The Missouri Tigers men’s basketball team opened the Southeastern Conference portion of its 2024-25 schedule with an 84-68 loss to No. 2-ranked Auburn on Saturday afternoon in Auburn, Alabama. Mizzou (11-3, 0-1 SEC) entered the game at Neville Arena seeking its first league victory since beating Tennessee in the SEC Tournament on March 10, 2023.

Which games on Auburn basketball's SEC schedule are layups? And who could put the Tigers on upset alert? Here's a game-by-game breakdown of Auburn's SEC slate to give you the answers.

The days of the Southeastern Conference being seen as just a football league are in the past. The SEC enters conference play with 10 teams ranked in the AP Top 25, and the Missouri Tigers will get their first test of a difficult league schedule today with a trip to face the second-ranked Auburn Tigers.