auburn basketball

One of nation’s top non-conference schedules awaits Auburn Basketball

AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn Basketball will face one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the nation in 2016-17 against NCAA Final Four Oklahoma, at UConn, Texas Tech, North Florida, at UAB and a possible game against No. 12 Purdue in the Cancun Challenge, third-year head coach Bruce Pearl announced Wednesday. Games vs. Boston College, at TCU, Coastal Carolina, Mercer and…

Auburn hoops to play at TCU in SEC/Big 12 Challenge

AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn Basketball will appear in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge for the fourth consecutive season when it plays at TCU on Jan. 28, 2017. The fourth annual event matches all 10 of the Big 12 members against 10 of the 14 teams from the Southeastern Conference. Each conference will host five games with the network assignments and…

Auburn hoops signs Presbyterian transfer DeSean Murray

AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Big South Conference leading scorer and two-time all-conference selection DeSean Murray, a 6-foot-4, 225-pound forward from Presbyterian College, will transfer to Auburn University and play basketball with two years of eligibility remaining after redshirting this upcoming season, head coach Bruce Pearl announced on Monday. An All-Big South Conference first-team selection as a sophomore this past season,…

Shamsid-Deen, Reed end Auburn basketball careers

AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn’s Tahj Shamsid-Deen has ended his basketball career while Trayvon Reed will not return, head coach Bruce Pearl announced on Friday. Shamsid-Deen played in only five games this past season because of injury as he separated his surgically repaired right shoulder on Nov. 27 vs. Northwestern State. He missed the season opener with a shoulder injury…