Mizzou hoops welcomes a Top-15 and freshmen class this season

The Missouri Tiger men’s basketball team will be starting its season Monday night with a true road game for the first time in 21 years.

coach gates — Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates celebrates after a big senior day win on March 4, 2023 against Ole Miss at Mizzou Arena (March 4, 2023 photo courtesy of Mizzou Athletics associate director for strategic communications Jason Veniskey)

Dennis Gates’ Mizzou team will battle Memphis at 7 pm at the FedExForum.

Mizzou is opening its 119^th season of play, and its head Coach Dennis Gates’ third season. Mizzou is coming off a tough 2023-2024 season where they battled injuries and finished 8-24. Standout Tamar Bates is Mizzou’s top returner from a year ago, where he averaged 13.5 points a game. Mizzou is also one of just three teams in the nation to feature a top-15 freshmen and transfer class this season.

You can listen to tonight’s Mizzou game on the Central Bank Tiger Radio Network from Learfield, on Zimmer sister station KTGR (FM 105.1). Mike Kelly and Chris Gervino have the call. Missouri hasn’t started the season with a true road game since the Quin Snyder era, when they beat Oakland 90-85 in 2003.