Missouri, which was a slight underdog on the betting line Thursday against Utah State despite having a better seed (7) in the men's NCAA Tournament than the Aggies (10), prevailed in Sacramento, Calif. to set up a second-round matchup with Princeton.
Princeton pulled the upset of the tourney so far, winning as a 15th seed over No. 2 Arizona.
The teams are set to meet on Saturday in Sacramento, at 5:10 p.m. (St. Louis time) in a game to be shown on TNT. As of early Friday, MU had been installed as a 6½ point favorite at all three legal walk-in sportsbooks in the St.