Mizzou Gets Home-Field Edge in NCAA Tournament

0:00On March 16th, the Missouri Tigers landed a 10-seed in the 2026 NCAA tournament and will face the seven-seeded Miami Hurricanes right in. St. Louis, just a short drive from their Columbia campus. Miami enters under first-year head coach Jay Lucas with a mostly fresh roster, and several key players have zero experience in the big dance of March. Madness. Fans are buzzing about the home field edge, with Tiger supporters planning easy trips to pack the arena and give the team a real boost against a higher seed. Earlier projections had Missouri on the bubble as a possible 11-seed, or even in the first four in Dayton, but the committee rewarded their strong. Wins with this better spot and a direct buy into the first round. That set up means fresher legs for Coach Dennis Gates' squad, dodging extra travel or a play-in game, and setting up a real shot at an early upset.