DESTIN, FLA. — Georgia will play Auburn, Florida and South Carolina twice each season — once at home and once on the road — under a new SEC men's basketball scheduling format announced at the league's spring meetings Thursday.
The scheduling model calls for each SEC team to play three “permanent” rivals twice, play the remaining 10 league teams at least once, and then have two remaining league games scheduled on a rotating basis. Conference schedules will remain a total of 18 games.
The format will take effect with the 2015-16 schedule, which will be announced in August.
“I’m excited about each of our permanent SEC opponents,” Georgia coach Mark Fox said in a statement. “We are assured of having some of our traditional rivals come to Stegeman Coliseum every year. I think our fans will be excited about knowing that we’ll face those three teams in Athens each season.”
Here are the twice-a-year opponents for each team:
Alabama: Auburn, Mississippi State, LSU
Arkansas: Missouri, Texas A&M, LSU
Auburn: Alabama, Ole Miss, Georgia
Florida: Kentucky, Georgia, Vanderbilt
Georgia: South Carolina, Florida, Auburn
Kentucky: Florida, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
LSU: Texas A&M, Alabama, Arkansas
Ole Miss: Mississippi State, Auburn, Missouri
Mississippi State: Ole Miss, Alabama, South Carolina
Missouri: Arkansas, Texas A&M, Ole Miss
South Carolina: Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi State
Tennessee: Vanderbilt, Kentucky, South Carolina
Texas A&M: LSU, Arkansas, Missouri
Vanderbilt: Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida
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