Auburn women’s basketball will play 14 home contests—six non-conference and eight SEC games—as part of its 2017-18 schedule, the school announced Tuesday.
The Tigers will play five Sunday afternoon games at Auburn Arena, including the first three conference games, the annual showdown with Alabama (January 28), and Senior Day vs. Ole Miss (February 25).
Auburn will begin the season with a road contest at Virginia Tech (November 13) before returning home to face North Carolina A&T (Nov. 16) and Louisiana Tech (Nov. 19). The Tigers will travel to Nashville for the Challenge in Music City over Thanksgiving weekend where they will play Georgetown, Northwestern, and UT-Chattanooga.
SEC play begins on New Year’s Eve as Auburn will host Florida. The Tigers will also host SEC foes Texas A&M (Jan. 7), Arkansas (Jan. 14), Alabama (Jan. 28), LSU (Feb. 8), Vanderbilt (Feb. 12), Missouri (Feb. 15), and Ole Miss (Feb. 25). Auburn will make road trips to Tennessee (Jan. 4), South Carolina (Jan. 11), LSU (Jan. 18), Georgia (Jan. 21), Kentucky (Feb. 1), Texas A&M (Feb. 4), Alabama (Feb. 18), and Mississippi State (Feb. 22).
The SEC Tournament runs from Feb. 28-Mar. 4 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
Auburn returns three starters from last year’s team and is coming off back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances under head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy, who returns for her sixth season.
Nov. 13 at Virginia Tech
Nov. 16 NORTH CAROLINA A&T
Nov. 19 LOUISIANA TECH
Nov. 24 vs. Georgetown*
Nov. 25 vs. Northwestern*
Nov. 26 vs. UT‐Chattanooga*
Nov. 29 LOUISIANA‐MONROE
Dec. 3 at Indiana
Dec. 8 at Louisiana‐Lafayette
Dec. 9 SOUTHERN
Dec. 19 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
Dec. 28 XAVIER (LA.)
Dec. 31 FLORIDA
Jan. 4 at Tennessee
Jan. 7 TEXAS A&M
Jan. 11 at South Carolina
Jan. 14 ARKANSAS
Jan. 18 at LSU.
Jan. 21 at Georgia
Jan. 28 ALABAMA
Feb. 1 at Kentucky
Feb. 4 at Texas A&M
Feb. 8 LSU
Feb. 12 VANDERBILT
Feb. 15 MISSOURI
Feb. 18 at Alabama
Feb. 22 at Mississippi State
Feb. 25 OLE MISS
Feb. 28 – March 4 SEC Tournament**
*Challenge in Music City – Nashville, Tenn.
**SEC Tournament – Nashville, Tenn.
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