AUBURN, Ala. - Auburn basketball opens its 18-game SEC schedule for the 2016-17 season prior to January for the first time in 28 years with a Dec. 29 home game vs. Georgia on ESPNU, the SEC announced on Tuesday.
The Tigers play their three common SEC opponents Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss home-and-home along with LSU and Missouri. Auburn plays Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi State in Auburn Arena and Kentucky, Vanderbilt, South Carolina and Texas A&M on the road.
For its entire 2016-17 schedule, Auburn faces a possibility of playing 15 games against 12 teams that reached postseason last year, including seven games vs.