Auburn rides explosive offense to win over UNC, advances to Elite Eight
“I'm the leader of this team and I want to be able to lead my guys to a National Championship. (This is) an 11-game winning streak... three more games is nothing."
“I'm the leader of this team and I want to be able to lead my guys to a National Championship. (This is) an 11-game winning streak... three more games is nothing."
Ahead of Auburn's first Sweet 16 game in 16 years against 1-seed North Carolina, The Plainsman posed questions for Chris Trenkle, sports editor for The Daily Tar Heel.
When Auburn takes the court against UNC tonight, it will not only be looking to continue its historic run this season, but it will also attempt to right the wrongs of past Auburn teams who have had championship dreams dashed by the Tar Heels.
Going into its first Sweet 16 match up since 2003, fifth-seeded Auburn knows it has a multitude of challenges to overcome if it hopes to seal a ticket to the Elite Eight.
With South Carolina (16-9, 1-5) leading the SEC with 42 home runs in 25 games, Thompson wanted to turn to a guy who he believed could keep the ball down to help keep a a hard hitting opponent at bay.
"What better opportunity to try and make history to go through Kansas and then try and go through North Carolina in Kansas which is a historic place for the NCAA tournament and the game of basketball.”
Nearly 16 years ago, an unlikely Auburn basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 as a 10-seed. Placed in front of the Tigers were an immovable force — the Syracuse Orange. This wasn’t any regular Syracuse team, either. A player named Carmelo Anthony was wrapping up his freshman year on an ...
"Hitting is really hard. You just have to deal with the ups and downs.”
“When someone says Markaviest, I kind of cringe."
Auburn's offense appeared to be taking shape with the usage of some new personnel groupings and there seemed to be some separation in the quarterback battle in Wednesday's open practice.
Freshman defensive back Cam'Ron Kelly announced his departure from Auburn this afternoon via his Twitter.
"Like another version of Deshaun. He's another leader, he's behind me so I'm always hearing him, so I believe he's another Deshaun."
“Even against your rival we’ve got to make sure we’re strong for the weekend. Somebody is going to have to start filling that gap and helping us to the finish line.”
Seth Williams is looking to dominate the SEC this season.
"It was like a meeting we had and he was like, ‘This crap is going to be different.’"
Bruce Pearl's comments at media availability on Tuesday, ahead of the Tigers' trip to Kansas City for the Sweet 16. Opening So, we, uhh, we’re very, uhh — We’re very excited to still be working, and I guess working coaching basketball because, had we not advanced, we’d be shifting gears to ...
"Our goal is to get into the Sweet 16 and then have a great meet at that round trying to get into the Elite Eight.”
After a loss in Game 2, the Tigers fell again, 20-15, in Game 3 against No. 4 Mississippi State, failing to leave Starkville with a series win. The Tigers had a season-high 21 hits, matching a season-high 15 runs, but that wasn’t enough to beat the Bulldogs. The last time Auburn had more than ...
As 10 batters came to the plate in the top of the first, Kendall Veach’s 15th home run of the season powered Auburn past the Bulldogs. “Throughout our lineup, we were all getting hits,” Veach said. “Today at the plate, I was just trying to keep it simple. I just wanted to stay within myself ...
It was fitting that on late Saturday night with most of the country watching, the best player during Auburn's second-round win over Kansas was Bryce Brown. The same Brown that has helped set the foundation for Auburn to establish itself as a basketball program. Freshman year saw Auburn ...