The Auburn Tigers played a thrilling 10-2 on Wednesday night. Neville His arena was rocking and the Tigers looked good. Unfortunately, Auburn’s strength was his defense of No. 2 in the nation with his 3-pointer, but the Aggies hit his pointer 6-of-9 threes in the first. Their main weakness this season has been him shooting 3-pointers, but not tonight. The Tigers outperformed their opponents in the second half, but were unable to overcome the deficit in the first half. Here are some highlights from tonight’s game.
Big athletic teams are in trouble
Texas A&M is a bad matchup for this Auburn team. Memphis fit in with the Tigers as well. Auburn can struggle to find rhythm on offense and can struggle to find consistent momentum when the opposing team is large, especially at the guard position. I struggled, but found a new intensity gear by the postseason. The Aggies are one of the best defensive teams in the country. The results could have been different, but his A&M stopped the momentum tonight.
Auburn succeeds in zone defense
A large part of Auburn’s five-game winning streak is the use of zone defense. It looked like it inspired the win against Arkansas and could be a great way to stop momentum, disrupt an offense and neutralize a larger team. . A&M are a bigger team and usually don’t shoot well, so it seemed like a good fit, but they played man defense instead.
SEC officials are really bad
It’s been well known throughout the conference and all our teams and fans have been complaining about it, embarrassing for SEC officials. Each game has many bad calls, many of which are terrible. Pick one from tonight and Zep Jasper was battling below the waist for a rebound but somehow got called for a shooting foul. Let’s hope the conference makes changes and devotes more resources to decent positions.
Longest home winning streak ends
Auburn had the longest home winning streak in college basketball this week. It was a big achievement. 28 lines is quite difficult. The games against Kentucky, Alabama and Arkansas were impressive. It’s also worth noting that Auburn ranked his 30th in his AP poll, breaking school records in a row. Auburn is the team he has won the most in the SEC in the last five years, but he fell short tonight.
Finally, here are some Twitter reactions and highlights from tonight’s game.
Series history
Since joining the SEC in 2012, Texas A&M leads the best-ever series 13-6, including Auburn’s 6-2 record at Neville Arena.
The Tigers are looking to avenge their 67-62 loss to the No. 8 seed Aggies in the quarterfinals of last year’s SEC Tournament in Tampa, Florida.
fun facts
Auburn holds the title with the nation’s longest home-court winning streak at 28 games, according to a release from Auburn. Gonzaga set his all-time winning streak of 76 straight at Zaquenel in Spokane, Washington in his 68–67 loss to Loyola his Marymount on January 19.
Florida was the last team to leave Neville Arena (then Auburn Arena) with a win (74-57) on February 23, 2021.
The jungle has proven to be one of the toughest home venues in all of college basketball. UCLA is now on his 19-game winning streak in Paulie’s pavilion (13,800 capacity), and the Bruins are averaging 8,325 fans per game.
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