Auburn basketball will have a lot of time to enjoy the Florida sunshine later this month.
Bruce Pearl’s squad will be traveling to Fort Myers to play Saint Joe’s on Nov. 26 and then face No. 1 Gonzaga the next day in the Fort Myers Tip Off. It was then announced on Tuesday that the Tigers have agreed to a home-and-home with UCF. Auburn will play in Orlando on Nov. 30 while the Knights will come to the Plains next season.
The Tigers have a young team in 2020-21 as the six leading scorers from last year’s squad all departed due to graduation or for the NBA draft. A strong recruiting class led by 5-star point guard Sharife Cooper and 4-star power forward JT Thor is supposed to help the rebuilding process come along faster than usual for Pearl.