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    Auburn Basketball's 2024-25 SEC Schedule Released

    By Lance Dawe,

    14 hours ago

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    The Auburn Tigers' SEC schedule has officially been released.

    The SEC dropped conference game schedules for all SEC teams on Tuesday afternoon. Auburn will open their SEC slate January 4th at home against the Missouri Tigers before going on the road to face off against the Texas Longhorns, who joins the league alongside the Oklahoma Sooners this fall. Auburn will play Oklahoma either February 4th or 5th.

    You can find the entire conference schedule below:

    Please Note: Midweek date designations are still being finalized by ESPN.

    2024-25 AUBURN MEN’S BASKETBALL SEC SCHEDULE

    DATE OPPONENT

    Jan. 4 MISSOURI

    Jan. 7/8 at Texas

    Jan. 11 at South Carolina

    Jan. 14/15 MISSISSIPPI STATE

    Jan. 18 at Georgia

    Jan. 25 TENNESSEE

    Jan. 28/29 at LSU

    Feb. 1 at Ole Miss

    Feb. 4/5 OKLAHOMA

    Feb. 8 FLORIDA

    Feb. 11/12 at Vanderbilt

    Feb. 15 at Alabama

    Feb. 18/19 ARKANSAS

    Feb. 22 GEORGIA

    Feb. 25/26 OLE MISS

    March 1 at Kentucky

    March 4/5 at Texas A&M

    March 8 ALABAMA

    March 12-16 at SEC Championship (Nashville, Tenn.)

    The Tigers are slated to play in the Maui Invitational this season against some of the best college basketball has to offer. According to Jon Rothstein, Auburn's first opponent they will face in the invitational will be the Iowa State Cyclones.

    The rest of the opening matchups of the invitational are as follows:

    UConn/Memphis

    Michigan State/Colorado

    North Carolina/Dayton

    Iowa State finished last season with a 29-8 record, making the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament before losing to Illinois. The Cyclones had the No. 1 defense in the nation according to KenPom. Torvik, another analytics website, has Iowa State as the No. 3 team in the nation as we approach the 2024-25 season.

    Auburn is projected to be one of the nation's best teams as well. Torvik has Bruce Pearl & Co. ranked preseason No. 7. In the Way Too Early Top 25 preseason rankings, UH was picked No. 1 by CBS Sports and No. 2 by The Athletic , while Auburn was selected No. 8 and No. 10 by both media outlets respectively.

    The Tigers' non-conference schedule already includes the Houston Cougars, Duke Blue Devils, and Purdue Boilermakers. Auburn signed a two-year series with Houston at the beginning of August.

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