Auburn University's basketball team secured a commanding 99-81 win over Alabama, the most points scored against a ranked SEC opponent since 1995. The victory has left the SEC regular-season title race wide open, with Auburn, Alabama, South Carolina, and Tennessee each having two losses. Auburn set a new single-game program record with 40 free throws, beating the previous record of 39 from 1959. The team's low turnover percentage of 6.5% is the lowest in an SEC game since 2012. Defensively, Auburn was dominant, with Jaylin Williams scoring a career-high 26 points and the team forcing Alabama to shoot just 37.3% from the field and commit 15 turnovers. The game was also noted for the high number of fouls and free throws, with a combined 61 fouls and Auburn attempting 50 free throws. Auburn's frontcourt duo of Johni Broome and Jaylin Williams has been lauded, with the team now ranked No. 4 on KenPom, boasting a top-10 offense and defense.
Johni Broome compares Florida to Texas A&M: playmaking guards with physical bigs who clean up the glass.
Johni Broome compares Florida to Texas A&M: Playmaking guards with physical bigs who clean up the glass.
Bruce Pearl on Todd Golden: "I want him to do well. I want Florida basketball to do well. And I want to beat the pants off them Saturday."
Bruce Pearl says Florida's guards remind him of Alabama a bit, but Florida is just "longer" on the front line
Auburn HC Bruce Pearl: "Alright, 1996... 1996. Steven Pearl was 7. Mike Burgomaster was 2. Chad Prewett was in his second year of coaching high school basketball. Ira Bowman was a player at Penn... Gas was $1.22. That was the last time we beat Florida at Florida."
Bruce Pearl: "Steven Pearl was 7. Chad Burgomaster was 2" the last time Auburn won in Gainesville (1996).
🎙️New Auburn Undercover Podcast: @Isaac__Trotter joins the show, as we break down the Tigers’ win over Alabama + the Florida matchup + Auburn’s path to an SEC title + looking around the rest of the league. Really enjoyed this one. Watch/listen: https://t.co/wAkxvErSx3 https://t.co/dLWCeEAgue
DAILY COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS: Here is Thursday morning’s updated @CBSSports Top 25 And 1 — complete with some thoughts on Bruce Pearl's Auburn Tigers. 1. Purdue 2. UConn 3. Houston 4. Tennessee 5. Marquette *** 11. Auburn *** 26. Virginia https://t.co/Wjolac8Mj4
Charles Barkley Says Alabama Needs A Few "Round Mounds of Rebound," like him, during Auburn blowout of Roll-less Tide. https://t.co/A6Hmc1j03T https://t.co/1YeE7D2k6V
Familiar struggles with Auburn bigs lead to seventh loss for #Alabama "We've had issues with frontcourt guys all year, to be honest with you. ... It's an issue. We've got to get better inside." 🔗: https://t.co/TkhjPvqdlS https://t.co/9QUl4j2eLP
Johni Broome is up to 7th in the country at https://t.co/cegyfz96ax after a dominant performance last night. Broome is also the 3rd most impactful defender in the country according to Defensive BPR, and is top 10 in Box DBPR, which measures value just from defensive box stats. https://t.co/lKyCHhLUvK
The ups and downs from No. 12 #Auburn's 99-81 win over No. 16 Alabama includes: 🆙 Winning the paint 🆙 That first-half-ending run 🆙 Jaylin and Johni QOTN from Bruce Pearl: "I think we have one of the better frontlines in our league. ... I think Jaylin Williams and Johni… https://t.co/zAj7tafqe7
here are Auburn basketball’s rankings after the 18-point win over Alabama on Wednesday: - T-Rank: 3 - Haslametrics: 3 - EvanMiya: 3 - KenPom: 4 - BPI: 4 - NET: 7 again, Auburn is the only team in the country with a top-10 offense and a top-10 defense on KenPom right now
Observations: Auburn 99, Alabama 81 - Jaylin Williams gets his revenge - Auburn won the war of attrition around the rim - turning defense into offense — and vice versa - a tale of two small forwards - Rotation Charts - Nerd Stats - Quote of the Night https://t.co/nuW3biFTFp
Auburn big-boyed Alabama basketball last night. On top of that, the Tide had one of its lowest blue-collar point totals in the rivalry loss. A column from the scene. https://t.co/b6RxOdxbCI
