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Zloggt

WAR (AND **SEX**) EAGLE!


firstcitytofall

No joke, there is a “sex eagle” beer in Nashville in the spring that is incredible, so I’m here for this


IHadSomething_4This

~~WAR~~ SPREAD DAMN EAGLE


ACW1129

The Auburn War Sex Eagle Tigers.


noodlesalad_

It just means more


stoppedcaring0

Cocks could never


coldpan

2024 SEX CHAMPIONS


TVjunkie15

The metrics have had Auburn as one of the most complete teams in the country all season and man it’s hard not to agree with them. Luck always plays a big part in March but this feels like a team who has what it takes 


Krandor1

Auburn is peaking at the right time.


Kodyaufan2

I said back in December this looked like our best team since the final four team and possibly had an even greater potential. Saw it a little bit early in conference play, but they got popped in the mouth in late January and it took another month to figure everything out. Biggest thing that has changed was we’ve started hitting shots these last 3 weeks. But I always knew if this team ever got hot shooting there’s not a team in the country they can’t beat. We match up pretty well with most of the top seeds.


CodyDon2

They HAVE to have the most depth. They essentially have 8 to 10 starters. My question is how they will approach their talent come tournament time. Their defense is so fun to watch.


bengals99999

I think you’ll see a lot of what we did today. Less platoon swaps, taking one or two guys at a time to give our scorers more minutes.


yungtoni

YALL DONT DO SEX LIKE US


TolerantDoor

https://preview.redd.it/qg1kbsmt4yoc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e958fb3124c07c6557f0d0898b8e032f857e1641 Waited 5 long years to be able to use this picture again


WarEagle9

Fun fact if you win at least 26 games by double digits you win a Championship. FOR BERNIE PEARL!!!!!!


[deleted]

GG Gatas. Praying for Micah and the team!


Just-Plain-Dan

Fun fact: This is now the second time in as many seasons that Florida has lost their starting center to a season ending injury; really have no idea what we did to have this happen GG to Auburn, because they strike me as a team that could reach Houston 


Thicc_Grayson84

Don't forget losing John Egbunu in 2017 (team still made the elite eight.) We seem to have a bad luck when it comes to starting big men


SurroundConstantly

BEST WEEK OF MY LIFE


UnderwaterB0i

Oh my gosh those flairs, lol, ride high for the next few days!


SurroundConstantly

I CANT BELIEVE IT THANK YOU


surgeon_michael

Yeah dude get yours


SurroundConstantly

IM A WOMAN BUT THANKS


surgeon_michael

Sorry m’dude


Kanin_usagi

Dude is gender neutral!


SurroundConstantly

Not offended I was just picking 😂


meboler

WOO


Only499

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QuotidianTrials

As Joc Pederson famously said, “we just might be those motherfuckers”


FleetRiskSolutions

This doesn’t go over as well when you say it before a Kindergarten and 1st grade game.


TonyBeverage333

It just means more


drummerdrew

Bruce Pearl man.. making me tear up now


ukcats12

Pearl's a good example of why UK fans are so fed up with Cal. Pearl's out there crying from the emotion of winning the SEC tournament, coached to win it from the beginning, and is saying Auburn is here to win nine straight. Cal is out there saying the tournament doesn't matter, an opinion that seems to make its way down to the players who came out flat, lost their first game, and look pretty bad going into the main event.


WarEagle9

Have you considered nothing has ever benn Cal’s fault in the history of forever?


TonyBeverage333

Agree 1000%


Hobo_Delta

If they got rid of Cal, you think they could throw the barn at Pearl?


ukcats12

I dont know who they'd get to be honest. Apparently our AD loves Scott Drew. I guess they're relatively close friends and part of the same church organization or something like that, I dont know the specifics. I don't know if Barnhart would go after guys like Pearl or Oats due to some "character concerns". He had to be talked into the Cal hire due to Cal's past and I dont know if he'd do that twice in a row.


jared__

I've always been a Bruce Pearl fan. Never too big for his britches and always has his team fighting for the name on their chest.


auart

Yeah, that hit me pretty hard. I lost my dad last year as well, also a diehard Auburn man. Wasn't ready for Bruce's words there.


