men’s a day before.

Like last year, the women will play a 16-game conference schedule. With the additions of Oklahoma and Texas, the Tigers will play each team once along with a rotating opponent for a home-and-home every season. This year, that rotating opponent is newcomer Oklahoma, reviving an old Big 8 rivalry.

Here is the full list of road opponents:

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Auburn
• Georgia
• Oklahoma
• Ole Miss
• Texas
• Texas A&M

The list of home opponents:

• Florida
• Kentucky
• LSU
• Mississippi State
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Vanderbilt

The Tigers have a difficult home schedule ahead, facing off against SEC powerhouses like South Carolina and LSU who have won the last three national championships. Other teams of note include Oklahoma, Tennessee and Vanderbilt who all made the NCAA Tournament last season. This doesn’t even include Kentucky, who brought in new head coach Kenny Brooks from Virginia Tech and star transfer Georgia Amoore to boot.

Notably from the road schedule is the first trip back to Austin since the team lost to the Longhorns in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament back in 2016. Texas continues to be a powerhouse, earning a one-seed last season and advancing to the Elite 8. Other tournament teams Mizzou faces off with on the road include Oklahoma (mentioned before), Alabama, Ole Miss and Texas A&M.

Including Texas and Oklahoma, the SEC will feature 10 teams that made the Big Dance last year. Regardless of any improvements made to Coach Pingeton’s roster, it’s another tough draw in a tough conference.

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