Mizzou opens AdvoCare Invitational against Long Beach State, adds nonconference game

Missouri will kick off the 2017 AdvoCare Invitational against Long Beach State at 10:30 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day at HP Fieldhouse on the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla.

The Tigers play in the tourney’s opening game, which will be televised on ESPN2.

The winner of that game plays the winner between St. John’s and Oregon State on Nov. 24 at 12:30 p.m. in the tourney semifinals.

That game tips off roughly one hour before Mizzou football’s regular-season finale at Arkansas in the fourth annual Battle Line Rivalry game at 1:30 p.m. from Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Ark., on CBS.

Nebraska and Central Florida, which hosts the Tigers in an exempt fourth game from the tourney Nov. 30 in Orlando, meet on the opposite side of the bracket along with West Virginia and Marist.

The tourney championship game is slated for 8:30 p.m. Nov. 26 on ESPN2.

Mizzou also announced a game Nov. 13 against Wagner College, a Northeast Conference team from Staten Island, N.Y., at Mizzou Arena.

2017-18 MISSOURI BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Home games in bold

Nov. 10 Iowa State

Nov. 13 Wagner

Nov. 16 at Utah

Nov. 23 vs. Long Beach State*

Nov. 24 vs. St. John’s or Oregon State*

Nov. 26 at AdvoCare Invitational*

Nov. 30 at Central Florida

Dec. 5 Miami (Ohio)

Dec. 9 Green Bay

Dec. 16 North Florida

Dec. 19 Stephen F. Austin

Dec. 20-23 vs. Illinois^

* 2017 AdvoCare Invitational at HP Fieldhouse in Orlando, Fla.

^ MU has not announced a final date for the annual Braggin’ Rights Game at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, but it’s contracted for this four-day window

2017 ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE

Thursday, Nov. 23

First round

Missouri vs. Long Beach State, 10:30 a.m. (ESPN2)

St. John’s vs Oregon State, 1 p.m. (ESPNU)

Central Florida vs. Nebraska, 5 p.m. (ESPN3)

West Virginia vs. Marist, 7:30 p.m. (ESPNews)

Friday, Nov. 24

Semifinals

Missouri/Long Beach State winner vs. St. John’s/Oregon State winner, 10 a.m. (ESPNews)

Central Florida/Nebraska winner vs. West Virginia/Marist winner, 5 p.m. (ESPN2)

Consolation semifinals

Missouri/Long Beach State loser vs. St. John’s/Oregon State loser, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN3)

Central Florida/Nebraska loser vs. West Virginia/Marist loser, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN3)

Sunday, Nov. 26

Championship — Semifinals winners, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Third-place game — Semifinals losers, 11 a.m. (ESPNU)

Fifth-place game — Consolation semifinals winners, 1 p.m. (ESPNU)

Seventh-place game — Consolation semifinals losers, 6 p.m. (ESPN3)

This story was originally published July 26, 2017 at 3:18 PM with the headline "Mizzou opens AdvoCare Invitational against Long Beach State, adds nonconference game."