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SEC increases hours of virtual coaching, extends ban on in-person events

By Christian Clemente | Sports Writer | April 3

SEC coaches can now virtually instruct players for four hours a week.

NCAA grants spring-sport athletes extra year of eligibility

By Jake Gonzalez | Sports Writer | March 30

The NCAA announced Monday afternoon that it will grant spring-sport athletes an extra year of eligibility. That includes sports such as a baseball, softball, and outdoor track and field.  With seasons and championships being canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, each student-athlete will be ...

How NFL hopeful Marquel Harrell has adapted his draft preparations amid COVID-19

By Jake Weese | Sports Reporter | March 30

“Three of my five closest friends that are Auburn are in the NFL," Harrell said. “So it’s a great motivation to see those guys."

Watson, Gobourne earn All-American honors

By Mattison Allen | Sports Writer | March 24

Despite cutting their season short, two Auburn gymnasts junior Drew Watson and sophomore Derrian Gobourne were selected as Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) All-Americans.  The honors marked the first time since 2015 that a pair of Tigers were recognized in the same season. Watson ...

Auburn women's basketball faces major roster turnover going into next season

By Christian Clemente | Sports Writer | March 23

Williams-Flournoy and her staff will have to focus on adding players to the roster to make up for the big losses.  

A look at Auburn basketball's remaining recruiting targets

By Christian Clemente | Sports Writer | March 21

Let's take a look at who else could join Pearl's 2020 class.

Auburn AD Allen Greene on student-athlete health, finances and other topics from his teleconference

By Jake Weese | Sports Reporter | March 20

On Friday, Allen Greene was live via teleconference to give the latest updates surrounding Auburn athletics. The Auburn Plainsman has put together some of his answers to the questions that we felt like readers would be interested in hearing about.

How Auburn football, Malzahn are dealing with the early impact from the Coronavirus

By Jake Weese | Sports Reporter | March 18

Just like the rest of collegiate athletics, Auburn football is without spring practices, team workouts and now A-Day, which has been cancelled. For head coach Gus Malzahn, his spring planning and preparing does not end, it just shifts focus to classwork and health. Malzahn and his staff were informed ...

Report: Auburn's Brooke Moore enters transfer portal, second player to transfer Wednesday

By Christian Clemente | Sports Writer | March 18

After freshman Lauren Hansen announced that she entered the transfer portal earlier on Wednesday, Auburn will also be forced to replace Brooke Moore, who has also entered the portal, according to a report. Coming into Auburn, Moore was the No. 42 overall prospect in the nation according to ESPN. Her ...

Auburn finishes season at No. 20 in AP poll

By Jake Weese | Sports Reporter | March 18

Even without the opportunity for postseason success, Auburn and Bruce Pearl continued to make history. Auburn finishes the season ranked at No. 20 in the last AP Poll of the season. The 2019-20 team is just the second in program history to finish the entire season ranked in the AP Poll from start to ...

Auburn guard Lauren Hansen enters transfer portal

By Christian Clemente | Sports Writer | March 18

The freshman averaged 7.9 points per game during the Tigers' 11-18 season.

NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships

By Jake Weese | Sports Reporter | March 12

There will be no March Madness, College World Series and every remaining winter and spring NCAA championship. They've all been canceled, according to a statement by the NCAA.  NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships: https://t.co/qzKAS4McEI pic.twitter.com/G6XreZx35E— NCAA ...

SEC cancels remainder of men's basketball tournament

By Jake Weese | Sports Reporter | March 12

On Wednesday, the Southeastern Conference announced that the remainder of the 2020 Men’s Basketball Tournament was going to be played with limited attendance, closed to the general public.  Now, ahead of Thursday’s games, the SEC has cancelled the tournament entirely following decisions from ...

Fans not allowed for remainder of SEC Tournament, on-campus sporting events due to coronavirus concerns

By Sumner Martin | Assistant Sports Editor and Harrison Tarr | Sports Writer | March 11

For the remainder of the 2020 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, there will be no crowd noise, no bands playing in the background and no cheerleaders chanting on the baseline. The champion will be crowned in an empty arena.  The league announced Wednesday evening that fans will not be allowed to ...

Doughty, Okoro voted All-SEC

By Caleb Jones | Sports Writer | March 10

Two Auburn basketball players were named All-SEC by the league’s coaches on Tuesday.  The league announced that senior Samir Doughty had been selected to the First Team All-SEC and true freshman Isaac Okoro was selected to the Second Team All-SEC, as well as the SEC All-Defensive Team and SEC ...

Auburn softball swept by Gators in SEC-opening series

By Dylan Fox | Sports Writer | March 9

Auburn softball fell to Florida 11-0  Sunday's Game 3, completing a sweep for the Gators. The Tigers fall to 14-11 on the season. Despite playing an 11-inning thriller the day before, this game quickly got out of hand for the Tigers. Redshirt junior Lexie Handley got the start, and gave six earned ...

Auburn finishes second in quad meet

By Matt Johnson | Sports Writer | March 9

In a competitive quad meet Sunday in New Hampshire, No. 15 Auburn finished second falling just 0.75 points short of Rutgers. Auburn finished with a 195.825. “The big part of this meet was getting ready for the postseason and the pace of a quad meet. I'm walking away thinking we're in a good spot right ...

Career day from Doughty leads Auburn to big win over Tennessee

By Jake Gonzalez | Sports Writer | March 8

A stuttering Auburn offense had been slowing this team down. Saturday morning, the Tigers started hot and stayed hot as they cruised past Tennessee 85-63.  "That's about as good as we can play," said Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl.  That was evident today as both the offense and defense for ...