ATLANTA — The final dress rehearsal for Auburn basketball 's upcoming season takes place this evening, when the Tigers square off with Memphis at 7:30 p.m. CT at State Farm Arena.

The Tigers from Alabama are four days from their season officially starting, with a home game against Bethune-Cookman on Monday, Nov. 3. (7 p.m. CT, SECN) It'll kick off a campaign with a whole new look, as longtime assistant Steven Pearl is replacing his father, Bruce Pearl , as Auburn 's head coach.

Tonight's contest will mark the last of two exhibitions, following an overtime loss to Oklahoma State on Oct. 15 in Birmingham. The exhibitions give the younger Pearl and his first squad plenty to assess before the defense of their SEC championship begins.

"It's good for us as coaches to kind of learn a

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