AP Preseason Top 25: Texas No. 1, Alabama No. 8, with 10 SEC teams ranked
For the first time, Texas is No. 1 in an AP Top 25 preseason poll.
For the first time, Texas is No. 1 in an AP Top 25 preseason poll.
“We are aware of the situation,” Auburn head basketball coach Bruce Pearl told ESPN.
While Auburn made it to the super regional round for the fifth time, they were swept by Coastal Carolina, which moves on to the College World Series.
Coastal Carolina’s Caden Bodine hit a go-ahead homer in the 10th inning, his second long ball of the game, Blagen Pado also homered twice, and Coastal Carolina opened the Auburn Super Regional with a 7-6 victory over the host Tigers.
While Florida ends the college basketball season ranked No. 1 with its national championship, Auburn ends the season at No. 4 and Alabama at No. 6.
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.
Auburn has fired women’s basketball coach Johnnie Harris, who had gone 58-63 in four seasons.
No. 1 Auburn never led the game it lost to No. 22 Texas A&M, which ended the Tigers’ six-game winning streak.