Bruce Pearl has done it: win number 214. It was not easy, but with a hard fought 86 -82 road victory over Texas he has cemented his legacy as the winningest coach in Auburn basketball history. It’s not just a milestone;
Auburn men's basketball won an epic 66-63 contest against South Carolina to stay undefeated in SEC play, but superstar big man Johni Broome suffered an ankle injury in the second half. Tigers head coach Bruce Pearl gave an update on Broome's injury after the win.
Neville Arena will be the site of the first edition of ESPN’s ‘College Basketball GameDay’ next Saturday, the network announced on Friday. The Tigers are set to host No. 6 Tennessee in one of the premier matchups of the college basketball season thus far.
Bruce Pearl has reached orange and blue immortality on the plains. Auburn’s 64-year-old head coach now stands alone as the all-time winningest men’s basketball coach in Auburn history, passing Joel Eaves, who led the program from 1949-1963.
The Tigers took down the Texas Longhorns 87-82, securing Pearl’s 214th win as Auburn’s coach and making him the program’s all-time wins leader. Pearl passed Joel Eaves on the wins list. Eaves coached at Auburn from 1949-1963.
Auburn was fine, though. Even though the Tigers had two games against ranked opponents — one at home, one on the road — and were without their best player (Johni Broome), they still completed a 2-0 week.
The freshman guard sets a new season high with 24 points that made the difference in the tight bout against rival Georgia
In a spotlight night for the SEC, No. 21 Ole Miss was the biggest winner on Tuesday. Mississippi went into Alabama and knocked off the No. 4 Crimson Tide in a 74-64 stunner. The upset over the nation's highest-scoring team highlighted a marquee night in the SEC with three matchups of teams ranked in the top 25.
The No. 1 Auburn Tigers hit the road for another difficult-road test when they take on the No. 23 Georgia Bulldogs in Athens.
After his team’s gutsy 66-63 victory, Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl gave an update ... like it was for us in the second half,” Pearl said, per Alabama Local News. “It’s gotta be the ...
Auburn guard Tahaad Pettiford is one of the best freshmen in the country. He scored 20 points in that loss to Duke. Against Missouri, he had 10 points in 19 minutes. Not bad, but Pettiford is still learning. Near the end of the game, he appeared to say something to an opponent that one of the officials didn’t like.
The SEC schedule is now a third of the way complete after Saturday’s action across the conference. Kentucky is two back in the loss column of the No. 1 team but there might not be any catching Bruce Pearl’s bunch,