University of Missouri

KC will play host to first Mizzou-Nebraska men’s hoop game since days of Big 12

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  • Missouri and Nebraska will meet Dec. 12 at Kansas City’s T-Mobile Center.
  • The matchup is the teams’ first men’s basketball meeting since 2011.
  • Both teams enter the game coming off NCAA Tournament seasons in 2025.

The last time Missouri played Nebraska in men’s basketball, the Tigers were members of the Big 12.

They’ll meet on Dec. 12 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City as teams coming off NCAA Tournament seasons — Mizzou from the Southeastern Conference and the Cornhuskers the Big Ten.

The schools announced the game on Thursday. Tickets, tip time and broadcast information will be named at a later date.

Although they haven’t crossed paths since 2011, the Tigers and Huskers are familiar with the building in KC. Mizzou met Kansas inside T-Mobile Center last season and next season will play the Jayhawks six days earlier there, on Dec. 6.

Last season, Nebraska played Kansas State in Kansas City. The Cornhuskers went on to reach the NCAA Tournament — and win their first NCAA game — reaching the Sweet 16.

Missouri also made the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four seasons under coach Dennis Gates.

Cornhuskers coach Fred Hoiberg knows T-Mobile Center especially well. He coached Iowa State to Big 12 Tournament championships there in 2014 and 2015.

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