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Auburn basketball’s 2024-25 SEC opponents, locations revealed

Make your plans now to watch Auburn basketball compete in a revamped SEC slate this season.

The SEC Men’s Basketball landscape will change for the 2024-25 season and beyond, as Oklahoma and Texas will join to provide a boost to an already loaded conference.

Auburn will meet both the Sooners and Longhorns on the court this upcoming season as part of its’ 18-game SEC slate. The dates are not known at this point, but the locations are. As part of their initial schedule as SEC members, Texas will host Auburn while the Tigers will welcome Oklahoma to Neville Arena the SEC announced Monday.

Auburn has a short history with Oklahoma and Texas when it comes to men’s basketball. The Tigers have squared off with the Longhorns just once in history, winning a 45-27 contest in Auburn on Feb. 11, 1911.

Auburn has faced the Sooners three times in history, winning two. Most recently, Auburn defeated Oklahoma as part of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge during the 2021-22 season, 86-68 at then Auburn Arena. [autotag]Jabari Smith[/autotag] recorded a double-double by scoring 21 points and securing 12 rebounds while connecting on 9-of-10 free throw opportunities. [autotag]Walker Kessler[/autotag] added 21 points and nine rebounds while [autotag]KD Johnson[/autotag] scored 13 points.

Outside of Oklahoma and Texas, Auburn will welcome Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi State, Missouri, and Tennessee to Neville Arena while facing Kentucky, LSU, South Carolina, Texas A&M, and Vanderbilt on the road.

Auburn will face rivals Alabama and Georgia, as well as Ole Miss in a home-and-home setting. The Tigers went 4-2 against those opponents last season, sweeping Georgia and Ole Miss while losing two games to Alabama.

Auburn will look to build on its SEC Tournament championship campaign next season with returning stars such as [autotag]Johni Broome[/autotag], [autotag]Denver Jones[/autotag], and [autotag]Dylan Cardwell[/autotag]. A full schedule release will be revealed at a later date.

SEC to form advisory group with Big Ten Conference

According to a press release, the group will ‘address the significant challenges facing college athletics and the opportunities for betterment of the student-athlete experience.’

The NCAA’s most powerful conferences are set to join forces to address the biggest issues surrounding college athletics.

According to a press release from Associate Commissioner of the SEC, Herb Vincent, the SEC and Big Ten are set to form a joint advisory group consisting of university presidents, chancellors, and athletic directors. This advisory group hopes to “address the significant challenges facing college athletics and the opportunities for betterment of the student-athlete experience.”

The release described further the “challenges” they hope to address regarding the student-athlete experience.

“These challenges, including but not limited to recent court decisions, pending litigation, a patchwork of state laws, and complex governance proposals, compel the two conferences to take a leadership role in developing solutions for a sustainable future of college sports.”

SEC Commissioner [autotag]Greg Sankey[/autotag] hopes that today’s issue will become better understood through this advisory group.

“There are similar cultural and social impacts on our student-athletes, our institutions, and our communities because of the new collegiate athletics environment,” Sankey said. “We do not have predetermined answers to the myriad questions facing us.  We do not expect to agree on everything but enhancing interaction between our conferences will help to focus efforts on common sense solutions.”

NIL and the transfer portal are two of the biggest issues surrounding college sports today, especially in the world of football. The SEC and Big Ten hope to better understand the two issues and to learn how to possibly better regulate them. The SEC also says that “The advisory group will have no authority to act independently and will only serve as a consulting body.  Its composition, charter and timetable, as well as the specific questions it might examine, have yet to be determined.”

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SEC Power Rankings after Week 12 of the college basketball season

The SEC is still up for grabs heading into the penultimate month of the season

The penultimate month of the college basketball season is upon us.

With the calendar flipping to February the SEC is still completely up for grabs with a month left in the regular season.

Top teams like Auburn and Kentucky have struggled recently while programs like Alabama and South Carolina continue to climb up the standings.

This conference is getting harder and harder to predict, although we are finally starting to get an idea of what teams are “for real” heading into the home stretch of the season.

Here is where each program ranks heading into February.

SEC Power Rankings after Week 11 of the college basketball season

The SEC Power Rankings continue to jump back and forth with 2/3 of the conference schedule to go.

The end of January is here. With just over 1 and 1/2 months left until the SEC Tournament kicks off in Nashville, things are heating up across the college basketball world.

No conference, besides maybe the Big 12, has been more intriguing this season than the SEC. This past week saw more upsets, shakeups, and madness as each team has played nearly a third of their conference schedule so far.

Here is where each SEC squad ranks as we enter the best part of the college basketball season.

SEC Power Rankings after Week 10 of the college basketball season

The SEC Power Rankings continue to fluctuate as we approach the meat of the season.

This college basketball season has brought more intrigue than the construction of Auburn University’s Culinary Science Center.

Upsets and dark horses have flipped the preseason polls on their head. The SEC landscape in mid-January is vastly different than what most experts predicted in the preseason.

