The 2023-24 Auburn basketball season, for some reason, will begin at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on November 7 facing the 2020-21 NCAA Champion Baylor Bears; a neutral site matchup that can only be described as funky.
As vice president of Sanford Sports Jesse Smith relayed, South Dakota residents are diehard fans of the sport. The hope from Smith is that those from the Mount Rushmore State will fill up the arena for this cross-conference showdown.
Auburn basketball fans are a traveling bunch, so a trip to brutally low temperatures during winter’s beginning months could be a bone-chilling experience for those looking to do something different.