#Auburn basketball

Auburn’s once-promising season, filled with championship aspirations, was derailed in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Second-seeded Auburn fell to Miami, 79-61, on Sunday night in Greenville, S.C., thus ending one of the best seasons in program history. The Tigers were swallowed whole by the Hurricanes’ defense, shooting just 21-of-69 on the night and committing 13 turnovers, while Miami ran Bruce Pearl’s team out of the gym, holding a 30-1 edge on fastbreak points.

The hard truths first. If this loss for Auburn wasn’t historically devastating, it’s only because the SEC has provided an embarrassment of riches in that category. Was the Tigers’ 79-61 loss to No. 10 seed Miami worse than Kentucky’s loss to No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s? Nope. Worse than Tennessee’s loss to No. 11 seed Michigan? Arguable. Plenty awful enough? Most definitely.

Jabari Smith jumped, clapping his hands in exasperation and begging for a call. Auburn’s All-American felt he was fouled. He was frustrated, and understandably so. Unlike so many that came before it for the potential No. 1 pick, this was not his night. Nor was it Auburn’s. Read...

Life can’t get it much better for Miami Men’s head basketball coach, Jim Larrañaga. As the respected leader of the Hurricane program for over 11 years now, Larrañaga has brought stability and (occasional) excellence to Miami. On top of that, I don’t mean to digress: He...

There have been several upsets in the NCAA Tournament so far. Few, though, are as surprising as Auburn’s loss on Sunday night. The Tigers, the No. 2 seed in the Midwest Region, were a popular pick to win the whole thing. Bruce Pearl’s team has a potential No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick and a host of surrounding talent.

The second-seeded Auburn Tigers (28-5) and its duo down low in 6-foot-10 Jabari Smith and 7-1 Walker Kessler will try to put on another dominant show Sunday, March 20, when they face the 10th-seeded Hurricanes (24-10) in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The game will be live streamed on Sling TV, which offers a free trial.

Chris Moore draped his arm around K.D. Johnson’s shoulders as they ducked into the tunnel and into the locker room. A throng of Auburn fans sprinkled the stands inside the mostly empty Bon Secours Wellness Arena late Sunday night, the Tigers walking off the court for the final time this season.

Auburn basketball is expected to get Jaylin Williams back in the lineup against Miami.

One of the best players in the 2023 recruiting class, Marvel Allen, backed off his pledge to LSU on Saturday. On3 reporter Joe Tipton reported that several teams had reached out to Allen. One of those teams was Auburn. The Tigers have not officially extended an offer to the 2023...

GREENVILLE, S.C. — The last question of Bruce Pearl's press conference Saturday came from an unseen voice on Zoom. Inside BSW Arena, the Auburn basketball coach had spent the last 20 minutes previewing the Tigers' second-round NCAA Tournament game against 10-seed Miami on Sunday (6:45 p.m. CT, truTV). But the last question was regarding Stanford women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer pledging $10 to Ukrainian war relief efforts for every 3-pointer made in the NCAA Tournament. She had challenged other coaches to join her.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — In the lobby of Auburn basketball's Neville Arena, assistant coach Steven Pearl was struggling to describe the specific challenges of recruiting players online. In a few days, Auburn would be NCAA Tournament-bound with a reassembled roster. The five vital newcomers were all reeled in via Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic that halted in-person recruiting through June 1, 2021.

Hate the sight of blood. Can’t be around it. If there is blood, then I’m looking away every time. I say all this because watching Alabama’s college basketball teams bleed out all over the country on the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament was about as enjoyable for me as watching the surgery channel. So much blood. So much gore. So much for booking a trip to the Sweet 16.

Auburn fans sent off the Auburn basketball team off with a ton of support.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — A referee approached K.D. Johnson with a request. Tuck in that shirt. Johnson was cruising early in Auburn basketball's first-round NCAA Tournament game against Jacksonville State on Friday. On the first play of March Madness, coach Bruce Pearl had devised a back-cut play to get Johnson a layup. After an 0-for-14 SEC Tournament...

Here are five takeaways from Auburn's win over the Gamecocks.

ESPN college basketball analyst LaPhonso Ellis appeared on Monday's "Bald Men On Campus" podcast with Jay Bilas and Seth Greenberg, and Ellis was pretty critical of the way Auburn men's basketball has been using freshman forward Jabari Smith. Bilas, Ellis and Greenberg were talking about the SEC, and Greenberg asked,...

Despite winning the conference and the head to head, many still don't see Auburn as the best team in the SEC.