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AUTiger789
| Favorite team: | Auburn  |
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re: Karma possibly about to smite the Aubs once again in Bediako case
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/24/26 at 11:46 am to TTsTowel
LOL. I guess the OP would call this latest ruling, karma.
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re: The GREAAT Nate Oats is 6-0 without his WRONGLY sidelined amateur
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/22/26 at 11:03 pm to Nate Oats No1 Fan
He’s also undefeated at being a POS.
re: Mid-season top 16 announced - only two SEC teams
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/21/26 at 1:31 pm to AHM21
Looks anlmost exactly as expected. I’d have probably knock Iowa State back behind Houston and UConn but otherwise looks exactly right.
Bama should be #17. Arky #18. St John’s #19. Tennessee #20… at least going into the day.
Bama should be #17. Arky #18. St John’s #19. Tennessee #20… at least going into the day.
re: Auburn Athletics
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/19/26 at 8:33 pm to YieldDawg
I’m sorry but is this thread started by a Mississippi State fan?
re: Auburn basketball is dead
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/19/26 at 5:47 pm to VFL67
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Tennessee and Auburn haven't played in football since covid lol.
Okay. Tennessee has one win over Auburn since y2k. If Auburn sucks so bad, how the hell is your team 1-7 against us??
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while Auburn is on its fourth coach and has ZERO winning seasons.
Auburn’s five year drought has been difficult. The only thing that has brought comfort is knowing that however miserable the past five seasons have been, it’s not as bad as sucking for 21 years like Tennessee.
When was your last SEC title by the way?
re: Steven Pearl is doing a great job
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/19/26 at 4:35 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Not sure about an extension, but I’ll certainly be excited to give him another few seasons to see what he can do.
Other SEC Coaches’ First Season:
Todd Golden, Florida: 16-17; no Tournament
Rick Barnes, Tennessee: 15-19; no Tournament
Nate Oats, Alabama: 16-15; no Tournament
John Calipari, Arkansas: 21-13; 10-seed in Tournament
Mark Pope, Kentucky: 24-12; 3-seed in the Tournament
Pearl’s first season is on pace to rank somewhere in the middle of those first season performances, all while facing a more difficult schedule with less returning talent than any of those guys faced in Year 1.
Other SEC Coaches’ First Season:
Todd Golden, Florida: 16-17; no Tournament
Rick Barnes, Tennessee: 15-19; no Tournament
Nate Oats, Alabama: 16-15; no Tournament
John Calipari, Arkansas: 21-13; 10-seed in Tournament
Mark Pope, Kentucky: 24-12; 3-seed in the Tournament
Pearl’s first season is on pace to rank somewhere in the middle of those first season performances, all while facing a more difficult schedule with less returning talent than any of those guys faced in Year 1.
re: Auburn on the Bubble
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/19/26 at 3:56 pm to AUTiger789
One other comparison for Auburn 2026 and Michigan 2022:
Auburn is currently 5-11 against the projected field. Michigan was 6-12 that year against the field.
Auburn is currently 9-1 against opponents outside the projected field. Michigan was 10-2 against such teams that year.
Again, very similar.
Auburn is currently 5-11 against the projected field. Michigan was 6-12 that year against the field.
Auburn is currently 9-1 against opponents outside the projected field. Michigan was 10-2 against such teams that year.
Again, very similar.
re: Auburn basketball is dead
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/19/26 at 3:41 pm to VFL67
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Since your thread, Auburn has lost 5 in a row....You should stop posting
Tennessee is 1-7 against Auburn in football in the last quarter century. By your measure, why the heck do you ever post on the rant??
re: Auburn on the Bubble
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/19/26 at 3:38 pm to AUtigR24
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Meh I think we're a top 40 team. Defintely not top 32
Yes. We’re probably in the 35-40 range.
It just so happens that the 46 best teams/resumes typically get selected to go to the Big Dance barring upsets in conference tourney’s that steal bids. Auburn is one of the Top 46 teams, hands down.
We have a #34 NET. We have a #34 KenPom rating. We have a #40 resume average (KPI/SOR/WAB). Everything points to Auburn STILL being included.
However. We have to finish above .500 and unfortunately in modern times, the worst W/L record that ever received a bid was 17-14…. That was Michigan in 2022.
