Auburn Basketball 2015-16 Conference Schedule Released

Are you ready for Tony Barbee's return to Auburn Arena? It's coming.

The 2015-16 SEC basketball schedule was released this evening, and it includes a game against Kentucky on January 16th at 3pm. The Arena is always rocking when Kentucky comes to town, but I imagine it will be even rowdier for that particular game.

And if any of you Barners out there sell your tickets to a UK fan, then your Barn Card will be revoked with extreme prejudice.

Here is the full schedule in wonderful Twitter form...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: The SEC conference schedule for Auburn basketball has been released <a href="http://t.co/k3ZyeKGS5F">pic.twitter.com/k3ZyeKGS5F</a></p>&mdash; Auburn Jungle (@AUJungle) <a href="https://twitter.com/AUJungle/status/634139028267380736">August 19, 2015</a></blockquote>

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So, let's take a closer look...

Schedule

Home games are in caps and bold, away games lowercase. I'm not 100% certain whether the times are Eastern or Central

Jan 2 - TENNESSEE - 1pm

Jan 5 - SOUTH CAROLINA - 6pm

Jan 9 - Missouri - 8pm

Jan 12 - Vanderbilt - 8pm

Jan 16 - KENTUCKY - 3pm

Jan 19 - ALABAMA - 8pm

Jan 23 - Florida - 7pm

Jan 27 - Ole Miss - 6pm

- BREAK IN CONFERENCE SCHEDULE - Auburn plays Oklahoma State at home as part of the SEC - Big 12 Challenge

Feb 2 - LSU - 6pm

Feb 6 - Georgia - 4:30pm

Feb 9 - Tennessee - 6pm

Feb 13 - VANDERBILT - 5pm

Feb 17 - Arkansas - 6pm

Feb 20 - OLE MISS - 4pm

Feb 24 - GEORGIA - 6pm

Feb 27 - Alabama - 4pm

Mar 1 - TEXAS A&M - 8pm

Mar 5 - Mississippi State - 1:30pm

Big Games

We know the Kentucky game is going to be big for the reasons already mentioned along with it just being Kentucky. The opening game against Tennessee will be a big one, as well, with the Bruce Pearl connection. Only the Texas A&M game on March 1st is a late evening home game, which is fantastic after all of the complaints last season.

The Iron Bowl of Basketball games will take place on January 19th in Auburn and February 27th at Alabama. So, the Foy-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy should be coming back to Auburn in mid-January, am I right?

It's the SEC, so I could find a reason for every game on this schedule to be a big one after last season's 4-14 Conference record.

Basketball season is right around the corner, too!