Auburn basketball's non-conference lineup, it's elite, but it's clear what the most important game is.

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We're dapping it up today with a little happy hour edition of Darrell Daprich Montgomery Radio legend.

These exciting games keep being announced for Auburn Basketball, the showdown with Houston, going to Duke for the ACC, SEC, SEC

Challenge, holiday hoops giving when Auburn takes on Ohio State. I'm married into an Ohio

state family, so travel arrangements already being made for that

one.

And then, of course, heading to Birmingham to take on Purdue.

But, Daryl, in your mind, there is a clear one, and they're going to Maui as well.

But in your mind, there's a game here that's clear, clearly the most important of all these elite non-conference

opponents. Yeah, the Houston game jumps out at me for a couple reasons. Number one, I don't

care that it's at the Toyota Center and it's, and it's not on Houston's campus. It's in the

city of Houston. So it's an away game. I mean, we'll say we'll call it exactly what it is.

It's an away game.

This way too early preseason top 25 that ESPN does is pretty much, I've gone back and

looked at a lot of those over the last couple years, and ESPN's is pretty accurate.

Has Houston number four in the country next year?

Checks out. So when you combine number four in the country next year. Checks out.

So when you combine number four in the country with a road game at the Toyota Center,

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