No. 2 Auburn powered through its daunting nonconference gauntlet while earning victories over four nationally ranked teams: Houston, Iowa State, North Carolina and Purdue.
Missouri comes into the game 11-2 with Saturday being its first SEC contest of the year. It shocked the world Dec. 8 knocking off the then No. 1 team Kansas 76-67 for its best win of the season.
Mizzou is No. 55 in the KenPom rankings, while Auburn is No. 1. The lowest-rated SEC team in KenPom is South Carolina (10-3) at No. 64, with the rest of the conference’s squads residing in the top 56.