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Mizzou Men’s Hoops Set to Travel to West Virginia for 2020 Big 12/SEC Challenge

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Men's Basketball will hit the road for the seventh annual Big 12/SEC Challenge, as the Tigers will face West Virginia on Jan. 25, 2020, in Morgantown. All 10 matchups between the two leagues will be featured on Jan. 25. Television designations and tip times will be announced at a later date, but each game will air on the ESPN family of networks.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Men's Basketball will hit the road for the seventh annual Big 12/SEC Challenge, as the Tigers will face West Virginia on Jan. 25, 2020, in Morgantown. All 10 matchups between the two leagues will be featured on Jan. 25. Television designations and tip times will be announced at a later date, but each game will air on the ESPN family of networks.

Mizzou is participating in the Big 12/SEC Challenge for the first time since falling at No. 22 Oklahoma during the 2014-15 campaign. The Tigers are 1-1 in the event, with the lone victory coming against West Virginia on March 5, 2013, at Mizzou Arena. Current Cleveland Cavalier Jordan Clarkson's 25-point outing led Mizzou to an 80-71 win over the Mountaineers.

The 2020 Big 12/SEC Challenge matchup will mark Mizzou's first trip to Morgantown in program history. Mizzou and West Virginia have faced off four times in their all-time series, with three of the four games coming on a neutral court.

The Tigers and Mountaineers square off the fourth time this decade and for the first time since 2017. Junior Jeremiah Tilmon, Jr., and senior Reed Nikko are the only remaining Tigers who appeared in that contest. Tilmon started and chipped in eight points and three rebounds in 20 minutes.

Mizzou – West Virginia All-Time Series

  • March 3, 1992 – No. 16 Mizzou 89, West Virginia 78 – Greensboro, N.C.*
  • March 21, 2010 – West Virginia 68, Mizzou 59 – Buffalo, N.Y.#
  • December 5, 2013 – Mizzou 80, West Virginia 71 – Columbia, Mo.
  • Nov. 26, 2017 – West Virginia 83, Mizzou 79 – Orlando, Fla.^

       * = 1992 NCAA Tournament East Region First Round
       # = 2010 NCAA Tournament East Region Second Round
       ^ = 2017 Advocare Invitational

Each of the 10 SEC teams participating in the 2020 Challenge will be a part of the 2021 event. The entire list of 2020 matchups includes the following:

  • Kansas State at Alabama
  • TCU at Arkansas
  • Iowa State at Auburn
  • Baylor at Florida
  • Kentucky at Texas Tech
  • LSU at Texas
  • Mississippi State at Oklahoma
  • Missouri at West Virginia
  • Tennessee at Kansas
  • Oklahoma State at Texas A&M

For all the latest on Mizzou Men's Basketball, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team at @MizzouHoops (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook).