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The Auburn Tigers have been one of the most impressive teams in college basketball this season. Bruce Pearl and the Tigers took home the title at the Maui Invitational on Wednesday with a dominant 90-76 win over Memphis in the title game. This win capped off an epic week for Auburn. It overcame a 16-point […]

Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl picked up a big win Saturday night when his Tigers defeated No. 4 Houston 74-69. However, the biggest story of the game is likely what happened the day before it, as Auburn’s first attempted flight to Houston on Friday ended with the pilot turning around the plane and returning to […]

The Los Angeles Lakers shocked the sports world Thursday morning as reports indicate they’re pursuing UConn basketball coach, Dan Hurley. Nothing is set in stone just yet. However, the belief is he’ll take the job. As a result, one well-known insider believes Bruce Pearl would be a great replacement for Hurley as the Huskies head […]

When you talk about Alabama vs. Auburn, the image that pops into your head is likely one that takes place on a football field. Cam Newton’s 24-point comeback. The Kick Six. Jalen Milroe’s 4th and 31 touchdown pass to Isaiah Bond to keep Bama’s College Football Playoff hopes alive. But in recent years, there’s has […]

On Friday afternoon, Auburn basketball head coach Bruce Pearl and his Tigers saw their season come to a devastating end with a 78-76 loss vs Yale in the first round of the NCAA tournament, in a game played from Spokane, Washington. Auburn entered the tournament riding high after demolishing the competition en route to the […]

Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl was deeply moved on Sunday, as his team won the SEC conference tournament championship. Pearl and his Tigers defeated Florida, 86-67. After the game, Pearl was moved to tears while thinking of his late father. "I lost my dad in August. He was my biggest fan." An emotional Bruce Pearl […]

The Auburn basketball team suffered a tough defeat on Saturday at home against Kentucky. College basketball is a funny game. Earlier this week, the Tigers scored 100 points and beat #11 South Carolina by 40 points. On Saturday, Auburn lost at home to #22 Kentucky by double digits and scored just 59 points. The Tigers […]

Earlier this week, the Auburn basketball team beat #11 South Carolina by 40 points at home. They had another big game at home on Saturday, but this time, the Tigers lost to #22 Kentucky by double digits. That’s college basketball. Auburn got off to an abysmal start in this one as they had just two […]

The Auburn basketball team hit the road on Wednesday for a rivalry contest against Alabama basketball. It was expected to be a good game as the 8th ranked, 16-2 Tigers were 2.5-point underdogs in the game against the 13-5, unranked Crimson Tide. It was a huge game for both teams, and it got off to […]

After losing in the second round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament, Auburn basketball was looking to come back with a vengeance. However, Bruce Pearl and company were stopped in their tracks as Auburn basketball fell to Baylor in their first game of the season. With Baylor being ranked No. 20 in the country, Auburn basketball […]

There’s a new football sheriff in town for the Auburn Tigers after the school hired Hugh Freeze to become its football program’s next head coach. Freeze will have a challenging job ahead of him, as he looks to turn things around for Auburn football which finished the 2022 college football regular season with just a […]

Walker Kessler shined in his first season with the Auburn Tigers. He won the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award after transferring from North Carolina. Under Bruce Pearl’s tutelage and next to Jabari Smith Jr. in the starting lineup, Kessler had a fantastic season. After speculation about whether he would return to the Tigers, […]

The Auburn Tigers entered SEC Tournament play ranked as the number one seed and one of the better teams in the Conference following their 27-5 regular season record. Led by talented forward Jabari Smith, the Tigers were looked at as one of the favorites to win the tourney. However, the team was quickly bounced from […]

After opening the season 18-1, the Auburn University Tigers became the new number one team in the country. Auburn has performed incredibly well this season and has done a fantastic job in the SEC, going 7-0 in conference play. They have a number of players on their roster who have made significant contributions to the […]

The NCAA Committee on Infractions announced their decision Friday on the investigation they conducted into violations of NCAA ethical conduct rules by former assistant Chuck Person. Auburn’s men’s basketball program has been placed on four years of probation for violations of NCAA ethical conduct rules by former assistant Chuck Person, while head coach Bruce Pearl […]

Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl lead his team in prayer for Florida’s Keyontae Johnson, following his collapse in a game against Florida State. In a video released by the universities’ Twitter account, an emotional Pearl can be seen imploring his players to pray for the ill forward. 🙏 for Keyontae pic.twitter.com/2q4IcN5rDw — Auburn Basketball (@AuburnMBB) […]

Auburn basketball had a special 2018-19 season. The Tigers were unrelenting in their quest to make history, and they did just that. After a 5-6 start in SEC play, Bruce Pearl’s team won 14 of their final 16 games en route to the school’s first Final Four appearance. While the loss to Virginia stung, it […]

Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl has never been shy about expressing his love for the 3-pointer in college basketball. Many of Pearl’s teams have excelled at making lots of shots on the perimeter, and the Tigers continued that trend last season in making a school-record 454 3-pointers while marching to the program’s first-ever Final Four. […]

Auburn basketball head coach Bruce Pearl joined us on the Marching to Madness podcast back in July to preview the 2019-20 season for the Tigers, who are coming off their first Final Four appearance in school history. Some of the topics Pearl discussed included: How the program is building momentum after the Final Four run […]