Auburn 2026 and Michigan 2022 have a lot of similarities:
Overall Record:
Auburn 2026: 14-12 (currently)
Michigan ‘22: 17-14
Quad 1:
Auburn 2026: 4-10
Michigan ‘22: 5-10
Quad 2:
Auburn 2026: 2-2
Michigan ‘22: 3-3
Quad 3:
Auburn 2026: 2-0
Michigan ‘22: 6-1
Quad 4:
Auburn 2026: 6-0
Michigan ‘22: 3-0
Against Top 10 NET opponents:
Auburn 2026: 1-4
Michigan ‘22: 0-1
Against Top 25 NET opponents:
Auburn 2026: 3-8
Michigan ‘22: 3-6
Against Top 50 NET opponents:
Auburn 2026: 5-10
Michigan ‘22: 6-11
Against Top 100 NET opponents:
Auburn 2026: 6-12
Michigan ‘22: 11-12
Against Opponents outside the NET Top 100:
Auburn 2026: 8-0
Michigan ‘22: 6-2
NET Ranking:
Auburn 2026: 34
Michigan ‘22: 34
Torvik:
Auburn 2026: 37
Michigan ‘22: 27
Torvik WAB:
Auburn 2026: 48
Michigan ‘22: 56
KPI:
Auburn 2026: 39
Michigan ‘22: 37
SOR:
Auburn 2026: 43
Michigan ‘22: 47
BPI:
Auburn 2026: 26
Michigan ‘22: 27
KenPom:
Auburn 2026: 34
Michigan ‘22: 33
I mean… that’s about as similar as two resumes can get. That Michigan team received an 11-seed and managed to avoid even having to play in Dayton. They were rated #42 by the committee… teams 43-46 played in Dayton.
If Auburn can win 3 more games plus win one game in Nashville, we finish 18-15 and I think we make the Tournament.
LSU and Ole Miss at home are very winnable games. To get that third we’ll either need to beat Kentucky Saturday or beat Oklahoma in Norman next week in all likelihood. I think we can do that.
re: Auburn basketball is dead
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/19/26 at 2:44 pm to VFL67
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Your thread about Steven's hot start isn't aging too well buuuuuuud
Why? Auburn’s win over Florida in Gainesville still stands as one of the top wins of the season of any team this year. Are you saying it wasn’t?
re: Auburn basketball is dead
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/19/26 at 2:41 pm to VFL67
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Ay look who is back
I figure if Vol fans can still talk football after 20+ years of being absolute garbage I can talk basketball after a loss to Mississippi State.
You’re an inspiration of perseverance.
re: Auburn basketball is dead
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/19/26 at 2:14 pm to Wallacewade04
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I mean a first time head coach has you on the bubble it's not the end of the world
Exactly this. This was always going to be a rebuilding year. People forget Bruce took Auburn to a Final Four in 2019… was on pace to be a 5-seed until COVID canceled the Tournamant in 2020… and then in 2021 we had a disastrous season due to a rebuilding year. A lot of Auburn fans have revisionist history and want to forget that Bruce also had a bit of a down period before having another great run.
We came back after 2021 and had a very strong 4-year run 2022-2025 (5th best program according to KenPom those four years behind only Houston, Duke, Gonzaga, and UConn). This season was going to be a rebuilding year no matter what.
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edit: the MARGIN of losses aren't horrible
Yes. How many first year coaches had to start against the toughest SOS in America? You can’t judge a coach on one season.
Auburn has faced 10 opponents in the current 1-20 teams on the Seed list according to Bracketmatrix. Auburn is 2-8 against these teams. Not great, but less than 30 teams would have faired better against that group. Auburn has more wins over teams that will be a Top 5 seed than it has losses against teams projected outside the field…. I imagine less than 20 teams can claim this.
re: NCAA Bubble Team Predictions
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/18/26 at 1:12 pm to captdalton
I think everyone gets in except for Missouri.
re: Wednesday SEC Basketball
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/18/26 at 10:05 am to bigDgator
Absolute must win for Auburn. We’ve got to win 4 of these last 6 to lock up a bid… 3 might could do it but we’d be sweating it out.
@ Miss State
vs Kentucky
@ Oklahoma
vs Ole Miss
vs LSU
@ Alabama
If we get a win in Starkville tonight, I like our chances. A loss would probably set us on a course to miss the Tourney.
@ Miss State
vs Kentucky
@ Oklahoma
vs Ole Miss
vs LSU
@ Alabama
If we get a win in Starkville tonight, I like our chances. A loss would probably set us on a course to miss the Tourney.
re: Does it seem random that Florida has had this excellent basketball program since 2000?
