Smith makes NBA debut, four teams rumored to move to SEC

Good morning, Tiger fans! It is time for the Friday edition of the Auburn Morning Rush.

Today’s edition will begin with conference expansion talk. Former head football coach of the Georgia Bulldogs, Jim Donnan, has an “informed opinion” that the SEC will add four new teams, all from the ACC. If that were to be true, Auburn would have two schools within a distance of 240 miles to compete with, and would rekindle old rivalries.

Next up is the professional debut of Jabari Smith. Smith, who was taken third overall by the Houston Rockets played in his first NBA Summer League game last night against the team that skipped over him at No. 1 overall, the Orlando Magic. Was he able to get revenge on the team that passed him over?

Finally, Auburn fans will be able to watch Bruce Pearl and the Men’s Basketball team play live during their foreign tour in Israel that is set to begin next month thanks to one network.

While you drink your coffee and prepare for the final day of the work week, take a deeper look into what’s happening within the world of Auburn Athletics in today’s Auburn Morning Rush.

Four programs are rumored to be moving to SEC

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The formation of superconferences has been the hot topic of the college football world over the last week, with the Big Ten headlining the landscape change by adding USC and UCLA.

The Big 12 and Pac-12 have even discussed a possible merger that would bring up to six programs into the Big 12 conference.

But, the conference that has remained uncharacteristically silent has been the SEC. Sure, Oklahoma and Texas are on their way to joining the league, but rumors of new additions have been kept under wraps. That may have ended on Thursday, as former Georgia head football coach Jim Donnan shared what he says is an informed opinion during the UGALive podcast from UGASports.com, that Clemson, Florida State, Miami, and North Carolina would join the SEC “pretty…