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Auburn frontcourt faltering without starting center Wiley

By Bryce Johnson | Sports Writer | January 23

Auburn has a 7-foot crater smack dab in the middle of its lineup with the absence of injured center Austin Wiley.

Auburn's Tanner Burns, Will Holland named preseason All-Americans by D1 Baseball

By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | January 22

Tanner Burns and Will Holland have been named preseason All-Americans by D1 Baseball, the is the second preseason All-American honor for both players. Burns, a sophomore pitcher, earned second team honors for D1 Baseball and was named a third team All-American by Collegiate Baseball earlier in the preseason. Holland, ...

2019 linebacker Kameron Brown, younger brother of Derrick, commits to Auburn

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 22

"It’s all about family around here."

No. 16 Auburn at South Carolina: Players to watch, keys to victory

By Zach Tantillo | Sports Reporter | January 22

Coming off of a brutal loss to Kentucky at home, the No. 16 Auburn Tigers travel to South Carolina to take on the up-and-down Gamecocks.  The last time the two teams met, Auburn overcame a 1-15 start from 3-point and rode Bryce Brown's hot-hand to clinch its first regular season SEC ...

Robyn Benton earns SEC Freshman of the Week honors

By Zach Tantillo | Sports Reporter | January 22

Auburn’s own Robyn Benton has been named the SEC Freshman of the Week for women’s basketball, the league office announced Tuesday. 

Arizona State H-back grad transfer Jay Jay Wilson commits to Auburn

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 21

Auburn may have found its replacement for Chandler Cox. Arizona State graduate transfer Jay Jay Wilson committed to Auburn on Sunday after a visit over the weekend, a source has informed The Plainsman. 247Sports's Brandon Marcello was the first to report the news. Wilson, a rising fifth-year senior, ...

2019 LB Kameron Brown, younger brother of Derrick, ready to 'do anything to get on the field' at Auburn

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 20

Auburn's 2019 defense received a huge boost last month when Derrick Brown, a projected top-15 pick in April's NFL Draft, elected to stay with the Tigers for his senior year. Brown said in his announcement that "nothing compares to... running out of the tunnel with my teammates and singing the fight ...

Auburn gymnastics moves to 3-0 with road victory over Mizzou

By Henry Zimmer | Sports Writer | January 20

In the first road meet for the undefeated Auburn gymnastics team, the No. 13 Tigers defeated No. 10 Missouri with a score of 195.825-194.975 on Saturday. With this victory, the Tigers move to 3-0 for the first time since 2002.  “Everything we wanted to accomplish, we got done today,” Auburn ...

Bryce Brown explodes in second half in Tigers' loss to Kentucky

By Ian Bivona | Sports Writer | January 20

“I just tried to encourage my guys... we just tried to chip away at the lead, little by little, every chance we got.”

'They took it away': Inside the final seconds of Auburn's narrow loss to Kentucky

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 19

In crunch time, Jared Harper made the right call, according to his head coach. With under 10 seconds to play, down 81-80, Jared Harper went to his left and got past Kentucky freshman guard Ashton Hagans. Wildcats forward PJ Washington was waiting at the rim, but by that point, Harper’s runner was ...

Everything Bruce Pearl said after Auburn's 82-80 loss to Kentucky

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 19

OPENING STATEMENT We’re disappointed in the outcome. It was a great environment tonight. I appreciate the energy that Auburn Arena had tonight. I’m sure the kids talked about it. It had a lot with us staying engaged. I thought the kids didn’t panic. We got down in the second half and took it one ...

Auburn starting center Austin Wiley out vs. Kentucky with leg injury

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 19

Auburn starting center Austin Wiley is out for No. 14 Auburn's matchup with No. 14 Kentucky today, and is expected to miss "a couple of weeks" with a lower leg injury, a team spokesperson told reporters Saturday afternoon. Wiley, who has started the past seven games for Auburn at center, is averaging ...

Behind Enemy Bylines: Previewing Auburn vs. UK with the Kentucky Kernel

By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 19

Ahead of No. 14 Auburn's matchup with No. 12 Kentucky (3 p.m. CST, ESPN), The Plainsman posed questions for Chase Campbell, assistant sports editor for the Kentucky Kernel. Here's how sees the action playing out inside Auburn Arena. 1. What should Kentucky's biggest advantage in this game be?  UK's ...

No. 14 Auburn vs. No. 12 Kentucky: Players to watch, keys to victory

By Zach Tantillo | Sports Reporter | January 18

Here are some players to watch and keys to victory for Saturday's top-15 contest between Kentucky and Auburn. 

Auburn hoping to make national statement with 'amazing opportunity' against Kentucky

By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | January 18

No. 14 Auburn hopes to make a national impression against a familiar Kentucky team tomorrow.  This is only the fifth time the teams have face each other when both were ranked in the top 15 at the time of the game. Auburn is 0-4 in the previous four games. “What an amazing opportunity for our ...

Projecting Auburn football's 2019 depth chart: Defense, special teams

By Sumner Martin | Sports Writer | January 18

Plainsman sports writer Sumner Martin gives a sneak peek at who could be starting for the Tigers in 2019 as Gus Malzahn enters his seventh season as head coach.

Preview: How Auburn matches up with Kentucky in pivotal SEC throwdown

By Bryce Johnson | Sports Writer | January 18

Every conference has one school where the road to a conference championship must go through it. In the SEC, that school is Kentucky, the proverbial blue-blood, filled with NBA-level talent that strikes fear their opponents when they appear on the schedule.  Beating the Wildcats is more than just ...

Robyn Benton's game-winner lifts Auburn to comeback win over Vanderbilt

By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | January 18

The Tigers came back from a 20-point deficit with about 18 minutes to play, and two buckets from freshman Robyn Benton in the last 8.6 seconds of the game lifted them to the win in Nashville over Vanderbilt, 72-20. When the Commodores took a 49-29 lead with 7:53 minutes left in the third quarter, the ...