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Auburn, Duke top men's AP Top 25, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt make poll debuts; UConn tumbles to No. 25
Auburn keeps winning games that come down to the wire. It's kept them on top of the AP Top 25, too. The Tigers were the unanimous choice atop the men's college basketball poll for the second consecutive week Monday, getting all 62 votes from the national media panel. Their place at...
No. 1 Auburn slips past No. 6 Tennessee 53-51 and extends its winning streak to 11 games
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Miles Kelly hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 30 seconds remaining and Johni Broome had 16 points and 13 rebounds in his return to the lineup as No. 1 Auburn extended its winning streak to 11 games with a 53-51 win over No. 6 Tennessee on Saturday night. Auburn...
Baker-Mazara scores 20 as No. 1 Auburn easily beats No. 15 Mississippi State 88-66 without Broome
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Chad Baker-Mazara scored 20 points, and No. 1 Auburn beat No. 15 Mississippi State 88-66 on Tuesday night in its first game without star center Johni Broome. Chaney Johnson, who replaced Broome in the starting lineup, had 17 points, eight rebounds and four...
Auburn rises to No. 1 in AP Top 25 after Tennessee loses, Georgia is ranked for 1st time since 2011
Auburn has climbed to No. 1 in The Associated Press men's basketball poll for its second stint at the top in program history, while fellow Southeastern Conference program Georgia is in the rankings for the first time in 14 years. Bruce Pearl's Tigers (15-1) claimed 60 of 62...
Auburn standout Johni Broome won't need surgery on his sprained left ankle, school says
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn standout Johni Broome will not require surgery on his sprained left ankle, the school said in a statement Sunday. Broome, the Tigers' leading scorer, suffered what coach Bruce Pearl called a “significant sprain” of his ankle in No. 2 Auburn’s 66-63...
Auburn's Broome suffers 'significant' ankle sprain in comeback win over South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Johni Broome suffered a “significant sprain” of his left ankle in No. 2 Auburn's win over South Carolina on Saturday, and Tigers coach Bruce Pearl said his team's leading scorer will have an MRI to determine the extent of the injury. Broome, a 6-foot-10,...
No. 2 Auburn rallies past South Carolina 66-63, standout Johni Broome exits with left ankle injury
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tahaad Pettiford assisted on Dylan Cardwell's go-ahead dunk and converted two free throws with 4.4 seconds remaining as No. 2 Auburn overcame an injury to leading scorer Johni Broom and rallied to beat South Carolina 66-63 on Saturday. With Auburn trailing by...
No. 2 Auburn hangs on 87-82 at Texas to give Bruce Pearl school-record coaching victory
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Johni Broome had 20 points and 12 rebounds as No. 2 Auburn withstood a late Texas rally for an 87-82 victory Tuesday night to give coach Bruce Pearl the school record for career wins. Auburn (14-1, 2-0 SEC) led by 21 in the second half, and bullied the...
The SEC proved its dominance during nonconference play. Now, it gets to start beating up on itself
The SEC spent the first couple weeks of the men's college basketball season beating up on the rest of the nation, and the result was No. 1 Tennessee and second-ranked Auburn leading nine teams from the league into this week's AP Top 25. Now, after opening up conference play last...
Broome scores 24 points and No. 2 Auburn opens SEC play with a 84-68 win over Missouri
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Johni Broome scored 24 points and had seven rebounds and four blocks, and No. 2 Auburn opened Southeastern Conference play with an 84-68 win over Missouri on Saturday. Auburn (13-1, 1-0) shot 10 for 21 from 3-point range, with seven different Tigers hitting at...