With it, our SEC Power Rankings have seen massive shifts week in and week out. Now that most teams have played at least three conference games we are finally starting to get an idea of where each squad truly ranks, however.

It is very possible most of the conference could end up playing in the postseason, whether that be in the big dance or the NIT.

Here is where each SEC squad ranks just two short months away from the end of the regular season.

Top photos from Auburn basketballs turn at SEC Media Day

Bruce Pearl is set to start his 10th season as Auburn’s head coach.

The 2023-24 college basketball season is rapidly approaching and the SEC had its annual Media Day Wednesday in Birmingham. Auburn was represented by head coach [autotag]Bruce Pearl[/autotag] and veterans [autotag]Jaylin Williams[/autotag] and [autotag]Johni Broome[/autotag].

The Tigers enter the season with plenty of expectations after bringing in one of the top transfer classes in the country and five-star freshman [autotag]Aden Holloway[/autotag]. The group also returns Broome, who tested the NBA draft waters before ultimately deciding to return to the Plains and is one of the top players in the conference.

Pearl admitted he has not yet figured out his starting lineup and believes this is one of his deepest teams since coming to Auburn.

He added that he would like to have a starting five figured out within the week so they can start practicing for the season, which is set to start on Nov. 7 when they face the Baylor Bears.

Here is a look at the top photos of Pearl, Williams and Broome from their time speaking Wednesday.

Auburn now boasts a top-15 recruiting class following TJ Lindsey’s commitment

Auburn took another step forward in recruiting over the weekend by adding another four-star commitment to its 2024 class.

Hugh Freeze added another talented prospect to his 2024 class on Saturday by snagging four-star defensive lineman TJ Lindsey.

Lindsey is the second four-star prospect to commit to Auburn over the last two weeks, joining [autotag]Jalewis Solomon[/autotag], who pledged to the Tigers on Aug. 5.

Following Lindsey’s commitment, Auburn now has 16 commitments to their 2024 signing class. Adding another four-star to the total has given a boost to Auburn’s overall ranking, as the Tigers have climbed a few places in both the SEC rankings, as well as the overall rankings for the 2024 cycle.

Here’s a look at where Auburn, and the rest of the SEC, stands in 247Sports’ recruiting rankings following TJ  Lindsey’s commitment to the program.

Former Auburn defensive coordinator to join the SEC Network

Derek Mason is back in the SEC but is now a member of the media.

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Former Auburn defensive coordinator [autotag]Derek Mason[/autotag] is making his return to the SEC.

Mason, who was part of [autotag]Bryan Harsin[/autotag]’s first staff in 2021, will be an analyst for the SEC Network, ESPN announced Wednesday afternoon. He will work with play-by-play commentator Dave Neal and sideline reporter Taylor Davis on SEC Network afternoon games this season.

After one season in charge of Auburn’s defense, Mason decided to step down and become Oklahoma State’s defensive coordinator for the 2022 season. In January he announced that he was taking a “sabbatical” from coaching.

Prior to his time at Auburn, Mason spent seven years as the head coach at Vanderbilt. He finished with a 27-55 record and two bowl appearances.

Under Mason, Auburn’s defense ranked 27th nationally in scoring defense (21.8 points per game) and 21st in rushing yards per attempt (3.5).

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For the books: Auburn’s history with the Texas Longhorns

It is safe to say that Auburn will get the chance to learn more about Texas beginning next season.

The SEC will go through exciting changes in July 2024, as Oklahoma and Texas will enter the conference.

As each team prepares to join the conference, here is a look back at how well Auburn has performed historically against each newcomer. After examining Auburn’s surprisingly recent history with Oklahoma, it is time to review the Tigers’ history with the Texas Longhorns.

If you are having trouble remembering if Auburn has played Texas in any sport recently, it is because they have not. Auburn football fans may remember the brief rivalry that the two programs built in the 1980s, as the Tigers and Longhorns played each other four times between 1983 and 1991.

Outside of that brief stint, only one major Auburn athletic program has played Texas since the year 2000. Can you guess which one?

Here’s a look at Auburn’s short history with Texas across five major sports.

For the books: Auburn athletics’ history with the Oklahoma Sooners

As the Sooners prepare to join the SEC in 2024, here’s a look at how Auburn has performed over the years against Oklahoma.

The SEC will go through exciting changes in July 2024, as Oklahoma and Texas will enter the conference.

As each team prepares to join the conference, here is a look back at how well Auburn has performed historically against each newcomer. First, we will start with the Oklahoma Sooners.

Surprisingly enough, Auburn has played several games with the Sooners in recent memory as men’s basketball, baseball, and softball have all played at least one game against Oklahoma this decade, with football and women’s basketball playing against the Sooners once since 2017.

When thinking of Oklahoma, the minds of Auburn fans usually turn toward softball. The Tigers and Sooners have played eight times since 2016, with most of those games coming in the postseason. Auburn dropped the 2016 Women’s College World Series final to Oklahoma in three of the most exciting games in Auburn softball history.

How well has Auburn performed against the Sooners historically? Here’s a look at Auburn’s history with the Sooners across five major sports.