Mizzou's NCAA Tournament Seed, Opponent, Region Revealed

For the third time in four seasons, Dennis Gates has Missouri dancing.

The Tigers were selected as the 10 seed in the West Region. Missouri will begin play against 7 seed Miami in St. Louis at the Enterprise Center on Friday. The time and TV network for the game are yet to be announced.

If the Tigers win against Miami, they'll advance to play 2 seed Purdue.

This marks the first time since 2012-13 that the program has made the Tournament in back-to-back seasons. Last year, the Tigers lost in Round 1 to Drake.

Miami finished the season 25-8 and 13-5 in ACC play, grabbing ranked wins over North Carolina and Louisville. The Hurricanes finished the year first in the ACC in field-goal percentage, shooting 50.1 percent from the field. They also finished second in the conference in rebound differential at +7.4.

First-team All-ACC forward Malik Reneau led Miami in scoring this season with 18.8 points per game, while also grabbing 6.6 rebounds per game.

Missouri ended its season with three straight losses, including a 78-72 loss to Kentucky in Round 2 of the SEC Tournament. But, throughout the season Missouri grabbed huge wins in order to make its case for a bid, even despite the fact it went 1-3 against power-conference opponents in non-conference play.

"I think we're obviously a tournament team if you look at us" forward Mark Mitchell said after Missouri's regular-season finale against Arkansas. "Look at how we played the teams we played, some of the big wins we've had. I think it's pretty obvious."

In SEC play, the Tigers grabbed crucial wins over Florida, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt and Tennessee. After the three-game losing streak to end the year, it looked like Missouri would have to participate in a play-in game in order to make the field of 64. Instead, the Tigers will start by staying home.

"We had some tough games, lost a couple down probably two or three possessions," Gates said after the Arkansas loss. "...We have some great wins, I'll just leave it up to selection committee, but we have a really good case in this conference."

West Region Bracket

San Diego

No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 16 Long Island
No. 8 Villanova vs. No. 9 Utah State

Portland, Oregon
No. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 12 High Point
No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 13 Hawai'i
No. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 Texas OR NC State
No. 14 Kennesaw State vs. No. 3 Gonzaga

St. Louis
No. 7 Miami vs. No. 10 Missouri
No. 2 Purdue vs. No. 15 Queens