One projection shows a potential KU-Mizzou Border War meeting in the NCAA Tournament
The Mizzou and Kansas men’s basketball teams haven’t faced off since 2012, but the hiatus was supposed to end last year.
KU and Missouri have agreed to resume the series, with the first game supposed to be last fall at the T-Mobile Center. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the game to be postponed, and now the schools are scheduled to face off in Allen Fieldhouse during the 2021-22 season.
But what if the teams met sooner than that? What if the next Border War game took place in the NCAA Tournament?
CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm regularly updates his Bracketology projection, and he sees Missouri, 13-4, as a No. 2 seed and has Kansas, 13-7, seeded seventh. They’re both in the same region* in the projection, and if this happened, they would meet in the second round.
*Because of the pandemic, all of the tourney games will be held in Indiana with all but 12 being played in Indianapolis
Palm’s projected bracket, which you can see here, was made before Mizzou’s loss Wednesday at Ole Miss.
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has Mizzou as a potential No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and KU is projected as a No. 6.
Lunardi has the schools in different regions, but one can’t help but wonder if the selection committee would put them in position to meet in the second round if that seeding projection proved true.
It sure would be fun.
This story was originally published February 11, 2021 at 11:23 AM.
