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AUBURN — A trio of games in Israel next week will reveal the first glimpses of Auburn basketball's new-look roster.
Jabari Smith dunks on 8-foot hoop at 'Crabapple,' his favorite streetball court
In one of the only remaining videos from Jabari Smith's Crabapple basketball days, he dunks on an 8-foot hoop.
Bruce Pearl replaced Jabari Smith and Walker Kessler with Yohan Traore and Johni Broome in the frontcourt this offseason. The backcourt remains largely in tact, with a couple of additions to mix up rotations. The Tigers, defending a regular-season SEC title, will get a higher level of competition than college teams usually see on international trips. One of the opponents is the Israel senior national team.
The format will also be different. Auburn will play with a 24-second shot clock used in the pros, rather than a 30-second NCAA clock. Games will be divided into quarters instead of halves. And strategically, Pearl expects to experiment with as many lineup variations as possible, plus increased zone defense and three-quarters court press.
In other words: This won't be the Auburn you see on TV in November.
But you will be able to see this version of the Tigers on TV. ESPN's Jay Bilas and Roxy Bernstein are traveling with the team to broadcast the games on SEC Network.
“Some of (Auburn's) names will be the same, but it won’t necessarily be the same players. They may have different roles. They have another year of maturity," Bilas said. "It’s going to be an extraordinary opportunity to watch a team grow from the seed level to as high as I know it’ll be by April.”
Here's the full schedule and how to watch.
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Auburn basketball schedule in Israel: Game times, TV
Game 1: Auburn vs. Israel U20 National Team, Aug. 2 (noon CT, SEC Network) at Malha Arena in Jerusalem.
Game 2: Auburn vs. Israel All-Star Select Team, Aug. 7 (noon CT, SEC Network) at Hader Yosef Gym in Tel Aviv.
Game 3: Auburn vs. Israel National Team, Aug. 8 (noon CT, SEC Network) at Sport Palace Tel Aviv Yafo in Tel Aviv.
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