Auburn basketball schedules game with Big Ten opponent

Auburn faces this Big Ten opponent for the first time in history on the hardwood.

Auburn basketball will return to Atlanta for Holiday Hoopsgiving in 2021 and will play an opponent from the Big Ten.

On Thursday, the Tigers announced that they will be taking on Nebraska in the Peach State’s capital a year after playing Memphis in the same event.

The game is part of a quadruple-header on Dec. 11 and also features Georgia Tech vs. LSU, Ole Miss vs. Western Kentucky and Clemson vs. an opponent that has yet to be announced.

This will be the first ever meeting between the Tigers and Cornhuskers.