2025–26 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

2025–26 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
2025–26 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach	Dennis Gates (4th season);
Associate head coach	Kyle Smithpeters (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Ryan Sharbaugh (3rd season); Matt Cline (3rd season); Steve Wright (1st season); Dickey Nutt (4th season);
Home arena	Mizzou Arena

2025–26 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Alabama	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Arkansas	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Auburn	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Florida	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Georgia	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Kentucky	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
LSU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Mississippi State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Oklahoma	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Ole Miss	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
South Carolina	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Tennessee	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Texas	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Texas A&M	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Vanderbilt	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2026 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represents the University of Missouri in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and is led by fourth year head coach Dennis Gates. The team plays its home games at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri, as a fourteenth-year member of the Southeastern Conference.

Previous season

The Tigers finished the season 22–12, 10–8 in SEC play finish in a 3-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 7 seed in the SEC Tournament, held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, they defeated Mississippi State, 85–73, in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Florida, 95–81. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 6 seed in the West region where they were upset in the first round by Drake, 67–57.

Departures

Missouri Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Marques Warrick	1	G	6'3"	190	Graduate Student	Lexington, KY	Graduated
Tamar Bates	2	G	6'5"	195	Senior	Kansas City, KS	Graduated/undrafted in 2025 NBA draft; signed with the Denver Nuggets
Marcus Allen	4	G/F	6'7"	220	Freshman	Miami, FL	Transferred to Miami
Jeremy Sanchez	10	G	6'0"	180	Graduate Student	North Ridgeville, OH	Walk-on; graduated
Tony Perkins	12	G	6'4"	200	Graduate Student	Indianapolis, IN	Graduated
Danny Stephens	15	G/F	6'7"	230	Freshman	Augusta, IL	Walk-on; transferred
JV Brown	17	G	6'5"	200	Freshman	San Pedro, CA	Walk-on; transferred to Westmont
Peyton Marshall	21	C	7'0"	300	Freshman	Marietta, GA	Transferred to Georgia Tech
Aidan Shaw	23	G/F	6'9"	210	Junior	Stillwell, KS	Transferred to Boston College
Caleb Grill	31	G	6'3"	205	Graduate Student	Maize, KS	Graduated
Josh Gray	33	C	7'0"	260	Graduate Student	Brooklyn, NY	Transferred

Incoming transfers

Missouri Incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Sebastian Mack	12	G	6'3"	200	Junior	Chicago, IL	UCLA
Jevon Porter	14	F	6'11"	225	Senior	Columbia, MO	Loyola Marymount
Shawn Phillips	15	C	7'0"	245	Senior	Dayton, OH	Arizona State
Jayden Stone	17	G	6'4"	185	Graduate Student	Perth, Australia	West Virginia
Luke Northweather	45	C	6'11"	240	Junior	Jefferson City, MO	Oklahoma

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Nicholas Randall #12 C	St. Louis, MO	AZ Compass Prep	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Oct 28, 2024
Nicholas Randall #12 C	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (83)
Aaron Rowe G	Columbia, MO	Tolton High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Dec 12, 2023
Aaron Rowe G	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (82)
Overall recruit ranking: Scout: 10 Rivals: 5
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Roster

2025–26 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Anthony Robinson II	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Florida State University School	Tallahassee, FL
G	5	T.O. Barrett	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Link Academy	Edmond, OK
G	6	Annor Boateng	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Little Rock Central High School	Little Rock, AR
C	7	Trent Burns	7 ft 5 in (2.26 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS Fr	Pro-Vision Academy	Houston, TX
G/F	11	Trent Pierce	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Compass Prep	Tulsa, OK
G	12	Sebastian Mack	—	—	Jr	Coronado High School UCLA	Chicago, IL
F	14	Jevon Porter	—	—	Sr	Tolton High School Loyola Marymount	Columbia, MO
C	15	Shawn Phillips	—	—	Sr	Dream City Christian School Arizona State	Dayton, Ohio
G	17	Jayden Stone	—	—	GS	Sunrise Christian Acadmemy West Virginia	Perth, Australia
G/F	25	Mark Mitchell	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Sunrise Christian Academy Duke	Kansas City, KS
G/F	35	Jacob Crews	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	GS	Superior Collegiate Academy UT Martin	Hilliard, FL
F	45	Luke Northweather	—	—	RS Jr	Blair Oaks High School Oklahoma	Jefferson City, MO

Head coach

Dennis Gates (California)

Assistant coach(es)

Kyle Smithpeters (Southern Illinois)
Ryan Sharbaugh (Westminster College)
Matt Cline (South Alabama)
Steve Wright (Bowling Green)
Dickey Nutt (Oklahoma State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 24, 2025* TBA	Kansas State	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* TBA	at Howard	Burr Gymnasium Washington, D.C.
November 7, 2025* TBA	Southeast Missouri State	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
November 9, 2025* TBA	VMI	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
November 12, 2025* TBA	Minnesota	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
November 17, 2025* TBA	Prairie View A&M Missouri Multi-Team Event	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
November 20, 2025* TBA	South Dakota Missouri Multi-Team Event	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
November 25, 2025* TBA	South Carolina State Missouri Multi-Team Event	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
November 28, 2025* TBA	Cleveland State	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
December 2, 2025* TBA	at Notre Dame ACC–SEC Challenge	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 7, 2025* TBA	vs. Kansas Border War	T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
December 11, 2025* TBA	Alabama State	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
December 14, 2025* TBA	Bethune–Cookman	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
December 22, 2025* TBA	vs. Illinois Braggin' Rights	Enterprise Center St. Louis, MO
SEC regular season
January 3, 2026 TBA	Florida	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
January 6/7, 2026 TBA	at Kentucky	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
January 10, 2026 TBA	at Ole Miss	SJB Pavilion University, MS
January 13/14, 2026 TBA	Auburn	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
January 17, 2026 TBA	at LSU	Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
January 20/21, 2026 TBA	Georgia	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
January 24, 2026 TBA	Oklahoma	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
January 27/28, 2026 TBA	at Alabama	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
January 31, 2026 TBA	Mississippi State	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
February 7, 2026 TBA	at South Carolina	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
February 10/11, 2026 TBA	at Texas A&M	Reed Arena College Station, TX
February 14, 2026 TBA	Texas	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
February 17/18, 2026 TBA	Vanderbilt	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
February 21, 2026 TBA	at Arkansas	Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR
February 24, 2026 TBA	Tennessee	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
February 28, 2026 TBA	at Mississippi State	Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS
March 3/4, 2026 TBA	at Oklahoma	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
March 7, 2026 TBA	Arkansas	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
SEC Tournament
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP
Coaches

References

^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". mutigers.com. Retrieved July 13, 2025.

[1] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". mutigers.com. Retrieved July 13, 2025.

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Missouri Tigers men's basketball
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Premo-Porretta national championships in bold