July 25, 2001

Columbia, Mo. - Five nationally-televised Big 12 Conference games, including three ESPN Big Monday contests, are the feature dates for the University of Missouri men's basketball 2001-02 Big 12 Conference schedule, as released today by the league office.

After closing the regular season at rival Kansas for each of the last two years, Mizzou will turn the tables, and play host to the Jayhawks in the regular-season finale for both teams. The game is set for Sunday, March 3rd, and will be televised by CBS. It will mark the first time since the 1970-71 season that MU will host KU in a regular-season finale.

Other nationally-televised conference games for the Tigers include Big Monday dates at Oklahoma (Jan. 21st), at Kansas (Jan. 28th) and at home versus Oklahoma State (Feb. 25th), as well as a Saturday night ESPN game at Baylor (Feb. 9th). MU will also host Texas in an ABC game on Feb. 17th. Combined with a non-conference slate that includes nationally-televised games against Virginia (ABC), Illinois (ESPN), Iowa (ESPN) and Saint Louis (ESPN2), the Tigers will benefit from 10 network or cable appearances.

Missouri's third tier television package (Mizzou Sports Network), will determine at a later date which games will be shown on the MSN network.

Single-game ticket information will be available at a later date.

Men's 2001-02 Season Schedule

Exhibition Season
Day	 Date	Opponent	 Site	 TV	Tipoff
Saturday	Nov. 3	CALIFORNIA ALL-STARS	 Columbia, Mo.	 --	1:00 p.m.
Tuesday	 Nov. 6	ILLINOIS ALL-STARS	 Columbia, Mo.	 --	7:00 p.m.
Regular Season
Day	 Date	Opponent	 Site	 TV	Tipoff
Tuesday	 Nov. 13	%vs. Tennessee-Martin	 Columbia, Mo.	 TBA	TBA
Wednesday	Nov. 14	%vs. Air Force/Yale 	 Columbia, Mo.	 TBA	TBA
	Other 1st-2nd Round Sites include:
	Tuscaloosa, Ala. (ALABAMA vs. Wofford, Samford vs. Loyola-Marymount)
	Iowa City, Iowa (IOWA vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore, New Orleans vs. Boston University)
	Memphis, Tenn. (MEMPHIS vs. Mississippi Valley St., Old Dominion vs. Sacramento St.)
Tuesday	 Nov. 20	%vs. TBA (Semifinals)	 Kansas City, Mo. TBA	TBA
Wednesday	Nov. 21	%vs. TBA (Championship)	 Kansas City, Mo. TBA	TBA
Saturday	Nov. 24	^vs. Xavier	 Indianapolis, Ind. TBA	TBA
Thursday	Nov. 29	JACKSON STATE	 Columbia, Mo.	 TBA	7:00 p.m.

Saturday	Dec. 1	GRAMBLING STATE	 Columbia, Mo.	 TBA	1:00 p.m.
Monday	 Dec. 3	at Saint Louis	 St. Louis, Mo. ESPN2	7:05 p.m.
Saturday	Dec. 8	SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY A&M	 Columbia, Mo.	 TBA	TBA
Saturday	Dec. 15	IOWA	 Columbia, Mo.	 ESPN	7:00 p.m.
Saturday	Dec. 22	vs. Illinois 	 St. Louis, Mo. ESPN	8:00 p.m.
Saturday	Dec. 29	at DePaul 	 Chicago, Ill.	 TBA	TBA

Wednesday	Jan. 2	COPPIN STATE	 Columbia, Mo.	 TBA	7:00 p.m.
Saturday	Jan. 5	*NEBRASKA	 Columbia, Mo.	 ESPN-Plus	12:45 p.m.
Wednesday	Jan. 9	*at Iowa State	 Ames, Iowa	 TBA	TBA
Saturday	Jan. 12	*at Kansas State	 Manhattan, Kan. ESPN-Plus	TBA
Wednesday	Jan. 16	*TEXAS A&M	 Columbia, Mo.	 TBA	7:00 p.m.
Saturday	Jan. 19	*COLORADO	 Columbia, Mo.	 ESPN-Plus	12:45 p.m.
Monday	 Jan. 21	*at Oklahoma	 Norman, Okla.	 ESPN	8:00 p.m.
Saturday	Jan. 26	*KANSAS STATE	 Columbia, Mo.	 ESPN-Plus	12:45 p.m.
Monday	 Jan. 28	*at Kansas	 Lawrence, Kan. ESPN	8:00 p.m.

Sunday	 Feb. 3	VIRGINIA	 Columbia, Mo.	 ABC	1:00 p.m.
Wednesday	Feb. 6	*IOWA STATE	 Columbia, Mo.	 TBA	7:00 p.m.
Saturday	Feb. 9	*at Baylor	 Waco, Texas	 ESPN	8:00 p.m.
Wednesday	Feb. 13	*at Nebraska	 Lincoln, Neb.	 TBA	TBA
Sunday	 Feb. 17	*TEXAS	 Columbia, Mo.	 ABC	2:30 p.m.
Wednesday	Feb. 20	*at Texas Tech	 Lubbock, Texas TBA	TBA
Saturday	Feb. 23	*at Colorado	 Boulder, Colo. ESPN-Plus	3:00 p.m.
Monday	 Feb. 25	*OKLAHOMA STATE	 Columbia, Mo.	 ESPN	8:00 p.m.

Sunday	 March 3	*KANSAS	 Columbia, Mo.	 CBS	1:00 p.m.
Thurs./Sun.	M. 7-10	Big 12 Tournament	 Kansas City, Mo. ESPN-Plus	TBA

LEGEND
% - NABC Guardians Classic (at Kemper Arena)
^-John R. Wooden Tradition (at Conseco Fieldhouse)
* -- Denotes Big 12 Conference Game	ALL CAPS - Denotes Home Game
ESPN-Plus - Big 12 Regional Network	MSN - Mizzou Sports Network
All Times are Central, and are subject to change