Auburn will try to defend its SEC title with a new coach, a majority of a new roster and with almost no preseason belief that the Tigers can repeat as conference champions.
On Monday, the SEC preseason poll was released, with Steven Pearl's Tigers coming in sixth, behind defending national champion Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Arkansas.
After running through the SEC regular season schedule last season with a 15-3 record, clinching the program's sixth SEC title, including its third in the previous seven seasons.
Tahaad Pettiford, the only key returnee from the team that made the Final Four last season, was voted First-Team All-SEC.