NEWS: Auburn Releases Full 2013-14 Schedule

Auburn has (finally) announced the full schedule for the 2013-14 men's basketball season.

Auburn begins their season with 5 straight games at home, starting with Nicholls State on Friday, November 8 at 7 pm CT. The Tigers then host Northwestern State (11/15), Jacksonville State (11/19), Murray State (11/23), and Tennessee State (11/26) throughout the rest of November.

The Tigers then take their show on the road for a couple of games, first against Iowa State in the Big 12/SEC Challenge on December 2, then traveling to Atlanta to face off against Illinois on December 8.

Finally, Auburn returns to Auburn Arena for their final four nonconference games: Clemson (12/19), Boston College (12/22), Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12/30), and Florida A&M (1/4).

Auburn opens the 2013-14 season with Nicholls State (Todd Van Emst)

NEWS: Auburn to Play Murray State on November 23

Another piece to Auburn's scheduling puzzle has been added today, as we have already learned about the Tigers' December 8 meeting with Illinois. Murray State unveiled their full schedule this week, showing that they will travel to Auburn Arena to take on the Tigers on Saturday, November 23. No time or TV has been set yet for the game.

This game was... not fun. (Joshua K.)

NEWS: Auburn-Illinois Set for December 8

The date for Auburn's rematch against the Illinois Fighting Illini this season has been revealed to be Sunday, December 8, according to the official Illnois schedule. The game will be played at Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA. There is currently no time or TV set for the game yet, but I expect we'll find out about that as the season draws near.

Asauhn Dixon-Tatum says "nope" to this shot. (Darrell Hoemann)

Weekly Recap: August 18-24, 2013

Scheduling was the big theme for last week, as we learned Auburn's entire SEC schedule as well as a couple of games against a couple of ACC schools. You can find all of the news here:

Full SEC Schedule Announced

After months of waiting, we finally know the when and where of Auburn's SEC schedule. This season ought to be exciting with some pretty huge home games for the Tigers.

Clemson, Boston College Dates Announced

The ACC also revealed their schedule last week, and with it came the dates and times of Auburn's home games against Clemson and Boston College.



Along with that exciting news, I ranked Auburn's 10 best SEC games, so be sure to check that out. There will likely be even more scheduling news and otherwise in the coming weeks, so keep it locked to the blog!

NEWS: Auburn to Play Clemson, Boston College in December

Clemson and Boston College unveiled their full schedules on Thursday afternoon, both revealing that they will travel to Auburn this December.

Auburn hosts Clemson first on Thursday, December 19 at 5 pm CT. This is the first game of a home and home series between the two schools, so Auburn will travel to Clemson, SC to take on the other Tigers next season. This is their first meeting since 1993, when former Auburn head coach Cliff Ellis was still coaching at Clemson.

The good Tigers will then host the Boston College Eagles on Sunday, December 22. No official game time has been decided upon as of right now. This game is a rematch of last year's non-bracketed Charleston Classic game, where Auburn fell 50-49 in Chestnut Hill.

Allen Payne showing the Eagles how it's done (Mark L. Baer)

Auburn's 10 Best SEC Games in 2014

The SEC unveiled the 2014 basketball schedules on Tuesday, meaning that we finally got our first look at Auburn's SEC schedule for this season. Now that we've all had plenty of time to pore over the fine details of the schedule, (which can be viewed here by the way) I decided to take it upon myself to rank the best 10 SEC games in the upcoming season. I ordered them based on an advanced formula of significance, excitement, and a host of other factors. It's science, people, trust me. Let's just jump right in with #10:

10. Mississippi State (2/15, 12:30 pm, SEC Network)

I know what you're thinking: "Mississippi State is one of the top SEC games? Lame!" And I agree, they are lame. Even still, you can't ignore the fact that 3 of the last 4 meetings between the Tigers and the Bulldogs were decided by exactly 3 points, meaning that you're on track for some exciting basketball when these two meet. My prediction? Auburn by 3.

9. at Florida (2/19, 6 pm, FSN)

I have our first road game of the bunch at #9, when the Tigers will find themselves in the good old O'Connell Center facing the Florida Gators. This one will be a tough out, but it took Florida breaking Kenny Gabriel's back to win the last time Auburn visited, so the Tigers may just have a chance to pull off the upset.

NEWS: SEC Schedule Announced

On Tuesday morning, the SEC announced its full TV schedule for the 2013-14 season, and man, does Auburn have an exciting home slate.

The Tigers have a very tough start to the SEC schedule, playing at Ole Miss on January 9, followed by Missouri at home on January 11, then traveling to Knoxville to face off against Tennessee on January 15, and then coming back home to play Florida on January 18. Whew.

In terms of home games, Auburn plays the aforementioned Missouri and Florida, as well as Alabama (Jan. 29), Georgia (Feb. 1), Kentucky (Feb. 12), Mississippi State (Feb. 15), Vanderbilt (Feb. 22), South Carolina (Feb. 26), and Tennessee (Mar. 5).

Auburn goes on the road to face Ole Miss, Tennessee, Mississippi State (Jan. 22), Arkansas (Jan. 25), South Carolina (Feb. 5), LSU (Feb. 8), Florida (Feb. 19), Alabama (Mar. 1), and Texas A&M (Mar. 8).

This of course means that Auburn plays Tennessee, Florida, Mississippi State, South Carolina, and Alabama twice this season, both at home on the road.

Auburn has three nationally televised games, as the Ole Miss game will be on ESPN or ESPN2 and the Missouri and Alabama games will be on ESPNU.

Overall, this is a great SEC schedule with a wealth of exciting home games. Look for more articles on Auburn's SEC games in the next few days, and be sure to keep it locked to the Schedule tab of the blog for even more non-conference updates!

Chris Denson is pumped about this year's SEC schedule. (Albert Cesare)