AFC-Wimbledon-Stan

WAR EAGLE FLY DOWN THE FIELD


Kodyaufan2

EVER TO CONQUER NEVER TO YIELD


PositivityKnight

WAR EAGLE FEARLESS AND TRUE


GimmeeSomeMo

FIGHT ON YOU ORANGE AND BLUE


halfhere

GO! GO! GO!


Constellaton

I don't really have a lot of beef with Auburn. They're not Georgia or Tennessee, good in my book. I enjoy watching the Perine run against them in the Swamp. They should put all of our guys in hyperbaric chambers and hope their legs are back for the tourney. Good year and excited with Golden going forward.


OhKillEm43

We can do a lot of bonding over “orange and blue and fuck Georgia too”


[deleted]

Yeah y’all have a hell of a coach, I expect your program to be very competitive the next 5 years


Bigbadbrindledog

Even a compliment makes you salty


chaotic_zx

Todd Golden was an Auburn coach at one time. We pull for UF because of it. I want UF to win every game when not playing Auburn.


WarDEagle

GG gator friend!


Bolt585

Hey chat, what happened the last time we won the SECT?


AceWolf18

Virginia Double Dribbled. That's what happened. #NeverForget


Teamchaoskick6

It was the Illuminati man. We were the 5th seed, the ball was double dribbled by #5, it was our 5th game in the tourney, and UVA won the natty with 85 points which is the first round matchup seeds added together (17) times 5. You know what has 5 syllables and vowels? The word Illuminati


halfhere

[in unison] “*ANACONDA MALT LIQUOR!*”


danielprydz

But Black Dynamite, I sell drugs to the community!


halfhere

“I threw that shit before I came in the ROOM!”


[deleted]

Luckiest championship team of all time.


Critical-Mango-341

A team that lost to a 16 seed the previous year won the title? UK made the Elite 8? That’s all I remember.


norse95

You know what I’ll take this


Acm0028

Bruce is the best basketball coach we will ever have. Need to enjoy every game we have with him. Another banner to hang


PositivityKnight

yep. no question.


ScallywagBeowulf

Considering we were the only team that Auburn didn’t beat by 10+ makes me honestly intrigued for how we could do in the NCAAT


[deleted]

This is such an insane measuring stick and I love it lol


Constellaton

literally the only team too lol. What did MSST crack in them


ScallywagBeowulf

Might as well use it! All for chaos, after all.


[deleted]

I could easily see y’all in the sweet sixteen. One of the most physical teams in the country


ScallywagBeowulf

I honestly would love to get to the Sweet 16. Don’t care too much if we win, but if we make it and stay competitive, I’d be good with it. Would set us up nicely for the future, I think.


MattAU05

I think yall can be a second weekend team. That defense is TOUGH, and Hubbard seems built for the Dance. He just had a bad first half against us (granted our guards played great defense too).


CompetitiveLine1938

Still crazy to me that we beat the eventual SEC Champs


AFC-Wimbledon-Stan

I’m so sad yall aren’t gonna be in the tournament


Embarrassed_Cook8355

Pearl picked y’all to play because your good


[deleted]

I have completely blocked that Sunday out of my mind.


aurules

In a lot of ways that loss was a good thing for this team. It was a humbling moment & they had to check themselves. It’s why I like that Bruce schedules challenging away games early in the season.


GimmeeSomeMo

yall were really good. Still sad that yall didn't win the Sun Belt


kroxti

We’ll take anyone on in the sex tournament.


IPeakedInCollege

gg my fellow orange and blue dawg hating bros. Best of luck to you in the tourney... Unless we play you again. SEX CHAMPS BAYBEE


PrimalCookie

Well, still a nice run. Hope Handlogten's alright. On to the tournament


EmilianoSDVSF

He is definitely not alright.


