AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll: Alabama Drops after Loss to Texas A&M
Alabama has dropped two spots in the latest AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll following its loss on Saturday to Texas A&M.
Alabama has dropped two spots in the latest AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll following its loss on Saturday to Texas A&M.
Auburn, which lost eight of its previous 11 games, enjoyed their biggest win of the season as Tennessee failed to score over the final six minutes.
No. 2 Alabama rallied from a 17-point deficit before beating archrival Auburn 90-85 in overtime on Wednesday night.
Jaylin Williams scored 13 points and Johni Broome 12 for Auburn, which shot just 34% and was outrebounded 41-23.
Auburn beat Mississippi 78-74 Wednesday night after blowing a 12-point second-half lead.
Vanderbilt coach Jerry Stackhouse picked up his first win in four tries against Auburn’s Bruce Pearl.
In what Auburn coach Bruce Pearl called “a must-win for us,” the Tigers defeated Missouri 89-56.
Alabama remains the only Power-5 team without a league loss, but it was iffy most of the way with Auburn putting the defensive clamps on Bama star Brandon Miller.
The Southeastern Conference says it distributed an average of $49.9 million to its 14 member schools for the fiscal year that ended last August.
Auburn has lost four of its last five games before it faces No. 3 Alabama on Saturday.