Auburn's men's basketball team achieved a historic victory, defeating No. 11 South Carolina by a 40-point margin, 101-61. This win marked Auburn's 20th of the season, all by double digits, and extended their home winning streak to 13 games, a feat not seen since the 1998-99 season. The victory also made Auburn the only Division I team in the last 40 years to beat an opponent with an .850+ winning percentage (South Carolina was 21-3 entering the game) by 40+ points. Auburn's performance was highlighted by shooting 11-18 from beyond the arc, showcasing an exceptional offensive display. South Carolina's head coach, Lamont Paris, acknowledged Auburn's superior play, noting their inspired and intentional basketball. Auburn's head coach, Bruce Pearl, praised his team's freedom of play and defensive disruption, attributing part of the success to the scouting efforts of Steven Pearl. The win is part of Auburn's impressive season, having won 20 of its first 25 games, a record matched only four times in the last seven seasons in the program's 118-year history. Additionally, this victory was Auburn's largest SEC win of the Pearl era and maintained their undefeated home record (13-0).
The NCAA men's basketball committee will reveal its current top 16 seeds at 11:30 a.m. Saturday on CBS. @UHCougarMBK is expected to be among the four No. 1 regional seeds.
🎙️New Auburn Undercover Podcast with @ITATJason: Dissecting Auburn's absurdly dominant win over South Carolina + looking ahead to Saturday's matchup with Kentucky Listen: https://t.co/jshrwJ8HUQ https://t.co/T5Q2uLdcQq
So Auburn's game score against South Carolina yesterday, per T-Rank, was ... 100.0. Game score is an overall measure of efficiency and productivity in a single performance. 100 is where the scale maxes out. The numbers say Auburn literally could not have played a better game.
here are Auburn basketball’s rankings after the 40-point win over South Carolina on Wednesday: - Haslametrics: 3 - KenPom: 4 - T-Rank: 4 - EvanMiya: 5 - BPI: 5 - NET: 6 one-spot increases across the board, which makes sense — you’re 25 games in, so most of the resume is built
Going to make my @WatchPlayback debut during NBA All-Star Saturday night. 8.30 pm. Join in if that's your thing. https://t.co/fKuZxbKeRy
Clemson jumps three spots in the NET rankings, from No. 29 to No. 26, after last night's win over Miami. Tigers are the ACC's third-ranked NET team behind No. 11 UNC and No. 15 Duke. https://t.co/3kDNeP31if
We have a 30-minute episode of Inside College Basketball starting now on @CBSSportsNet. It'll be me, @AdamZuckerCBS, @JonRothstein and @CWalkerSports recapping the night -- starting with Auburn's 40-point win over South Carolina.
Everything Bruce Pearl said after Auburn's big win over South Carolina, as the Tigers "played with great freedom" in what's now the largest SEC win of the Pearl era https://t.co/v0QP3lL0Od https://t.co/OEtSWhrFgN
Auburn basketball has won 20 of its first 25 games just eight times in its 118-year history four of those times — exactly half — have come inside the last seven seasons
✌️ Observations from Auburn basketball's historic 40-point rout of first-place South Carolina will be sent out to subscribers at 6 a.m. CT new podcast episode and a fresh mailbag (send in questions) dropping Friday morning happy Valentine's Day, y'all https://t.co/7wOJumgSVn https://t.co/sre2cTS6Bt
Auburn HC Bruce Pearl on playing SG Denver Jones at point guard tonight: https://t.co/IC838m3Yn0
.@AuburnMBB is the only Division I team in the last 40 years to face an opponent with an .850+ winning percentage (min. 20 games into the season) and beat them by 40+ points (South Carolina was 21-3 entering today).
40-point margin of victory for @AuburnMBB is the largest vs an @AP_Top25 team in program history…. Also the largest loss as an AP-ranked team in program history for South Carolina.
11th 20-point win this season for @AuburnMBB The most in the @SEC
Auburn HC Bruce Pearl: "We didn't have a turnover from our point guard position tonight — Tre and Aden."
Bruce Pearl didn't realize tonight was #Auburn's 20th win — "That's sort of a number that coaches pay attention to," he says. It's the fourth time in five seasons the Tigers have won 20 games, and another win would match last season's total. There's six games remaining.
asked Auburn HC Bruce Pearl about playing Denver Jones at PG tonight to paraphrase, the Tigers felt like both Jones and KDJ are playing so well right now — especially defensively — that getting a max of 40 minutes from them at the 2 wasn't enough I'll post the full quote later
Bruce Pearl notes Auburn — with six games left — is now one win away from hitting last year's win total (21).
Bruce Pearl on trying to replicate that performance this weekend against Kentucky: "You can't ensure that. They're kids." But he adds that the Neville Arena crowd "elevates" their play, and that's something that can be controlled by Auburn fans and students.
