Texas hosts No. 2 Auburn on Tuesday as SEC gauntlet continues

The SEC home debut for the Texas Longhorns comes on Tuesday at the Moody Center against the No. 2 Auburn Tigers as head coach Rodney Terry’s team tries to recover from an 80-60 loss to the then-No. 13 Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday in College Station.

It’s not just the second conference game for the Longhorns in their inaugural season in the nation’s best basketball league, it’s also the second of five consecutive games against top-25 opponents, a grueling start for Texas, and the third all-time meeting between the two programs. The last meeting came in 1955 in Montgomery, Ala.

“If you want to be one of the best teams in the country, you’ve got to be able to win on the road,” Auburn forward…