Alabama baseball 's opponent for the 2025 SEC Tournament is set.

The No. 9 seed Crimson Tide will kick off the week of competition at the Hoover Met against No. 16 seed Missouri on Tuesday.

Set to start at 9:30 a.m. CT on the SEC Network, Alabama (40-15, 16-14 SEC) and Missouri (16-38, 3-27 SEC) could be worth calling out of work for, or sneaking the iPad into the office. Don't be fooled by the Tigers' records. This team has nothing to lose, so Alabama can't afford to come out sleepwalking the way it did against Mizzou in the series opener.

Here's what to know about Alabama's first round foe.

Lovich leading the way for Missouri in last chance SEC Tournament run

Missouri's offense is led by junior infielder Jackson Lovich, who tops the team in nearly every major offensive category, including batting average, slugging percentage, OPS, hits, runs, home runs and RBIs, slashing .354/.426/.624.

Lovich got a hit in each game of the Crimson Tide's sweep of the Tigers, but he only scored once. Given this'll likely be his team's last appearance without a win, expect him to swing for the fences.

Tigers have been historically bad ... and why that might not be good for Alabama baseball

Missouri baseball's regular season ended with the worst SEC record in the 30-game era. Giving up 50 total runs in its final series against Mississippi State, it's not hard to imagine that the Tigers will be out to prove that they can beat one of the top teams in the country. Especially having been swept by Alabama back in April with losses of 7-5, 7-3 and a 12-1 run-rule through seven innings.

Before Hoover, don't forget about Missouri's hot start in Tuscaloosa

Texas A&M was the first team in the conference to fall to Missouri, but it looked like it might be Alabama for the first five innings of their inaugural meeting of the season.

Missouri plated five runs in the first inning and led the Crimson Tide 5-2 until UA tied it up in the sixth inning. Alabama was only surged to victory by a Coleman Mizell home run in the bottom of the eighth, and used the momentum to bring out the brooms that weekend. Still Missouri proved it could keep things close in game two, and anything can happen once the stakes are win-or-go home.

Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for the Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at [email protected].