Auburn basketball suffered a 6-point loss at Mississippi State, leading to a drop in rankings. Despite an 0-2 week and an 0-3 record in Quad 1 games, Auburn remains a top-10 team in the NET rankings. Memphis basketball is struggling, with a third straight loss and issues of selfishness and apathy within the team. The Kings faced a tough game against the Grizzlies, with a slow start but managed to secure a win in the end.
Not how anyone drew it up. The Kings walked into Memphis to play a Grizzlies team with just 8 healthy bodies. The home team battled, but the Kings found a way to pull it out by a final of 103-94. Here are 6 quick thoughts from Sacramento's 4th straight win:
Huge triple from Fox. 95-92 Kings lead.
Kings lead 75-71 heading to the fourth. Nice recovery. 3-point shot fell in third. Sabonis has 14 points and 23 rebounds. Fox is up to 16 points.
Harrison Barnes is 0-for-6 from 3. Kings are 4-for-22 after Murray finally gets one to go.
Kings trail 50-47 heading to the half. Sabonis has 12 points and 17 rebounds. Fox is up to 10 points. Kings turn the ball over 12 times and hit 3-of-19 from 3. Plenty of room for improvement.
Kings get thumped in the first quarter against a team missing most of it's roster. They trail the Grizzlies 33-18 after 12 minutes. 0-for-10 shooting from 3 and 6 turnovers for the Kings.
So many turnovers. Kings trail 30-16.
This is not pretty basketball. Kings trail 19-14 in Memphis, but they seem to be waking up. 0-for-5 start from 3-point range.
De'Aaron Fox finally gets the Kings on the board. 6-2 Grizzlies.
Memphis basketball is down, and down bad, but Penny Hardaway wants to remind Tigers fans that “I’m not a loser" after his team's third straight loss. READ: https://t.co/Rn6H1eco6p https://t.co/wbicmVxG3w
The Sooners tumbled 12 spots to No. 23 in the latest AP Top 25 following back-to-back losses last week. OU visits K-State and UCF this week before hosting No. 22 BYU in Norman next Tuesday. https://t.co/FQ3KpFZh11
#Auburn men's basketball is No. 16 in this week's AP Top 25 Poll. It's an eight-spot slide after a winless week on the road. The Tigers are also No. 16 in the latest Coaches Poll, dropping them out of the top 10 in both.
Auburn drops eight spots to No. 16 in this week’s AP poll after losses at now-No. 24 Alabama and Mississippi State.
with seven weeks left until Selection Sunday, what does Auburn’s NCAA Tournament résumé look like? even after an 0-2 week and with an 0-3 record in Quad 1 games, the Tigers are still a top-10 team in the NET but they'll have to improve to stay there https://t.co/aZctsyNv3T https://t.co/J4KKevwiAL
The Tigers are unwell. To the point where they’re hardly even recognizable. They’ve become infected by selfishness and apathy. Penny Hardaway and Malcolm Dandridge had a lot to say about the state of the Memphis basketball program — and its future. https://t.co/2viPeZHEL5
“If your goal is not for the team that’s on the front of your chest to win the game, then you’re thinking about yourself.” After a third straight loss, “selfishness” is a problem still plaguing Memphis. The Tigers don’t seem to know of a solution either. https://t.co/gRS1TOtVWI
Memphis is officially playing with fire. Tigers suffer another Quad 3 loss at UAB --- their second. Seven weeks until Selection Sunday and not many more opportunities to improve the resume.
Four of Memphis' past seven shot attempts have been 3s. Tigers are 1-7 in that stretch...
here are Auburn basketball’s rankings after the 6-point loss at MSU on Saturday: - T-Rank: 3 - EvanMiya: 5 - BPI: 6 - KenPom: 7 - NET: 9 here’s something: nine of the top 10 teams in NET have now lost multiple road games, with six of them losing multiple *conference* road games