While you drink your morning coffee, never forget: Last night's Alabama-Auburn game had 85 total free throws attempted. Eighty. Five. Not acceptable. Ever. Just an awful product for the fans overall. CC: @GregSankey
Auburn's identity as a team is clear. When the veteran frontcourt is rolling, not many teams can keep up. "I think Jaylin Williams and Johni Broome could get some discussions about (the best) front lines in the country right now.” https://t.co/RqSLF3wdch https://t.co/apTnWICNEX
Everything Bruce Pearl said after Auburn's 99-81 win over Alabama, as the Tigers return to the top of the league standings by snapping a three-game losing streak against their arch rival https://t.co/tK1hu6aiZa https://t.co/gcQ60lAWx5
in Wednesday's newsletter, I laid out three areas where Auburn had to improve from the first game vs. Alabama how did the Tigers do? 1. +7 in rebounds, +14 in points in the paint 2. Jaylin Williams: career-high 26 points 3. Alabama: shot 37.3% from the field and had 15 TOs https://t.co/6JAXElBrzg
3 takeaways from Auburn's 99-81 win over Alabama https://t.co/XA7ZXR4pyn https://t.co/qqzLu6Fcgq
Does Alabama have the front court to win in March? 'They have no size inside,' Charles Barkley says. Nate Oats says Alabama has "got to be better inside." https://t.co/jQ3IGDNxxD
✌️ Observations from Auburn basketball’s critical home win over Alabama coming to subscribers in the morning you’ll get a podcast and a mailbag on Friday — feel free to go ahead and send in those questions tonight, right here then, a trip to Florida https://t.co/7wOJumgl5P https://t.co/9paG12FRDV
#Auburn HC Bruce Pearl: "I think Chris Moore's play was huge." C-Mo's final line: 5 rebounds (4 OR), 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 block.
Bruce Pearl says he considered #Auburn's front court of Broome and Williams one of the best in the SEC heading into the year. Now? BP thinks Johni Broome and Jaylin Williams "could get some discussion about best frontlines in the country."
Bruce Pearl says this was #Auburn's biggest game of the year. (So far.)
Bruce Pearl said the environment was great tonight. He said ESPN goes a lot of places but none compare Auburn. “This place is different,” he said.
The 99 points for @AuburnMBB tonight vs Alabama are the most for the Tigers vs a ranked SEC opponent since a 1995 win against number 5 Arkansas 104-90.
Auburn's 6.5% turnover percentage against Alabama is the program's lowest mark in an SEC game since 2012 the Tigers now have two of their four best turnover percentage games since 1999 in this season alone — the other being the win over Indiana in Atlanta (4.0%)
Auburn finished with 12 blocks tonight, the most by any Alabama opponent since at least 2010. https://t.co/FZw8We2NJK
Auburn's 40 free throws tonight vs. Alabama is a new single-game program record the previous mark was 39, set against Mississippi State in... 1959
The 61 combined fouls between Alabama (33) and Auburn (28) tonight were one short of an Alabama school record of 62, set three times in 2017 (South Carolina, 4OT), 1978 (LSU) and 1964 (Florida).
Auburn is now up to No. 4 on KenPom — No. 10 in offense and No. 3 in defense additionally: https://t.co/zzmGJtZDEN
A reverse rammer jammer after Auburn beats Alabama, 99-81. https://t.co/hyfULPh9Wo
wouldn't have expected Auburn to beat Alabama handily despite being -12 in points off 3s but it was +12 in points off free throws, +14 in points in the paint, +12 in points off of turnovers, +12 in second-chance points and +18 in fast-break points, so...
Auburn's 50 free throw attempts tonight against Alabama are the second-most in a Division I game this season. Northeastern attempted 51 in a December 2 game against Old Dominion.
wouldn't have expected Auburn to beat Alabama handily despite being -12 in points off 3s but it was +12 in points off free throws, +14 in points in the paint, +12 in points off of turnovers and +18 in fast-break points, so...
Auburn puts up 99 and gets revenge against Alabama. The SEC regular-season title is wide-open between 4 teams right now. Alabama, South Carolina, Auburn and Tennessee all with 2 losses.