Purdue, Auburn complete two-year series

• Jeff Borzello, ESPN

  • Staff WriterJul 15, 2024, 12:52 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting expert.
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  • Graduate of University of Delaware.Purdue and Auburn

, two males’s basketball programs who have actually faced off simply 3 times in history, have finalized a two-year series starting next season.The very first game will take place in Birmingham on Dec. 21, 2024, with the return game coming on Dec. 20, 2025, in Indianapolis as part of the Indy Classic.” I am grateful to Matt Painter and the Purdue Boilermakers for consenting to a two-game series to be played this year in Birmingham and next year in Indianapolis,”Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said in a declaration.”Matt has one of the finest college basketball programs in the country. His kids play tough and play properly. Purdue is one of the top programs in the Huge 10 winning 3 championship game and being ranked No. 1 nationally over the last three seasons.”We are thrilled about playing in Birmingham, which will work as an NCAA Regional site. With a quality opponent like Purdue, I would expect us selling out Legacy Arena. I understand the Auburn Family will step up and satisfy that challenge. We are thrilled for our players, due to the fact that if you want to be the very best, you need to play the best.”The last conference in between both teams came at the Cancun

Obstacle in 2016. Prior to that contest, they played in the 2001 NIT and the 1985 NCAA tournament. Purdue leads the all-time series 2-1. Editor’s Picks 1 Associated”We are thrilled to be part of an exceptional two-year series with Auburn, starting

in December in Birmingham, then returning to Indianapolis in 2025,”Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “We make every effort to make our nonconference schedule extremely competitive, and Auburn will be among the leading teams in the SEC this coming season.”Both teams are ranked in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top 25, with Auburn at No. 11 and Purdue at No. 16. Auburn won 27 games last season

before losing to No. 13 seed Yale in the preliminary of the NCAA tournament, but the Tigers reloaded with the addition of Furman transfer JP Pegues and the return of potential preseason All-American Johni Broome.Purdue lost in the national championship game to UConn and will begin the post-Zach Edey age behind the veteran backcourt of Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer.