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Auburn Announced New Basketball Coach

By Ben Bartley / COPY EDITOR | March 24

The Auburn Athletic Department has announced Tony Barbee will be the next head coach of the Auburn Men's Basketball team. "We are thrilled to welcome Tony Barbee into the Auburn Family," said Athletics Director Jay Jacobs in a press release Wednesday night. Barbee, 38, has been the head men's basketball coach at the University of Texas-El Paso for the past four years, compiling an 82-52 record and taking the Miners from 10th in Conference USA in 2006 to first in 2010. "Coach Barbee has a vision of competing for championships at Auburn, and the passion to get us there," Jacobs said in the press release. "He is a phenomenal coach, an outstanding recruiter and a fierce competitor." Barbee will be officially introduced as head coach Thursday in a press conference in the new Auburn Arena.

UGA v. AU Baseball

By Jennifer Beckett / WRITER | March 22

The Auburn Tigers Baseball team accomplished its first sweep in league play since 2003 after completing the last of a three-game series against the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens Sunday.

County Wide Bowling Tournament

By Katie Erhrhart /WRITER | March 12

The lanes were packed and the stakes were high. The state tournament was on the line, and for the competitors that was nothing to joke about.

Auburn Athletics Confirms Lebo's Firing

By Blake Hamilton / ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR | March 12

After serving for six years as Auburn Basketball's head coach, Jeff Lebohas officially been fired."I want to thank Coach Lebo for all that he has done for AuburnUniversity over the past six years," said Auburn Athletic Director JayJacobs in a statement. "Coach Lebo has worked hard and has alwaysrepresented Auburn with character, class and integrity."Unconfirmed reports of the decision began to surface early Fridayafternoon that Lebo, 96-93 overall at Auburn, was to be replaced.

Tigers Dropped from SEC Tournament

By Bethany Donaldson / WRITER | March 12

The Auburn Tigers suffered a disappointing 78-69 loss Thursday versus the Florida Gators in the first round of the SEC tournament.

Golf wins Auburn Invite

By Abby Albright / Sports Editor | March 11

The No. 3 Auburn Women's Golf team swept the one-day Auburn Invitational Sunday earning a 6-over-par team score of 294.

Equestrian jumps over UGA

By Patrick Dever / ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR | March 11

The No. 2 Auburn Equestrian team (11-2) upset the No. 1 University of Georgia (9-2) Saturday at the Auburn Equestrian Center, 12-6.Coach Greg Williams said the riders rode a championship caliber meet."Overall, they're riding the same they have been the past couple months," Williams said.

Gymnastics closes Coliseum with win

By Crystal Cole / STAFF REPORTER | March 11

The No. 17 Women's Gymnastics team closed the Coliseum with a win, beating No. 20 Denver, 196.225-194.350.The meet was the final regular season event in the closing Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum and was also senior night for the gymnastics team.Senior Carmen Nelms, who has been training since she was 3 years old, said she felt this night was 18 years coming."It's kind of bittersweet because this season has been going really well, but you'd like to have your last season going this well," Nelms said.The Tigers swept the beam event, something head coach Jeff Thompson said didn't surprise him."We're at the point in practice now where they have to do wobble-free routines and they do that," Thompson said.

Men's golf struggles to compete without Stembridge

By Katie Ehrhart / WRITER | March 11

The Auburn Men's Golf team traveled to Laredo, Texas, to participate in the Border Olympics at the Laredo Country Club.The event, hosted by the University of Houston, was held March 5-6.Auburn was hoping for a clean tournament and strong finish for its first appearance in the three round, 54-hole tournament.Friday, however, sophomore John Stembridge fell ill and was pulled from the tournament, leaving the Tigers down a man for the first two rounds.Redshirt freshman Jackson Beindorf was flown in for the third round Saturday."It sucked," said sophomore Will McCurdy.

Intramurals showcase student swimming talents

By Jennifer Beckett / WRITER | March 11

The annual Intramural Swim and Dive meet, hosted by Campus Recreation, gave participants a chance to make a big splash, goof off or gain practice in various diving and swimming events at the Martin E.

Women's intramural basketball declares campus champion

By Blake Hamilton / ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR | March 11

In a clash of Greeks vs. non-Greeks, the latter has claimed the title of women's intramural basketball champions at Auburn.

Men's tennis loses to No. 11 UGA

By Jennifer Beckett / WRITER | March 11

Auburn Men's Tennis came close to a win Sunday against No. 11 Georgia Bulldogs, but lost 4-0. "We had better chances in doubles, but lost tiebreakers along the way," said head coach Eric Shore.

Four track athletes try to qualify for NCAAs

By Nick Van Der Liden / WRITER | March 11

Four Auburn Track and Field members got one last attempt to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships last Saturday at the Last Chance Qualifying meets.

Fletcher leads team on and off the field

By Bethany Donaldson / WRITER | March 11

Two years ago, Starrs Mill High School in Fayetteville, Ga., said goodbye to Brian Fletcher, and the Auburn Baseball team welcomed him with open arms.

Softball sweeps War Eagle Classic

By Blake Hamilton / ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR | March 11

The Auburn Softball team (13-6) came away from last weekend's War Eagle Classic 4-0 despite a close call against Valparaiso Sunday afternoon.

Evans shares her passion with Auburn for 16 years

By Abby Albright / Sports Editor | March 11

Kim Evans, head coach of the No. 3 Auburn Women's Golf team, continues to inspire athletes in her 16th year at Auburn.Evans, who graduated from Auburn in 1981 and lettered in golf from 1978-81, said she "bleeds orange and blue." Before returning to The Plains, Evans was an assistant coach for the Georgia Tech Men's Golf team from 1988-94 and was the assistant executive director of the Atlanta Junior Golf Association.

Club lacrosse splits weekend play

By Abby Albright / Sports Editor | March 11

The Auburn Women's Lacrosse club hosted Clemson and Georgia Tech Saturday for its annual parents weekend.

Auburn Pro Day 2010

By Patrick Dever / ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR | March 11

Auburn football hosted its annual NFL Pro Day Tuesday afternoon at the Auburn Athletics Facility.