Ole Miss vs. Missouri: Odds, predictions from ESPN, KenPom

Ole Miss and Missouri get the honor of opening the SEC tournament with the first game on Wednesday night. Ahead of tipoff, here is how to watch No. 12-seed Missouri (11-20) versus No. 13-seed Ole Miss (13-18), in addition to predictions from both ESPN and KenPom, and the Las Vegas odds.

How to watch Ole Miss versus Missouri

Time: 6:00 p.m. ET

Location: Amalie Arena (Tampa, Fla.)

Network: SEC Network

Vegas odds

According to VegasInsider, the Rebels are 3-point favorites in the first round of the SEC tournament on Wednesday night. The over/under for the game is 131.5.

ESPN BPI prediction

ESPN’s College Basketball Power Index (BPI) measures team strength and predicts future performances across the sport. The BPI prediction from ESPN has Mississippi with a 72.9% chance of earning a close victory over the Tigers on Wednesday night. It’s not one of the more competitive games of the day’s slate, which features a slew of first-round conference tournament games.

Projected winner: Ole Miss

Predicted point differential: 6

Matchup Quality: 60

KenPom prediction

KenPom is another tool used to predict and project college basketball results. Like ESPN, KenPom projects Ole Miss moving past Missouri and on to the second round.

Predicted winner: Mississippi

Predicted final score: Ole Miss 68, Missouri 65

Win probability (for Ole Miss): 61%

Ole Miss, Missouri face off in round one of 2022 SEC tournament

The Tigers and Rebels meet in Tampa on Wednesday to tip off the 2022 SEC tournament. Both teams struggled this season with neither posting more than five wins in conference play. The winner moves on to play on Thursday versus No. 5-seed LSU.

Despite coming into the neutral site game as the favorites, the Ole Miss Rebels dropped both games versus Missouri during the season. They lost 78-53 in mid-January and again, 74-68, in mid-February. Mississippi takes a four-game losing streak into the tournament while Mizzou beat Georgia by 10 to end the regular season after a six-game losing streak.