Auburn announced its full men’s basketball schedule for the 2023-24 season Thursday, including dates for Auburn’s SEC conference matchups.

Auburn opens SEC play on the road against Arkansas on Jan. 6 before coming home on Jan. 9 to face a Texas A&M team which could wind up as the preseason conference favorite.

January certainly appears to be Auburn’s most difficult month of conference play with both Arkansas and Texas A&M on the schedule as well as trips to play Alabama and Mississippi State. Auburn has six games in January against teams that won more than 20 games last season.

The schedule seems to at least somewhat lighten up from there with games against Florida, Georgia and South Carolina which project toward the bottom of the SEC. Auburn does not go to Rupp Arena, getting Kentucky only at home this season, but does go to Knoxville to face Tennessee. Tennessee does not come to Auburn.

The full SEC slate is as follows:

• Sat. Jan. 6 at Arkansas
• Tues. Jan. 9 vs. Texas A&M
• Sat. Jan. 13 vs. LSU
• Wed. Jan. 17 at Vanderbilt
• Sat. Jan. 20 vs. Ole Miss
• Wed. Jan. 24 at Alabama
• Sat. Jan. 27 at Mississippi State
• Wed. Jan. 31 vs. Vanderbilt
• Sat. Feb. 3 at Ole Miss
• Wed. Feb. 7 vs. Alabama
• Sat. Feb. 10 at Florida
• Wed. Feb. 14 vs. South Carolina
• Sat. Feb. 17 vs. Kentucky
• Sat. Feb. 24 at Georgia
• Wed. Feb. 28 at Tennessee
• Sat. March 2 vs. Mississippi State
• Tues. March 5 at Missouri
• Sat. March 9 vs. Georgia
• March 13-17 SEC Tournament in Nashville

Times and television information have not yet been announced for the SEC games.

SEC play comes after Auburn completes a difficult non-conference schedule facing strong out-out-conference teams including Baylor, Notre Dame, Indiana, Virginian Tech and USC.

The non-conference slate is as follows. Some tip off times have been released.

• Wed. Nov. 1 AU Montgomery (Exh.)
• Tues. Nov. 7 vs. Baylor (in Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
• Fri. Nov. 10 vs. Southeastern Louisiana
• Thu. Nov. 16 vs. Notre Dame (in Brooklyn, New York) at 8:00 p.m.
• Fri. Nov. 17 vs. Oklahoma State/St. Bonaventure (in Brooklyn, New York) at either 3:30 or 6:00 p.m.
• Tues. Nov. 21 vs. Alabama A&M
• Wed. Nov. 29 vs. Virginia Tech at 8:15 p.m.
• Sun. Dec. 3 at Appalachian State
• Sat. Dec. 9 vs. Indiana (in Atlanta, Georgia)
• Wed. Dec. 13 vs. UNC Asheville (in Huntsville, Alabama)
• Sun. Dec. 17 vs. USC
• Fri. Dec. 22 vs. Alabama State
• Sat. Dec. 30 vs. Chattanooga
• Tues. Jan. 2 vs. Penn

Matt Cohen covers Auburn sports for AL.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @Matt_Cohen_ or email him at [email protected]