SEC basketball schedule: 7 games scheduled for Saturday, January 15, 2022

Bruce Pearl’s Auburn Tigers are hungry for a No. 1 ranking.

Auburn, ranked No. 4 in the latest AP Top 25, sits atop the SEC basketball standings as the only 4-0 team in conference play after an 81-77 win over No. 22 Alabama in Tuscaloosa. If Pearl’s Tigers can make it 2-0 this week, they might become the top-ranked team in the land.

No. 1 Baylor lost at home to No. 19 Texas Tech on Tuesday night. On Thursday night, No. 3 UCLA lost to an unranked Oregon team. If Auburn takes care of business Saturday night at Ole Miss, the Tigers would have a strong case for the No. 1 ranking. Currently, Gonzaga (13-2) is ranked No. 2. One of those 2 Gonzaga losses came to Alabama. The Bulldogs face Santa Clara on Saturday.

Auburn at Ole Miss caps the Saturday conference slate of 7 games with the SEC Network late tip of 8:30 p.m. ET. Five SEC teams are ranked, and we get one ranked-vs-ranked conference clash as Tennessee travels to Kentucky. Texas A&M is not currently ranked, but many SEC hoops fans will be watching to see if the Aggies, one of two squads undefeated in conference play (3-0), can keep their winning streak going. Meanwhile, Florida and Georgia are the last 2 SEC teams winless in conference play.

Here’s the full SEC basketball schedule for Jan. 15:

All times ET

• No. 22 Tennessee at No. 18 Kentucky, 1 p.m., ESPN
• Florida at South Carolina, 1 p.m., SEC Network
• Arkansas at No. 12 LSU, 2 p.m., ESPN2
• Texas A&M at Missouri, 3:30 p.m., SEC Network
• Vanderbilt at Georgia, 6 p.m., ESPN2
• No. 24 Alabama at Mississippi State, 6 p.m., SEC Network
• No. 4 Auburn at Ole Miss, 8:30 p.m., SEC Network

Andrew Olson

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