Johni Broome finished his season with a sleeve covering a sore right elbow and some quiet words from Charles Barkley, as he left the court.
Johni Broome held his injured arm during Auburn’s postgame celebration. That didn’t keep the star from climbing a ladder to cut down the net.
Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said a trip to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament was no sure thing, and Creighton made his team work for it
Auburn’s Johni Broome and Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner are big men with big-time experience on the March Madness stage.
The Auburn Tigers departed for Lexington, Kentucky as they prepare to face Alabama State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Auburn Tigers (28-5) go home losers of three of their last four games after falling to Tennessee 70-65 in the SEC Basketball Tournament.
With this victory over Ole Miss, third-ranked Auburn will play No. 8 Tennessee in the SEC Tournament semifinals.
Auburn’s eight-week streak as the nation’s number one men’s college basketball team is over, as the Tigers slide to No. 3.
No. 1 Auburn never led the game it lost to No. 22 Texas A&M, which ended the Tigers’ six-game winning streak.
Auburn remains atop the AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball poll for the eighth straight week. Alabama has fallen one place to No. 7.
