Big day for the Auburn basketball programs. The women's team (11-9, 2-5 SEC) travels to play No. 5 Tennessee for a 7 ET tip-off. The Tigers beat the Lady Vols before an electric sellout crowd at Beard-Eaves-Memorial Stadium last season. Think Tennessee has payback on its mind?

The men's team, meanwhile, hosts No. 18 Ole Miss. Here's how my game advance for today's newspaper starts:

AUBURN, Ala. — Against a difficult stretch of competition to open SEC play, Auburn has shown it can play at least one effective half of basketball.

It’s the other half that’s proven to be problematic.

The Tigers (10-10, 1-4 SEC) will try to put together a rare complete game against another ranked opponent, No. 18 Mississippi, at 9:05 ET tonight in Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum.

The Rebels (15-4, 3-2) are the fourth team Auburn will face in league play that currently is ranked in the Top 25. The Tigers had short-lived success in their other three matchups.

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