Can Auburn go to the Final 4? Tonight’s win over South Carolina was incredibly impressive. https://t.co/HpxuDSXBRA
Auburn HC Bruce Pearl: "Certain matchups are certain matchups. The way we guard and what we do defensively worked really well against South Carolina tonight." (felt the same way — and so did Vegas — but not exactly to this degree)
Bruce Pearl: "Certain matchups are certain matchups. The way we guard and play offensively worked really well against South Carolina. ... Against Florida, the way we play and the way they play, it didn't match up very well for us."
Auburn HC Bruce Pearl: "When you get nine 3-balls from your starting frontcourt, it makes everything that you might try to do offensively work... There are pick-and-rolls and pick-and-pops, and now that Johni hit those tonight, I'm never gonna get him to roll again."
Auburn HC Bruce Pearl on dominating the TO battle: "I thought Steven Pearl did an amazing job on the scout. He had us really ready to go. They don't turn the ball over, but we blitzed them in ball screens and did some things that bothered them... and we weren't afraid to switch."
#Auburn HC Bruce Pearl talking now. "Getting ready for South Carolina, one of the things that you notice when preparing for them is they don't beat themselves." The Gamecocks turned the ball over 13 time. That's the most they've had since Jan. 13.
Bruce Pearl: "We just made shots and played with great freedom."
Auburn HC Bruce Pearl: "Getting ready for South Carolina, one of the things you prepare for is the fact that they don't beat themselves... Tonight, after a slow start, we just made shots and played with great freedom. And we disrupted them offensively."
AUBURN BY 40 😤 @AuburnMBB undefeated in The Jungle (13-0) 💪 https://t.co/VGCeY8ikFG
prior to Auburn's 101-61 win over South Carolina tonight... since 2010, only one men's college basketball team ranked No. 11 or higher has been beaten by 40 points in a single game it was when Villanova beat Oklahoma by 44 in the Final Four
South Carolina HC Lamont Paris on Auburn: "I'll try to be brief: They were really good, and we weren't good... They played some inspired, determined and intentional basketball... and they also played really well."
Auburn basketball has only beaten eight teams by 40 or more points since 2010: Mississippi College Grambling Saint Peter's North Florida Cal State Northridge Coastal Carolina South Alabama ...No. 11 South Carolina
20 wins on the season for @AuburnMBB 20 wins by double digits on the season for @AuburnMBB
In early January, it was Miami pouring in shots on Clemson as the Tigers spiraled early in ACC play. This time around, the Tigers found their groove and trounced the Canes. It was another feel-good win amid a three-game winning streak for Clemson. https://t.co/0RBixnvEYV
.@AuburnMBB has now won 13 straight home games by double digits. Last time that happen was 1998-99 when the Tigers won 16 straight.
Headed to the under-8 timeout, Auburn is shooting 11-18 from beyond the arc. Haven't shot better than 60% from deep in an SEC game since 65.4% against Vanderbilt in Feb. 2018.
for the second time tonight, Auburn is playing Denver Jones at PG
tonight: only the third top-15 men’s basketball matchup in Neville Arena — and the first that didn’t involve Kentucky it’s Auburn vs. South Carolina in about 90 minutes, and it’s got real SEC title implications, just as we all expected back, right? https://t.co/DbUawQbBka
We have a 30-minute episode of Inside College Basketball starting now on @CBSSportsNet. It'll be me, @AdamZuckerCBS, @CWalkerSports and @JonRothstein previewing the night. Then ... 7:00: Xavier at Seton Hall 9:00: No. 1 UConn at DePaul 11:00: UNLV at Fresno State
Spending my Valentine's Day with you watching NBA on @WatchPlayback. I'll be popping in here at about 4PM PT to chat and bounce between all the games: https://t.co/CbZHqBYxW2
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The @EyeOnCBBPodcast will be live on @YouTube momentarily. We'll open on a wild Tuesday in the ACC -- UNC lost at Syracuse/Virginia lost at home to Pitt -- before also discussing other results from the night. WATCH: https://t.co/K7zoEm5xaN
#UVA drops from No. 32 to 41 in the NET rankings after its home loss to Pittsburgh. Pitt moves up from 60 to 53. The #Hokies home win over FSU lifted them to No. 60 in this morning's NET rankings ... https://t.co/3UBTD3zfAG
We have a 30-minute episode of Inside College Basketball starting now on @CBSSportsNet. It'll be me, Brent Stover, @ShelvinMack and @Roy_Meets_World recapping an interesting Tuesday night in the sport -- starting with North Carolina's loss at Syracuse.
We'll be going live on @AaronTorresPod YouTube channel as soon as this Kentucky-Ole Miss games goes final. Lot to discuss on this game, and a busy night in college hoops. LOCK. IN. 🔒🔒 https://t.co/nAtkuy1vbG