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/17/26 at 9:18 pm to JamalMurry27
Simple demographics. The state has absolutely exploded in population growth.
re: Back in the top 25
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/17/26 at 11:33 am to paperwasp
quote:
Wow, that's probably a really sad realization for a big fan of a basketball school.
You must be typing out your internal monologue. In that span of time, Auburn suffered through the horrific years of Jeff Lebo and Tony Barbee and yet even still we have the same number of AP Top 25 appearances as Alabama during a span of time longer than two decades. Shows you just how mediocre of a program Alabama has historically been.
re: Back in the top 25
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/17/26 at 11:23 am to Atxgump
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Didn’t like our 1 week out.
It was 2 weeks out.
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Lsu and auburn, how do you do it for years?
You tell us.
Auburn and Alabama have the exact same number of AP Top 25 appearances since the start of the 2005-2006 basketball season… 21 years.
re: Auburn on the Bubble
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/15/26 at 6:45 pm to jangalang
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Our season would have appeared better with those three wins and 17-8, not 14-11
Yep. And we’d be a 5-seed at the moment.
On the other end of the spectrum, where would we be had we lost that first game to Bethune Cookman??? I don’t think a 13-11 record with a Q4 loss would get us over the hump. Thank God we avoided disaster that night.
re: Auburn on the Bubble
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/15/26 at 5:33 pm to jangalang
Exactly. I think we could all see it coming. At this point, this Auburn team only has 3 losses that Id say should have been avoided:
@ Georgia
@ Missouri
Texas A&M
One of those was in OT. Another had a game winning shot reversed. None of those are horrific losses in terms of our resume, but they were winnable games than had they gone the other direction, we’d already be a Tournament lock.
Losing at Arkansas is probably to be expected… especially without Hall. We’re 1-1 against the Hogs and +8 in points on the season. I’ll take that.
Now let’s just beat State.
@ Georgia
@ Missouri
Texas A&M
One of those was in OT. Another had a game winning shot reversed. None of those are horrific losses in terms of our resume, but they were winnable games than had they gone the other direction, we’d already be a Tournament lock.
Losing at Arkansas is probably to be expected… especially without Hall. We’re 1-1 against the Hogs and +8 in points on the season. I’ll take that.
Now let’s just beat State.
Auburn on the Bubble
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/15/26 at 4:16 pm
The loss last night was a missed opportunity but it didn’t hurt us. Coming into the day, we were #31… an 8 seed… in a consensus Bracketology.
Yes, we lost but look what the teams just behind us did this weekend:
#32 Iowa lost by 21 to Purdue.
#33 UCF lost to West Virginia
#34 SMU lost to Syracuse
#35 Indiana lost by 20 to Illinois
#36 Texas A&M lost by 13 to Vandy
#37 St Mary’s won an easy one against Pacific
#38 USC did not play
#39 Georgia lost by 16 to Oklahoma
#40 Miami had a big win over #27 NC State
#41 UCLA lost by 30 to Michigan
#42 Missouri lost by 17 to Texas
#43 Santa Clara lost by 8 to Gonzaga
There is a good chance we actually stay an 8-seed in most bracketologies.
If we beat MSU on Wednesday, we’re right back on track. Just need to win.
Yes, we lost but look what the teams just behind us did this weekend:
#32 Iowa lost by 21 to Purdue.
#33 UCF lost to West Virginia
#34 SMU lost to Syracuse
#35 Indiana lost by 20 to Illinois
#36 Texas A&M lost by 13 to Vandy
#37 St Mary’s won an easy one against Pacific
#38 USC did not play
#39 Georgia lost by 16 to Oklahoma
#40 Miami had a big win over #27 NC State
#41 UCLA lost by 30 to Michigan
#42 Missouri lost by 17 to Texas
#43 Santa Clara lost by 8 to Gonzaga
There is a good chance we actually stay an 8-seed in most bracketologies.
If we beat MSU on Wednesday, we’re right back on track. Just need to win.
re: TSB Bracketology
Posted by AUTiger789 on 2/14/26 at 10:37 am to Faurot fodder
It would seem so. However, both resumes look so much more impressive than some of these other teams just off the bubble. Maybe I’m an SEC homer, but I feel like both Mizzou and Texas should be in and today’s game shouldn’t have an effect.
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