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3 weeks ago | 
saturdaydownsouth.com | David Wasson |Adam Spencer |Derek Peterson |Connor O'Gara
History is just 40 minutes away. For the 2024-25 Auburn Tigers to make that history, that means getting past arguably the toughest team in the Southeastern Conference in the first of Saturday’s national semifinals in the Alamodome in San Antonio… the Florida Gators. Auburn knows plenty about Florida, and Florida knows plenty about Auburn. The Tigers had won 14-straight and were the No. 1 team in America when Florida traveled to The Plains on Feb. 8.
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3 weeks ago | 
saturdaydownsouth.com | David Wasson |Adam Spencer |Derek Peterson |Connor O'Gara
For much of the 2024-25 college basketball season, the Auburn Tigers were regarded as the best team in the land. For good reason, too. The Tigers ruled the SEC – which was en route to smashing the record for most teams from a conference to earn NCAA Tournament bids. They sport a unanimous first-team All-American and candidate for Naismith College Player of the Year in forward Johni Broome. And they have the gumption and talent to cut down the nets in San Antonio on April 7.
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4 weeks ago | 
saturdaydownsouth.com | David Wasson |Adam Spencer |Derek Peterson |Connor O'Gara
Alabama Crimson Tide Basketball By David Wasson Published: Mar 27, 2025 · 9:00 AM EDT Although it could be argued that the 2025 NCAA Tournament has been one of the chalkier NCAA Tournaments in recent history, there is little debate that one of the minor upsets in the first weekend of March Madness begat Alabama’s Sweet 16 opponent.
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1 month ago | 
saturdaydownsouth.com | David Wasson |Connor O'Gara |Adam Spencer
Skip to content Georgia Bulldogs Football By David Wasson Published: Mar 25, 2025 · 9:00 AM EDT I stand before you without pretense, and with no apologies for what is to come. From the first moment erstwhile young men began matriculating a stuffed pigskin down a gridiron, football has been littered with participants of varied moral compasses. It’s just simple truth.
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1 month ago | 
saturdaydownsouth.com | David Wasson |Connor O'Gara |Adam Spencer |Derek Peterson
Survive and advance. Just survive and advance. That is the ages-old credo of the NCAA Tournament, where higher seeds routinely fall prey to hungrier automatic qualifiers – the hunters hiding in the weeds just waiting to snipe off a big-time pelt for the trophy case. Alabama certainly felt like the prey for 40 minutes Friday afternoon against Robert Morris, the erstwhile Horizon League champs, which stalked the Crimson Tide all over Cleveland before finally succumbing 90-81.
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1 month ago | 
saturdaydownsouth.com | David Wasson |Connor O'Gara |Adam Spencer |Derek Peterson
On one hand, this NCAA Tournament has already got to feel like a bit of a victory for the Auburn Tigers. After all, Auburn was already headed back to The Plains at this juncture last year courtesy of the Yale Bulldogs – one of the biggest upsets of March Madness 2024. So for the Tigers to cruise past 16th-seeded Alabama State 83-63 on Thursday, that is tangible progress a year later. On the other hand, though, this is the No. 1 overall seed we are talking about in the 2024-25 Tigers.
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1 month ago | 
saturdaydownsouth.com | David Wasson |Connor O'Gara |Adam Spencer |Derek Peterson
Alabama Crimson Tide Basketball By David Wasson Published: Mar 15, 2025 · 11:30 AM EDT There was a time, not too long ago, that Kentucky basketball was spoken of in reverence in these hallowed halls. The bluest of blue bloods, Big Blue Nation literally owned SEC basketball. Conference up? Conference down? Doesn’t matter… Kentucky was the straw that stirs the proverbial drink in the SEC. It just means more in Lexington and all that.
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1 month ago | 
saturdaydownsouth.com | David Wasson |Connor O'Gara |Adam Spencer |Derek Peterson
Auburn Tigers Basketball By David Wasson Published: Mar 15, 2025 · 10:52 AM EDT Here’s the thing…This week’s SEC Tournament is many things. Great basketball in an absurdly deep conference. A proving ground to shake out the final kinks before the real March basketball begins. A litmus test to decide of the SEC could break the NCAA Tournament record for most teams from a single league. Dr. Naismith’s twisted vision of forced cannibalism.
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1 month ago | 
bvmsports.com | David Wasson
Alabama vs. Auburn: Round 2... ding ding! That's what Saturday will certainly feel like in Auburn, as the top-ranked Tigers look to finish out the SEC regular season by sweeping current-No. 7 Alabama on its home floor. Auburn took the ballyhooed Round 1 in Tuscaloosa just 3 weeks ago - a 94-85 slugfest that took quite a wind out of the sails of the then-No. 2 Crimson Tide. Since Feb. 15, Alabama has lost 3 more games (to No. 15 Mizzou, No. 5 Tennessee and No. 5 Florida) against wins vs.
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1 month ago | 
saturdaydownsouth.com | David Wasson |Adam Spencer
Alabama vs. Auburn: Round 2… ding ding!That’s what Saturday will certainly feel like in Auburn, as the top-ranked Tigers look to finish out the SEC regular season by sweeping current-No. 7 Alabama on its home floor. Auburn took the ballyhooed Round 1 in Tuscaloosa just 3 weeks ago – a 94-85 slugfest that took quite a wind out of the sails of the then-No. 2 Crimson Tide. Since Feb. 15, Alabama has lost 3 more games (to No. 15 Mizzou, No. 5 Tennessee and No. 5 Florida) against wins vs.
