For the first time in school history, the Auburn Men’s Basketball team is in the Final Four. Fans are surprised and anxious but they are enjoying the ride. “I’ve watched their games and they’ve just been lights out in shooting and their playing really well so i think that they have a good chance of winning” “I just can’t believe…
Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl celebrates with his team after the Midwest Regional final game against Kentucky in the NCAA men’s College basketball tournament Sunday, March 31, 2019, in Kansas City, Mo. Auburn won 77-71 in overtime. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) The Tigers continue to roar in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in a run that has now brought down the…
The Auburn Tigers have grabbed a 5-seed in the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament after a dominating win over Tennessee in the SEC Championship today. Auburn will play 12-seed New Mexico State in the Midwest Region on Thursday. The Tigers won the SEC Championship for the first time since 1985 with a 84-64 victory over UT. Auburn made 15-40 three point…
Former Auburn assistant basketball coach Chuck Person is scheduled to plead guilty Tuesday to a conspiracy charge in a scandal that involved bribes paid to entice young athletes to go to top schools. The change-of-plea hearing was revealed in a filing late Friday by prosecutors in Manhattan federal court. Person was scheduled to go to trial in June. The former…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Freshman Mustapha Heron recorded his first career double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds while making all eight field goal attempts to lead Auburn to an 85-64 victory over Eastern Kentucky in the Cancun Challenge second round in Auburn Arena on Thursday. The Tigers are 3-0 for the first time since 2011-12 and for the second…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn basketball will play in the 2017 Gildan Charleston Classic in an eight-team field of Clemson, Dayton, Temple, Hofstra, Indiana State and Old Dominion Nov. 16, 17 and 19 at TD Arena in Charleston, S.C, it was announced on Thursday. It will be televised by the ESPN networks. Both Dayton and Temple reached the NCAA Tournament…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – Danjel Purifoy and Jared Harper each scored 19 points, Horace Spencer added 12 points and Auburn topped Georgia State 83-65 on Monday night in the opening round of the Cancun Challenge. Auburn (2-0) pulled away in the second half as its shooting, which had been an issue in the first 20 minutes, picked up. They shot…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – Bryce Brown scored 19 points, freshman Danjel Purifoy added 14 points and Auburn hit 13 3-pointers in an 83-66 victory over North Florida on Friday night in a season opener for both teams. Freshmen Mustafa Heron and Jared Harper each had 10 points for Auburn. The Tigers used their 3-pointers to pull away early, and their…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Every Auburn basketball game will be televised for the third consecutive season after it was announced Thursday that the Dec. 12 Boston College game in the Under Armour Reunion in New York City’s Madison Square Garden will be televised by FS1 at 5:30 pm CT. South Carolina vs. Seton Hall will be the second game of…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn Basketball has signed the No. 2 ranked recruiting class in the nation in consensus five-star Austin Wiley, a 6-foot-11, 255-pound center from Hoover, Ala., and Conrad Academy (Fla.); four-star Davion Mitchell, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound guard from Hinesville, Ga., and Liberty County High School; and four-star Chuma Okeke, a 6-foot-8, 225-pound forward from Atlanta, Ga., and…
