Auburn, Bruce Pearl
Auburn freshman leaves bench after heated exchange with head coach Bruce Pearl
Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl says Tigers' star Johni Broome will "try to move around"
Did Bruce Pearl coach at Tennessee? Everything to know about Auburn coach
Tennessee basketball faces a familiar face when it travels to take on No. 1 Auburn on Saturday night. The No. 7 Vols (17-2) face the No. 1 Tigers (17-1) and coach Bruce Pearl, who coached Tennessee from 2005-11.
Bruce Pearl and top-ranked Auburn are 2-0 without star forward Johni Broome, who hopes to make his return on Saturday night.
Ole Miss, Missouri, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt and Texas also made USA TODAY Sports’ first projected field of 68, giving the SEC a total of 11 NCAA Tournament teams. Texas is the lowest-ranked seed and would be play in the First Four in Dayton, Ohio, in these projections.
The Auburn Tigers needed a Johni Broome sized spark to get by the 6th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday night
Bruce Pearl is hopeful that Auburn forward Johni Broome will make his return for Saturday night's top-10 showdown against No. 6 Tennessee.
The Missouri Tigers get a welcomed week off from the Southeastern Conference basketball wars after winning five of their first seven games in league play.
Auburn Tigers men's basketball head coach Bruce Pearl slams Hamas terrorists as a video showed their reaction to freeing three Israeli hostages.
The nation has undeniably taken notice of Auburn basketball's success under coach Bruce Pearl, and a prime example of that bearing ... as the Tigers had won four of their past five games. No. 3 Alabama 77, Auburn 69 (Feb. 11, 2023): A season in which ...
The Florida native has been having an impressive senior season leading the Tigers to the No. 2 ranking in the AP poll and is in contention for National Player of the Year.
Predictions, picks and odds as No. 7 Tennessee basketball faces Auburn. Plus, injury updates and the latest news
Texas Tech made its Top 25 season debut at No. 22 after beating Cincinnati and Oklahoma State to run its Big 12 winning streak to four games. Vanderbilt entered the poll at No. 24 for the first time since Dec. 7, 2015, as the women's team also cracked the poll this week for the first time since 2014.
Auburn has bolted out to a 17-1 start that includes a 5-0 Southeastern Conference record in Bruce Pearl's 11th season on the Plains. The two most recent Auburn victories transpired without Johni Broome, the 6-foot-10, 240-pound center/forward who is averaging 17.9 points, 10.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.7 blocked shots per game.
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