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Missouri and Marquette will meet in men’s college basketball for the first time since 2009, playing in a neutral-site game Sunday afternoon in Chicago on Peacock and NBCSN.
Missouri leads the series 5-4 and won the most recent matchup in the second round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament.
The Tigers (2-1) have made the NCAA tourney in three of their first four seasons with head coach Dennis Gates.
The Golden Eagles (2-1) missed the NCAA Tournament last season for the first time under head coach Shaka Smart, who took the team to the Big Dance in his first four seasons. Marquette is marking its 50th anniversary of the 1976-77 NCAA championship.
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Freshman Jason Crowe Jr. is one of the most highly touted recruits in program history. Crowe set the California high school scoring record with 4,718 career points, averaging 43.3 points as a senior at Inglewood High School. He shot 11 of 16 from the field and led the Tigers with 34 pts in a win over SIU Edwardsville.
Missouri’s other key additions include Kansas transfer forward Bryson Tiller (15.7 points per game, 8.7 rebounds per game), BYU transfer Kennard Davis Jr., and Providence transfer Jamier Jones. Davis and Tiller both are averaging 12 points per game off the bench.
Gates has guided Missouri to a 42-25 record since the team missed the NCAA tournament in the 2023-24 season.
The Golden Eagles are coming off a down year of 12-20, their fewest wins since the 1990-91 season.
After avoiding Division I transfers the past four seasons, Smart added some this year, led by Louisville transfer Sananda Fru, who made preseason All-Big East third team.
Nigel James Jr., last year’s Big East Freshman of the Year, has struggled and went scoreless in a Wednesday loss to Michigan. Royce Parham, selected to the preseason All-Big East second team, leads the Golden Eagles at 12 points per game.
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