One more Border Showdown is headed for Kansas City, and this one will close the book on the six-game basketball series.
Kansas and Mizzou will meet Sunday, Dec. 6 at T-Mobile Center in downtown KC for the final game of the current run. The setup has bounced around the region - two games in Lawrence, two in Columbia and two in Kansas City - and the neutral site should make it easier for fans from both schools to get in the building. That matters here, especially with the city packed with KU and Mizzou alumni.
Tickets for the game go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5 on AXS.
Prices were not available as of Sept. 25.
The rivalry, once a yearly fixture when both schools were in the Big 12, returned in 2021. The first four games in the revived series were split between Lawrence and Columbia, while the 2025 matchup was staged in Kansas City and won by Kansas, 80-60.
Kansas has owned the all-time basketball series, holding a 177-96 edge. The Jayhawks have won four of the last five meetings, with their lone loss in the revived rivalry coming against a Mizzou team that beat the No. 1 team in the country.
The Border Showdown already made a stop on the football field earlier this year. Missouri took both games in that sport’s first leg, including a 38-21 win over Kansas at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium in Lawrence on Sept. 11.
For now, football is off the board until the teams meet in a home-and-home series in 2031 and 2032. After that, it’s unclear whether the KU-MU football series will continue - or whether the rivalry will shift back to basketball after this December.
Plenty of fans would probably prefer it never leaves the calendar.
“It has to be yearly,” KU junior Liam Kellieghan said before the Sept. 11 football game. “I mean, is there anything better than KU versus Mizzou?”
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