The Missouri Tigers are a team with very little consistency. They've looked elite, they've looked incompetent, sometimes both within the same game. So it's certainly fitting that they land in a spot that perfectly represents that in the latest bracketology.
According to Hoops HQ's latest projection, the Tigers are the very last team to make the field. They'd play out east in a play-in game as a No. 11-seed. It wouldn't be anything to write home about, but at this point, just making the field would be a win for this roller coaster season.
Tigers' uneven season is a direct reflection of their latest tournament projection
Missouri is a hard team to figure out. Their weak non-conference schedule told us basically nothing, and the SEC slate so far has been befuddling as well. The Tigers have wins over Florida and Kentucky, but have losses against a floundering LSU squad and an Ole Miss team with double-digit losses already. So it only seems right that as of this moment, the Tigers may be the final team to make the Big Dance.
Missouri has been toeing the line all year, and despite a 15-7 record, their NET ranking doesn't paint as pretty of a picture. Missouri is currently No. 72, and would need to climb up at least a dozen or so spots to feel more confident about their tournament dreams. The good, or maybe bad news, is that all of their remaining games are either a Quad 1 or 2, so there's plenty of chances to improve their resume.
Missouri just feels like a team that could either go on a nice run to the Sweet Sixteen, or get blown out in a play-in game by 25 and neither would be more surpising of an outcome than the other. They'll have their next chance to boost their rank against South Carolina on Feb. 7.