Auburn faces a tough challenge against Florida, trailing by 12 points in the first half with turnovers and free throw issues. Despite efforts, Auburn succumbs to Florida's dominance, resulting in an 81-65 loss. Bruce Pearl highlights the impact of turnovers and lack of practice time on the team's performance. Florida's victory boosts their NCAA tournament prospects, while Auburn slips in KenPom rankings.
News: #Auburn drops a spot, down to No. 13, in the AP Top 25 Poll after splitting the week against then-No. 16 Alabama and Florida. The Tigers will face off with No. 11 South Carolina and No. 22 Kentucky at home on Wednesday and Saturday, respectively. https://t.co/GA7zmDfS4q
Auburn drops one spot to No. 13 in the AP poll. Tigers will face No. 11 South Carolina and No. 22 Kentucky at home this week.
Nate's Notebook: A pivotal double feature looms this week for Auburn basketball on its home floor. Thoughts on the Florida loss + a look at the SEC title race + scouting South Carolina and Kentucky (VIP) https://t.co/eEokWifG9d https://t.co/dZgLwd31Jc
Update: Memphis has moved back into the top 75 of the NET, which moves another Clemson road loss into Quad 1. So the Tigers are now: -4-5 vs. Quad 1 -4-1 vs. Quad 2 -3-1 vs. Quad 3 -5-0 vs. Quad 4 https://t.co/sFp3Av4JeC
Green Wave has shown signs of life over past few min — has hit 3 of its past 4 FG attempts. But Tigers have stayed hot, too. They're shooting 14-25 from floor and 5-9 from deep. https://t.co/aXjSrRIlwF
ANOTHER steal by Memphis and another bucket on the other end. Tomlin makes FT after getting the and-1 layup to fall. Tigers up 23-6 now w/ 11:08 until halftime.
Tigers opened game by missing 4 straight FGs but have hit 4 of their past 5 since. Shooting 4-9 from floor overall. Tomlin leading way w/ 6 pts. https://t.co/3Gzjo4fBdr
Clemson off to a 4-0 start this season, but now the Tigers are down 4-0 in Game No. 5 of an opening weekend tournament. https://t.co/EvHaoP28SK
Observations: Florida 81, Auburn 65 - the turnover battle continues to be so crucial - Auburn’s usual inside-out offense just wasn’t there - Florida’s extra time to prepare isn’t an excuse, but… - Rotation Charts - Nerd Stats - Quote of the Night https://t.co/I2indvP1j0
5 takeaways from Auburn's 81-65 loss at Florida https://t.co/20H4Qyucja https://t.co/h2Jt2nbhcY
✌️ Observations from Auburn’s road loss here at Florida coming to subscribers’ inboxes tomorrow morning, with a new podcast episode to follow a pretty significant week of basketball is coming up, back on the Plains join us for $6/month or $60/year https://t.co/AGiIDS48iU https://t.co/sPqqJqFFZU
Riley Kugel scored 22 points, Walter Clayton Jr. added 20, and the #FloridaGators upset No. 12 Auburn 81-65 to put itself in position to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time in three years. https://t.co/0cMIOVVQPB
to Bruce Pearl's point... Auburn goes from No. 4 to No. 6 on KenPom after this 16-point loss to Florida the Tigers are No. 15 in offense and No. 5 in defense — both marks slipping after this performance in Gainesville Florida, meanwhile, went from No. 35 to No. 26 in KenPom https://t.co/DFs83vZ5fu
Bruce Pearl notes Auburn had a light practice Thursday after the win over Alabama, so the only full practice for Florida was Friday — right before leaving for Gainesville. Florida had a bye week. Pearl suggest the SEC should always have teams play road games after byes.
Bruce Pearl notes Auburn had a light practice Thursday after the win over Alabama, so the only full practice for Florida was Friday — right before leaving for Gainesville. Pearl thinks a good solution for the SEC is to always have teams play road games after bye weeks.
Bruce Pearl jokes that his Tennessee teams beat national championship-winning Florida twice on the road, so now "I'm paying for it" at Auburn.
The Gators roll past No. 12 Auburn in Gainesville with the 81-65 win 🐊 https://t.co/x1EiUJl52W
Some uncharacteristic issues for Auburn today: - 15 turnovers, most in a road game this season - 53.8% from the FT, second-worst this season https://t.co/kxeywMlqyq
Instant Impressions: Florida 81, Auburn 65 https://t.co/20H4Qyucja https://t.co/WemOSXqDUn
Auburn is a great home team. Take the Tigers out of Neville Arena and results may vary. Florida is wire-to-wire destroying them in Gainesville.
The pupil is blasting the teacher today in Gainesville. Todd Golden and Florida are up 27 points midway through the second half against Bruce Pearl’s Auburn Tigers. This is a HUGE win for the Gators and their NCAA tourney resume.
Auburn was +9 in the first four minutes of the second half at Alabama and at Ole Miss gonna likely need something like that to have any chance at Florida today
Auburn now 4-8 from the line in this first half, which is another issue
I wrote that Auburn was heading into a classic trap game in Gainesville. Florida leads by 12 with 3:55 to go in the first half. Lotta game left.
it's still at 12 with 3:45 left in the first half Auburn's passing has been great in recent games, but it feels like the Tigers have tried to do a bit too much with their attempts here today already seven turnovers, which is a percentage of 25% in this first half
Auburn isn't exactly making the easy pass today. Seven turnovers in the first half — two more than the Tigers had the entire game against Alabama — and most have been trying to force the ball into traffic.
Bruce Pearl calls a 30-second timeout after a Tre Donaldson breakaway layup cuts this to a 12-point deficit for Auburn like the Ole Miss matchup, it feels like cutting it to single-digits by the half would be significant — even though Florida is bigger, deeper and better