The Auburn Tigers are matched up with the Duke Blue Devils in the ACC/SEC challenge.
ESPN has announced its ACC/SEC challenge opponents and the Auburn Tigers got one of the marquee games. The Tigers will travel to Cameron Indoor Arena to take on the Duke Blue Devils on December 4th.With all the highly touted freshmen arriving some role players transferred to make room. But, if these young men play up to their one and done potential, This will be an elite matchup between two teams hoping to finish the season in San Antonio.
While Duke comes in after finishing 27-9 and No. 9 in the AP polls, Auburn comes in off a season which it finished No. 18 in the AP with a record of 27-9 under coach Bruce Pearl.. Williams started 92-of-141 career games across his five seasons with the Tigers. During the 2023-24 campaign, Williams started 33-of-34 games where he averaged 12.4 PPG, 4.4 RPG, and 1.9 APG on 59.4% shooting from the field, 39.5% from three, and 83.2% from the free throw line.
Auburn will return an experienced and deep set of guards which include Chad Baker-Mazara and Denver Jones but will be forced to re-build a bit in the front court. The addition of players like point guardincluding the last meeting at the Maui Invitational in 2018. The Tigers fell 78-72 despite 22 points from Jared Harper.
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