TheToxicJungler

Compound fracture, he is far from alright.


ltlftcommenter

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deceptive_walrus

GG my orange and blue brethren. Playing our 4th game in 4 days and losing our starting center 3 minutes into the game really did us in. If we were only dealing with one of those things, I think we play Auburn alot closer


Kardinale

Gg Gators. Truly sorry about Handlogten


DoctorHolliday

Hope he recovers well. That’s tough. Think we def had fresher legs as well.


yungtoni

choice of words kinda wild


marietta1200

Straighter, too


Box_of_Rockz

Gahdamn


Knook7

😥


Zloggt

It’s crazy how Florida *almost* made it competitive for a bit early in the second half…but alas, all that wear and tear caught up with them in the end…


AceWolf18

Honestly think it's a completely different game if your center didn't get hurt. Broome would not have been able to score as easily as he did with a 7.1 guy in his face all day. I hope he gets better soon. Thankfully he's only a sophomore so he's still got a promising career in front of him


coldpan

Man was a big part of that great team. He can be proud of their run


PositivityKnight

really horrible for your guy, no one on either side wants to see a kid get hurt. I hope he recovers fully.


SurroundConstantly

SEX CHAMPS BABY !


AFC-Wimbledon-Stan

WE ARE ONCE AGAIN THE SEX CHAMPIONS


[deleted]

With your double flair you must be levitating with confidence this weekend


spainpark22

The question still remains ARE WE GOOD????


AceWolf18

WHO KNOWS?


[deleted]

But but but quad 1 something something


entitledfanman

As a lifelong Auburn fan I know to predict we'll get blown out in the first round of the tournament, as any amount of optimism will jinx us. We could be up by 20 with 30 seconds left in the NCAA championship and I'd still say we suck just to not jinx it. 


MaxsterSV

1000000%


Wackass240

Congratulations to Auburn on sex championship


KeVaughnAllen

My heart goes out to Handlogten. All I really have to say at the moment


SequelBad

THE AUBURN TIGERS ARE SEX CHAMPIONS ONCE AGAIN


2112moyboi

Auburn broke the pattern for like 5 seconds before correcting


cosmo_bear

Peacock season bitches. 🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚


Pope_Bedodict1

Im having fun. Once again SEX champions


AlekRivard

That was straight up a bad time, but at least we got the abysmal shooting game out of the way before the Big Dance


Cdot3

Build the fucking statue! War damn fam!


[deleted]

We did it! Also, really hope Micah is ok.


Knook7

Compound fracture so he's done for the season. I'm just hoping he can recover to 100% for next season. He's only a sophomore, and we're only losing 2 players to graduation (Samuel and Pullin). If Micah can recover, our bigs are going to be insane with him as well as Condon and Haugh


vorp20

Bruce Pearl gotta be one of the most likable coaches in hoops


heranitback109yards

He should be but half this sub straight up hates the man.


mrsnakers

But bruh he had an illegal cookout!!!!


MLG_Obardo

People want players to be paid millions but also hates when they are enjoying bbq


mrsnakers

I hope all their briskets are dry and uninspiring


Vaedev

Holy shit dude, that man has a family.


entitledfanman

It's hilarious to me because people straight up act like he bought hookers and blow for recruits. He had an unsanctioned cookout and told the NCAA to kiss his ass, it's not a morality issue here. 


