The annual Big 12/SEC Challenge has a bit of extra intrigue this season. For the first time since the latest wave of conference realignment over the summer, these two conferences will meet on the court. Eventually the movement among teams switching leagues will send Texas and Oklahoma from the Big 12 to the SEC, where they’ll compete on the opposite side of this annual college hoops showdown.
Perhaps it’s only fitting, then, that the Sooners will travel to No. 1 Auburn as part of the festivities on Saturday. Welcome to the SEC, Sooners! As if life in the Big 12 hasn’t been hard enough, good luck in one of the nation’s toughest road environments against a team riding a 16-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Big 12 squads left behind in the realignment such as TCU, Iowa State, Kansas and Texas Tech will get to welcome SEC foes to their home arenas and remind them that the Big 12 is no slouch of a…
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