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.
Thirteen SEC teams currently rank in the top 50 of KenPom’s efficiency ratings, tying the league with the Big Ten for the most from a single conference. Auburn will play each of those other 12 teams ...