Good Morning, Auburn Family. For the third time in program history, Auburn will travel to Duke, but this time for an SEC-ACC Challenge matchup on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C.
 
This is the second year of the SEC-ACC Challenge as the Tigers defeated Virginia Tech, 74-57, last season at Neville Arena. Auburn previously played the Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium in December of 1975 and December of 1981.
 
"To be selected by ESPN and our conference, to compete against one of the greatest programs in the history of college basketball, is tremendous recognition for where our program is at right now,” head coach Bruce Pearl said. “It's also a tremendous responsibility.

What else can you find mixed into today’s Brew?

🎾 Some amazing post-season accolades for Men’s and Women’s Tennis
🎤 Talking Tigers Podcast with Men’s Golf head coach Nick Clinard
🐅 And much, much more!

🎥 WAREAGLE+: TALKING TIGERS

Talking Tigers - Nick Clinard
The Tigers ended the men’s golf season with a total of 10 tournament championships, including seven in a row to end the season. The team claimed the school’s first NCAA Championship at La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California. After finishing 6th in stroke play, Coach Nick Clinard’s players beat Virginia, Ohio State and Florida State to win the National Championship. J.M. Butler clinched the title on the 17th hole of the final match.

On the morning when Auburn celebrated the championship by rolling Toomer’s Corner, head coach Nick Clinard, sat down to talk about the NCAA Title. Auburn Men’s Golf is featured in this Talking Tigers Podcast

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Challenge Accepted. Auburn Women's Basketball will take on the Virginia Cavaliers in the 2024 SEC/ACC Challenge, it was announced by ESPN and the two conference offices Wednesday. The contest will take place Thursday, Dec. 5, at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia.
 
Last season, Auburn hosted Clemson in the inaugural edition of the event, winning 83-53 at home. It was the largest margin of victory by any team, men's or women's, in the event, and secured a 7-7 tie between the conferences in the 14-team event.

🔼 Destination Pinehurst. Auburn men's golfer Brendan Valdes is headed to Pinehurst No. 2 as the junior is set to compete for a major championship for the second year in a row at the 2024 U.S. Open today through Sunday (June 13-16) in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
 
Valdes tees off from hole 1 today at 11:30 a.m. CT. He is one of 14 select amateurs to be represented in the field this week and one of four from the Southeastern Conference.

🔼 Supreme Court. Auburn Women's Tennis has received three regional awards from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Auburn interim head coach Lester Cook was named the ITA Southern Region Coach of the Year, senior Ariana Arseneault was tabbed as the region's Senior Player of the Year and sophomore DJ Bennett earned the region's Player to Watch honor.
 
Auburn now claims 13 regional player honors and 10 regional coaching honors from the ITA in program history.

🔼 Doubly Good. Auburn's Tyler Stice was named Senior Player of the Year and Finn Murgett was named Most Improved Player for the ITA's Southern Region.
 
Stice becomes the first Auburn player to win the region's Senior Player of the Year Award since Tim Puetz in 2011 while Murgett becomes the first to win the Southern Region Most Improved Player since Daniel Cochrane in 2014, when the award was limited to seniors only.

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Jordan But Make it Tennis. A new era with Jordan Szabo is starting 🔜. Auburn Tennis just keeps getting better and better.

🏈 Also, ICYMI! ⏮ The SEC announced the TV windows for all Auburn football games yesterday.

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Saturday, Aug. 31
🏈 First Football Game vs. Alabama A & M @ 6:30 p.m. CT ESPN+/SECN+

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Tyler Stice and Finn Murgett become the first Auburn players to win a regional honor since 2014.

Bobby Reynolds and Chris Hooshyar were the most recent regional award winners from Auburn in 2022, winning the Southern Region's Coach of the Year and Assistant Coach of the Year, respectively.

🐅 Have a great Thursday, y’all