COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Women’s Basketball’s 2026 Southeastern Conference opponents have been announced, as publicized by the league office on Tuesday.
Missouri will play a 16-game conference slate with the Tigers welcoming Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Texas, Oklahoma and conference rival Arkansas to Mizzou Arena.
On the road, Missouri will face Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Arkansas.
In total, the conference schedule consists of a single round robin of home or away (14 games) with one rotating opponent that will be played at home and away (2 games). Each team will play eight home games and eight away games. Missouri’s rotating opponent for the upcoming season is Arkansas.
The upcoming season marks the 17th season of the 16-game schedule for women’s basketball.
The regular season concludes with the 2026 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament being held for the ninth time at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C. The tournament, which will include all 16 teams, begins on Wednesday, March 4 and concludes with the championship game on Sunday, March 8.
In March, Kellie Harper became the fifth coach in Mizzou program history. In 20 seasons as a Division I head coach, Harper has led her teams to a 393-260 record with nine NCAA Tournament berths. She has piloted her squads to 15 top-three league finishes and four conference tournament championships. Including her playing career at Tennessee, Harper has 11 seasons of SEC experience, In 2022-23, Harper led the Lady Volunteers to the NCAA Sweet 16 for a second consecutive season.
Grace Slaughter enters her junior season to headline the Tigers’ new-look roster. 2024-25 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, ranked 18th in the SEC with 15.0 points a season ago while also contributing 3.6 rebounds.
The reloaded roster will also feature seven impactful transfer additions, Chloe Sotell (Pepperdine), Jayla Smith (Purdue), Lisa Thompson (Rutgers), Sydney Mains (Florida Atlantic), Shannon Dowell (Illinois State), Jordana Reisma (Cleveland State) and Saniah Tyler (Kentucky).
Times, dates and television information will be announced at a later date.
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