Omnibus Thread on SEC Tournament...

[Bama Shoals]

I will say this about Auburn and my son and I were talking about it this morning. Auburn is deep and talented but Pearl’s approach allows less talented teams to be in games maybe when they shouldn’t; especially when Auburn is not shooting well. It’s a physical, slower approach that doesn’t maximize number of possessions like Oats’ system does. Greater number of possessions would allow greater talent and depth to prevail. I think that may be why Auburn generally struggles in the NCAA tournament except for the one year they had a bunch of guards who consistently shot it well.

 

[Bazza]

Congrats on the win, Dub. Sorry to see the injury to Johni and hoping for a quick recovery!

 

[AUDub]

I will say this about Auburn and my son and I were talking about it this morning. Auburn is deep and talented but Pearl’s approach allows less talented teams to be in games maybe when they shouldn’t; especially when Auburn is not shooting well. It’s a physical, slower approach that doesn’t maximize number of possessions like Oats’ system does. Greater number of possessions would allow greater talent and depth to prevail. I think that may be why Auburn generally struggles in the NCAA tournament except for the one year they had a bunch of guards who consistently shot it well.

The problem since the deep run has pretty much been the guards melting. This year we have more balance there.

Unfortunately our frontcourt may have just taken the biggest hit imaginable.

 

[rolltide_21]

Pringle had two free throws to take the lead with 9 seconds left. Yet missed both. Bring back bad memories? Auburn ratcheted up the defense in the 2nd half but were fortunate to escape.

As soon as I saw him on the free throw line, I told my son it’s in the bag for AU.

 

[AUDub]

Tennessee is turning the ball over a lot tonight.

 

[AUDub]

Tennessee is still reeling a bit from the UF loss.

 

[AUDub]

Fears for OU is one of the great enigmas since we've hit conference play. He was so good in non-conference but just can't get right since SEC play started.

Tennessee has opened up a lead on Texas. Funny thing about that one. Kaluma vs Auburn, 34 points. Tonight, 4.

 

[AUDub]

UK and MSU are tight

 

[AUDub]

UK @ MSU 68-66 at the under 12 of the second. Good game.

 

[AUDub]

So for us we *should* take number 1 in the AP and coaches’ polls come Monday.

Of course the lingering question is the extent of Johni’s injury. We’re still a top half of the SEC team without him but to call his absence a big loss is an understatement. We got lucky with the shoulder. I don’t think we’ll be nearly as lucky here.

 

[AUDub]

Non-surgical ankle sprain. Recovery time is weeks. Thank goodness. There was genuine fear he’d played his last game in an Auburn uniform.

 

[Bazza]

Non-surgical ankle sprain. Recovery time is weeks. Thank goodness. There was genuine fear he’d played his last game in an Auburn uniform.

That's great news, brother...thanks for sharing!

 

[AUDub]

Polls are out. Finally Auburn is number one.

Missed unanimous in the AP by two votes. One guy from NC voted Duke (understandable) and some rando out in El Paso voted Florida (uh, ok?).

Coaches we missed it by six votes. Five went to ISU. While I get it we did beat them head to head in a neutral site game so that’s a bit odd. One coach apparently doesn’t care and still had Tennessee number one lol.

Rest of the SEC according to the AP

#1 Auburn
#4 Alabama
#5 Tennessee
#6 Florida
#8 Kentucky
#11 Texas A&M
#15 Mississippi State
#21 Ole Miss
#23 Georgia

 

[Bazza]

Almost got it....swap Florida with Tennessee and you have it right.....

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[AUDub]

FWIW I expect this to be a very short reign at number one. MSU at home tomorrow then at UGA Saturday, then UT at home the next Saturday. All 3 will be struggles, especially without Johni.

Imagine it’ll be a good opportunity to purge some rat poison though. This team is tiring mentally a bit. We about need that L to reset. I was hoping we could avoid it until @ Bama.

 

[day-day]

FWIW I expect this to be a very short reign at number one. MSU at home tomorrow then at UGA Saturday, then UT at home the next Saturday. All 3 will be struggles, especially without Johni.

Imagine it’ll be a good opportunity to purge some rat poison though. This team is tiring mentally a bit. We about need that L to reset. I was hoping we could avoid it until @ Bama.

You know more about them than I but it seems there is more to Auburn than just Broome. I'd pick AU over MSU and UT playing at home without him. Missing Broome brings those games down to being competitive.

I wish Alabama had UT at home this season...

 

[ga tide man #9]

This is the strongest top to bottom I’ve ever seen the SEC. And I’ve been around awhile (lol).

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Pringle had two free throws to take the lead with 9 seconds left. Yet missed both. Bring back bad memories? Auburn ratcheted up the defense in the 2nd half but were fortunate to escape.

He still has exactly the same non-stroke. He just extends his arm and then flips his wrist. His body posture says he hates being there and knows he's going to miss...

 

[TIDE-HSV]

You know more about them than I but it seems there is more to Auburn than just Broome. I'd pick AU over MSU and UT playing at home without him. Missing Broome brings those games down to being competitive.

I wish Alabama had UT at home this season...

My memory's not that good, but it seems to me that the last time we played them up there, I was at the point of throwing stuff at the TV. I want to say that it was Shows...

 

[CajunCrimson]

My memory's not that good, but it seems to me that the last time we played them up there, I was at the point of throwing stuff at the TV. I want to say that it was Shows...

It was brutal.