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Tigers Run Out of Gas Against No. 9 Lady Vols

By Posted on: January 17th, 2013 in Basketball 2 Comments »

                                                              Blanche Alverson has become the 25th Auburn player                               to score more than 1,000 career points.The Auburn Tigers had their 11 game home winning streak broke tonight by the Continue Story…

Auburn Comes Up Short After Pushing Arkansas into Double Overtime

By Posted on: January 16th, 2013 in Basketball 1 Comment »
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                    Rob Chubb had a double- double night in Tigers’ loss to Arkansas.For the third year in a row, the Arkansas Razorbacks have handed the Auburn Tigers another razor close loss at Bud Walton Arena. This time it took two overtime periods to get the job done.Despite Frankie Sullivan’s 26 points and Rob Chubb’s 12 Continue Story…

A Road Win at Bud Walton Arena Would be Huge

By Posted on: January 16th, 2013 in Basketball Comments Off
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                  Frankie Sullivan will lead Tigers into a hostile environment at ArkansasJanuary 25th, 2012 the Auburn Tigers are in a tight basketball game with Arkansas. The Tigers have fought and scraped for 40 minutes in front of a rowdy crowd of 19,500 Razorback fans in Bud Walton Continue Story…

Monday Musings: Beauty Queen Edition

By Posted on: January 14th, 2013 in Basketball, Football 14 Comments »

Count me among those who saw nothing wrong with the comments made by ESPN play-by-play man Brent Musburger about Auburn graduate and current Miss Alabama Katherine Webb during last week’s BCS Championship game.Of course, I was still in shock over seeing an Auburn graduate sporting an Alabama jersey, sitting in the stands with the Bama Continue Story…

Tiger Mens Hoops Off to 2-0 SEC Start

By Posted on: January 12th, 2013 in Basketball 7 Comments »

                                              Seniors Frankie Sullivan and Rob Chubb led the Tigers in road win over South Carolina.In case you missed it, the Tigers won their second gut check in a row to open conference play. This time on the road. The team left it all on the floor and came away with a 74-71 defeat Continue Story…

Tigers Suffocate LSU!

By Posted on: January 10th, 2013 in Basketball 5 Comments »
Aubie Opener

                            Tigers win their SEC opener for the first time since 2007!     War Eagle, everybody! The Auburn Tiger men’s basketball team has opened the 2013 SEC season with a 68-62 win over the LSU Tigers in Auburn Arena. It’s the first opening night win in five years, and only the second time in the past Continue Story…

Auburn Opens SEC Play Tonight Against LSU

By Posted on: January 9th, 2013 in Basketball 3 Comments »
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                               Frankie Sullivan is the SEC’s second leading scorer.Auburn Basketball finished the first half of their season last Wednesday with what may have been their best performance of the Tony Barbee  era. The Tigers defeated the ACC Defending Champions, Florida State 78-72. And they did it with grit Continue Story…

Frankie Sullivan Named SEC Player of the Week

By Posted on: January 7th, 2013 in Basketball Comments Off

           Auburn senior guard Frankie Sullivan was named SEC Player of the Week by College Sports Madness.com for his game-high 24-points in Auburn’s win over Florida State last week. Sullivan shot 6-of-15 from the floor and 9-of-11 from the foul line to carry the Tigers to a 78-72 victory over the Continue Story…