Senior guard Tamar Bates will be back to lead the Mizzou men’s basketball team this season. (Photo: Cedric Williams)

ESPN recently announced that it had set the dates and times for the men’s and women’s basketball games that will be apart of the SEC/ACC Challenge in December.

The men’s games will be December 3 and 4, while the women’s game will take place on December 4 and 5.

In the men’s action, Missouri will play California, which means Tigers head coach Dennis Gates will face his alma mater. That game will be on December 3 at Mizzou Arena.

Tip off time is set for 6 p.m., and the game will be broadcast on the SEC Network.

The women’s game will also be at Mizzou Arena, on December 5, when the Tigers will host SMU. Tip off for that game will be 8 p.m., and that game will also be televised on the SEC Network.

Robin Pingeton will return for her 15th season as Mizzou’s women’s basketball coach. (Photo: Thomas Grove)

For both Missouri teams, this will be their first games of the season against Power 4 opponents. Both teams will begin their seasons on Monday, November 4, with the men playing at Memphis, while the women will travel to Vermont.

Both teams will play their first home games later that week. The Mizzou women will host Southern on Thursday, November 7, while the men will take on Howard, the next day, November 8.

2024 SEC/ACC Men’s Basketball Challenge

Date	Time	Matchup	Platform
Tue, Dec 3	6 p.m.	Notre Dame at Georgia	ESPNU
	6 p.m.	South Carolina at Boston College	ACC Network
	6 p.m.	Cal at Missouri	SEC Network
	6 p.m. or 6:30 p.m.	No. 14 Arkansas at Miami	ESPN or ESPN2
	6 p.m. or 6:30 p.m.	Syracuse at No. 13 Tennessee	ESPN or ESPN2
	8 p.m.	Wake Forest at No. 12 Texas A&M	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	Georgia Tech at Oklahoma	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	No. 20 Ole Miss at Louisville	ACC Network
	8 p.m.	Florida State at LSU	SEC Network
	8:30 p.m.	No. 23 Kentucky at Clemson	ESPN
Wed, Dec 4	6:15 p.m.	No. 2 Alabama at No. 10 North Carolina	ESPN
	6:15 p.m.	Virginia at No. 21 Florida	ESPN2
	8:15 p.m.	No. 11 Auburn at No. 8 Duke	ESPN
	8:15 p.m.	No. 22 Texas at NC State	ESPN2
	8:15 p.m.	Vanderbilt at Virginia Tech	ACC Network
	8:15 p.m.	Pitt at Mississippi State	SEC Network

2024 SEC/ACC Women’s Basketball Challenge

Date	Time	Matchup	Network
Wed, Dec 4	4 p.m.	No. 13 Oklahoma at No. 12 Louisville	ESPN2
	4 p.m.	Vanderbilt at Miami	ACC Network
	4 p.m.	Virginia Tech at Georgia	SEC Network
	6:15 p.m.	Syracuse at Texas A&M	ESPNU
	6:15 p.m.	Mississippi State at Georgia Tech	ACC Network
	6:15 p.m.	No. 18 Florida State at Tennessee	SEC Network
Thu, Dec 5	4 p.m.	No. 25 Kentucky at No. 17 North Carolina	ESPN2
	5 p.m.	Auburn at Virginia	ACC Network
	6 p.m.	No. 6 Texas at No. 2 Notre Dame	ESPN
	6 p.m.	No. 23 Ole Miss at No. 8 NC State	ESPN2
	6 p.m.	Boston College at Arkansas	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	Florida at Clemson	ACC Network
	8 p.m.	No. 11 Duke at No. 1 South Carolina	ESPN
	8 p.m.	Stanford at No. 7 LSU	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	SMU at Missouri	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	No. 21 Alabama at Cal	ESPNU