SEC BASKETBALL: League releases opponents for 2024-25 season
Grant Nelson and the Alabama Crimson Tide made its first-ever trip to the Final Four last season. The Tide will have a formidable schedule in 2024-25. (UA Athletics)
By GRAHAM DUNN
It took a while but the office of the Southeastern Conference finally announced the conference opponents for the 2024-25 basketball season.
Each of the 16 members will play 18 games during the season, which will run from Jan. 4 through March 8. Each team will play three teams home-and-home and split the rest, facing the others once.
Alabama will have a difficult schedule with home and home series against Auburn, Mississippi State and Kentucky while Auburn will play Georgia, Ole Miss and the aforementioned Alabama.
The league officially made true on various rumors on just what the schedules would look like with the addition of both Texas and Oklahoma to the league next season. The question was how many games would each team play in-conference and how would each team’s schedule be crafted.
The solution - keep the schedule at 18 games and each team drop a permanent home-and-home series.
Now teams will play two teams in a continual home-and-home series and alternate each of the remaining 12 teams in a home-and-home rotation each year. The remaining teams will be split home-and-away games.
Although the SEC did not release the permanent teams, it looks as though the league kept many of the annual rivalries. Alabama and Auburn will keep their annual rivalry while Bama will continue to play Mississippi State twice each year. Auburn will keep Georgia on its schedule as the annual home-and-home opponent.
According to the SEC release, the continuation and renewal of historic rivalries was a point of emphasis when creating the schedule as the SEC welcomes Oklahoma and Texas as new members in 2024-25. Additionally, preexisting home-and-away rotations for single-play opponents were preserved.
Alabama’s home games include Auburn, Kentucky, Florida and Mississippi State, all NCAA Tourney teams a seasons ago.
Auburn will face the Crimson Tide, Florida, Mississippi State and Tennessee at home, where the Tigers lost just one game in 2023-24.
Times, dates and television information will be announced at a later date.
The SEC Tournament returns to Nashville, Tenn., as Bridgestone Arena will host the event from March 12-16, 2025.
SEC 2024-25 Opponents
Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Oklahoma
Vanderbilt
at Arkansas
at Auburn
at Kentucky
at Mississippi State
at Missouri
at South Carolina
at Tennessee
at Texas
at Texas A&M
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
LSU
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
at Auburn
at Kentucky
at LSU
at Missouri
at South Carolina
at Tennessee
at Texas
at Texas A&M
at Vanderbilt
Auburn
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tennessee
at Alabama
at Georgia
at Kentucky
at LSU
at Ole Miss
at South Carolina
at Texas
at Texas A&M
at Vanderbilt
Florida
Georgia
Ole Miss
Missouri
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt
at Alabama
at Arkansas
at Auburn
at Georgia
at Kentucky
at LSU
at Mississippi State
at South Carolina
at Tennessee
Georgia
Auburn
Florida
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi State
Missouri
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Vanderbilt
at Alabama
at Arkansas
at Auburn
at Florida
at Ole Miss
at South Carolina
at Tennessee
at Texas
at Texas A&M
Kentucky
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
LSU
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt
at Alabama
at Georgia
at Ole Miss
at Mississippi State
at Missouri
at Oklahoma
at Tennessee
at Texas
at Vanderbilt
LSU
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Ole Miss
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt
at Alabama
at Arkansas
at Georgia
at Kentucky
at Ole Miss
at Mississippi State
at Missouri
at Oklahoma
at Texas A&M
Ole Miss
Auburn
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi State
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M
at Alabama
at Arkansas
at Auburn
at Florida
at LSU
at Mississippi State
at Missouri
at South Carolina
at Vanderbilt
Mississippi State
Alabama
Florida
Kentucky
LSU
Ole Miss
Missouri
South Carolina
Texas
Texas A&M
at Alabama
at Arkansas
at Auburn
at Georgia
at Ole Miss
at Oklahoma
at South Carolina
at Tennessee
at Vanderbilt
Missouri
Alabama
Arkansas
Kentucky
LSU
Ole Miss
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt
at Arkansas
at Auburn
at Florida
at Georgia
at Mississippi State
at Oklahoma
at Tennessee
at Texas
at Vanderbilt
Oklahoma
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi State
Missouri
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt
at Alabama
at Arkansas
at Auburn
at Florida
at Georgia
at Ole Miss
at Missouri
at Texas
at Texas A&M
South Carolina
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Texas
Texas A&M
at Florida
at Georgia
at Kentucky
at LSU
at Mississippi State
at Missouri
at Oklahoma
at Tennessee
at Vanderbilt
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi State
Missouri
South Carolina
Vanderbilt
at Auburn
at Florida
at Kentucky
at LSU
at Ole Miss
at Oklahoma
at Texas
at Texas A&M
at Vanderbilt
Texas
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Georgia
Kentucky
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas A&M
at Arkansas
at Florida
at LSU
at Ole Miss
at Mississippi State
at Oklahoma
at South Carolina
at Texas A&M
at Vanderbilt
Texas A&M
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Georgia
LSU
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Vanderbilt
at Florida
at Kentucky
at LSU
at Ole Miss
at Mississippi State
at Missouri
at Oklahoma
at South Carolina
at Texas
Vanderbilt
Arkansas
Auburn
Kentucky
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Missouri
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
at Alabama
at Florida
at Georgia
at Kentucky
at LSU
at Missouri
at Oklahoma
at Tennessee
at Texas A&M