The 2025–26 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and was led by fourth-year head coach Dennis Gates. The team played its home games at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri, as a fourteenth-year member of the Southeastern Conference.

Previous season The Tigers finished the season , in SEC play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 7 seed in the SEC Tournament, held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, they defeated Mississippi State, 85–73, in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Florida, 95–81. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 6 seed in the West region, where they were upset in the first round by Drake, 67–57.

Departures Missouri departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Marques Warrick 1 G 6'3" 190 Graduate student Lexington, KY Graduated Tamar Bates 2 G 6'5" 195 Senior Kansas City, KS Graduated/undrafted in 2025 NBA draft; signed with the Denver Nuggets Marcus Allen 4 G/F 6'7" 220 Freshman Miami, FL Transferred to Miami Jeremy Sanchez 10 G 6'0" 180 Graduate student North Ridgeville, OH Walk-on; graduated Tony Perkins 12 G 6'4" 200 Graduate student Indianapolis, IN Graduated Danny Stephens 15 G/F 6'7" 230 Freshman Augusta, IL Walk-on; transferred to Western Illinois JV Brown 17 G 6'5" 200 Freshman San Pedro, CA Walk-on; transferred to Westmont Peyton Marshall 21 C 7'0" 300 Freshman Marietta, GA Transferred to Georgia Tech Aidan Shaw 23 G/F 6'9" 210 Junior Stillwell, KS Transferred to Boston College Caleb Grill 31 G 6'3" 205 Graduate student Maize, KS Graduated Josh Gray 33 C 7'0" 260 Graduate student Brooklyn, NY Graduated

Incoming transfers Missouri incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Sebastian Mack 12 G 6'3" 200 Junior Chicago, IL Transfer from UCLA Jevon Porter 14 F 6'11" 225 Senior Columbia, MO Transfer from LMU Shawn Phillips 15 C 7'0" 245 Senior Dayton, OH Transfer from Arizona State Jayden Stone 17 G 6'4" 185 Graduate Student Perth, Australia Transfer from West Virginia Luke Northweather 45 C 6'11" 240 Junior Jefferson City, MO Transfer from Oklahoma

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

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