Auburn Center Johni Broome has been making significant strides in his basketball career. Over two games against Vanderbilt this season, Broome amassed 31 points, 23 rebounds, 6 blocks, 4 steals, and an impressive combined +57, including a remarkable +40 in one night. In his past three games, including the most recent against Vanderbilt, Broome scored 25, 14, and 16 points, respectively, expressing that he feels in a good flow lately. Broome's defensive skills have been a point of pride for him, as he believes defense wins championships. His consistent performance has been highlighted, with the player rolling out of bed to automatically get an average of 15 points and 8 rebounds with a few blocks, providing consistent value that is not always seen in a college big man. This season, Broome has achieved 54 career double-doubles, ranking 5th among active Division I players. His improvement is also evident from his free-throw line performance, shooting 82.1% in SEC play compared to 56.0% last season. Broome's efforts have not gone unnoticed as he has been named one of the 10 finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, given to the top center in college basketball. His statistics for the year include 15.7 points per game, 56.4% shooting, 8.8 rebounds, and 2.2 blocks. Furthermore, Broome's performance has been pivotal in Auburn's games, significantly contributing to the team's scoring in a comeback win at Ole Miss. His second-half transformations have been noteworthy, with a shooting percentage increase from 39.1% in the first halves to 71.5% in the second halves of nine SEC games. Broome leads the SEC in several categories, including Player Efficiency Rating (PER), rebounding, block percentage, 2-point field goals, plus/minus, defensive plus/minus, win shares, and defensive win shares, making him a strong SEC Player of the Year candidate. His improvements from last season span across scoring, field goal percentage, three-point field goal percentage, free throw percentage, rebounding, assists, and turnovers. Broome's unique strategy against Ole Miss, which involved a lot of roll-to-post or 'roast' actions, allowed him to either take on a 1-on-1 matchup or find an open man if doubled. His recent weekly averages include 15.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists, and 4.0 blocks, shooting 58.3% from the field and 60% from three. Broome has also joined an elite group of seven college basketball players since the 1979-80 season to record 1,750 career points, 1,000 rebounds, 300 blocks, and 150 assists, a list that includes renowned players like Derrick Coleman, Tim Duncan, Pervis Ellison, Keith Lee, Shaquille O'Neal, and Ralph Sampson.
#Auburn's Johni Broome is one of seven college basketball players since the 1979-80 season to record 1,750 career points, 1,000 rebounds, 300 blocks and 150 assists. The other six are: • Derrick Coleman • Tim Duncan • Pervis Ellison • Keith Lee • Shaquille O'Neal • Ralph… https://t.co/t0t6GBeSXH
against an Ole Miss team with one available center, Auburn ran a lot of roll-to-post (or “roast”) with Johni Broome if Broome got a 1-on-1 matchup, he took it if Ole Miss doubled him, he found the open man a Film Room on the new SEC Player of the Week: https://t.co/OBZrBmeV8S https://t.co/i2Ml5QDhuM
Johni Broome's per-game averages from the past week: 15.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 4.0 blocks. He also shot 58.3% from the field and 60% from 3. https://t.co/VqiEphon5l
⛹️♂️WK13 | SEC Men’s Basketball Weekly Awards PLAYER: Johni Broome @AuburnMBB x #SECMBB https://t.co/ERWg40zqgt
Johni Broome came back to Auburn after an impressive NBA draft process to become a better all-around big man. Here's where he's improved his numbers from last season: • Scoring • FG % • 3-point FG % • FT % • Rebounding • Assists • Turnovers That'll work. https://t.co/25lcSrTJDA
Midway through the conference slate, Johni Broome leads the SEC in: • PER • Rebounding • Block % • 2-point FGs • +/- • Def. +/- • Win shares • Def. win shares The league's best big man has evolved into an SEC Player of the Year candidate https://t.co/Zb9xMfFoc8 https://t.co/UbH1BPG843
Johni Broome turns into a different beast after halftime. In nine SEC games this season: First halves: 39.1% shooting, 4.6 points Second halves: 71.5% shooting, 9.9 points
Johni Broome either scored, assisted, hockey-assisted or screen-assisted on nearly half of Auburn’s 91 points in the comeback win at Ole Miss here’s a deep dive into how the Tigers used him to excel in Oxford, from “roast” actions to five-out playmaking: https://t.co/OBZrBmeV8S
Auburn’s Johni Broome met one of his favorite movie stars — and apologized to Morgan Freeman for how it happened. https://t.co/ad7XR1SXPE
Auburn basketball’s Johni Broome tried to save a ball from going out of bounds when someone in the front row grabbed his jersey. Thinking it was an Ole Miss fan trying to rattle him, Broome brushed the person’s arm away. Turns out it was Morgan Freeman. https://t.co/fbe06GiHQP
#Auburn C Johni Broome's first points today arrive in the first minute of the second half. He then picks up his third foul second later.
Bruce Pearl points out Johni Broome is shooting 82.1% from the line in SEC play. Broome was a 56.0% foul shooter last season.
Auburn's Johni Broome is one of 10 candidates for this year's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award for the best center in college basketball. 15.7 ppg, 56.4% shooting, 8.8 reb, 2.2 blks
news: Auburn's Johni Broome has been named as one of the 10 finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, given to the top center in college basketball
wrote about it this morning: feels like Johni Broome gets overlooked some, but this dude rolls out of bed and automatically gets like 15 and 8 with a few blocks he provides so much consistent value that you don’t always see in a college big man https://t.co/TbINbkpkqu
Auburn C Johni Broome: "We take pride in our defense. Offense is gonna come. We've got a lot of scorers on our team... somebody's gonna carry us until our whole offense starts flowing. But defense wins championships."
#Auburn C Johni Broome's past three games: 25, 14 and now 16 points against Vanderbilt tonight. Broome: "I just kind of feel like I'm in a flow lately."
Auburn C Johni Broome in two games against Vanderbilt this season: 31 points, 23 rebounds, 6 blocks, 4 steals and a combined +57 — including +40 (!) tonight
.@AuburnMBB F Johni Broome now has 54 career double-doubles, 5th most among active Division I players.