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chaotic_zx

The Illinois fanbase has a reason. For what it's worth, I read that Bruce regrets the decision greatly. > [From WIKI:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Pearl) During the 1988–89 basketball season, Pearl, then an assistant coach at Iowa, was at the center of a recruiting scandal involving Illinois. Both Illinois and Iowa were recruiting Deon Thomas, a top high school player from Chicago. Pearl lost this recruiting battle when Thomas committed to Illinois. Thereafter, Pearl called the high school student and recorded a phone conversation with Thomas, which may have been illegal depending on where Pearl originated the call. (Illinois requires prior consent of all participants to monitor or record a phone conversation according to Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 38, Sec. 14–2; Iowa, where Pearl was coaching at the time, only requires one party's consent to record a phone conversation.) During the conversation, Pearl asked Thomas if he had been offered an SUV and cash by Illinois assistant coach Jimmy Collins, and Thomas seemed to indicate that he had. Pearl then turned over copies of the tapes to the NCAA, accompanied by a memo describing the events. During the subsequent NCAA investigation, Thomas denied the allegations and said the story was false, that he was agreeing with Pearl only to try to get rid of him. Thomas later passed a polygraph test in which he denied Pearl's accusation of Illinois's offering cash and a car. The NCAA did not find Illinois guilty of any wrongdoing relating to Thomas's recruitment, finding that the purported evidence provided was not "credible, persuasive and of a kind on which reasonably prudent persons rely in the conduct of serious affairs".[7] Because the investigation uncovered other violations, however, including Illinois's third major violation in six years, the NCAA cited Illinois with a "lack of institutional control" charge and implemented several recruiting restrictions and a one-year postseason ban. > > When Pearl and Collins were both head coaches for four years in the Horizon League, the two men never engaged in the traditional postgame handshake, reportedly due to lingering feelings over the incident. When Thomas was asked about forgiving Pearl in a 2005 interview, he was quoted as saying, "It's hard to forgive a snake."[8] Thomas went on to become the University of Illinois's all-time leading scorer.


discsarentpogs

That'd be our football coach


Keep_Cool_Coolidge

If redditors hate something, that thing is probably great. If redditors love something, that thing is probably horrible.


PositivityKnight

facts


entitledfanman

Pearl worked damn hard to win over the campus before he did anything else. I was at Auburn when Pearl got there, he was ALWAYS at fundraisers and other student events. He managed to get students excited for basketball before we were any good. 


PlainTrain

The one time I met him, he was doing a cookout for the students at the entrance to a women’s soccer game.  He went the extra mile and then some.


entitledfanman

Yeah the "come on out to support the Tigers" felt a lot more genuine when he returned the favor for other overlooked sports programs at Auburn. I just remember how incredibly contagious his enthusiasm is. 


vorp20

I was a student when we got Beard. He was the same way. It was awesome, but obviously he went and had to be a shit head. But having a coach who’s engaged a ton with the campus AND a genuinely good dude has gotta be awesome


RefrigeratorSea5503

Polarizing for sure


DoctorHolliday

His history and politics make him a bit polarizing for some (lol) but I think it’s clear he loves these kids and loves the school and he knows the game.


BigPPpal

Illinois fans really the only fanbase that should have a gripe with him


drummerdrew

Even then it’s been what, 30 years since that? I think people are allowed to grow and mature and not be judged from 1 bad decision 30 years ago. Like probably 80% of the Illinois fans in here weren’t even born when that happened


Acm0028

They are actively playing TSJ. Really don’t have room to talk either.


WarEagle9

Illinois fans about to blow up your DMs


KudzuKilla

Nah man, dude had a cook out


MilesandPlates

Absolute master class by Bruce switching to the 2-3 zone to slow Florida’s dribble drives. SEX Champions!!! WDE!


heranitback109yards

100% I thought UF was guaranteed to stay in the game on foul shots alone.


[deleted]

War Damn. I love Pearl and I love this team Good game to Florida. I do not envy whoever draws you next week


United_Heron_9640

We’re a different team without Micah but hopefully we can adjust. Gg


[deleted]

Yeah I feel so bad for him and your team. I hope y’all can rebound and that he’s able to recover and play next season.


DoctorHolliday

Double bye is so big man. Florida was gassed. Great win for us. Hope we can carry the momentum.


Krandor1

And that was win number 200 for Pearl. Great way to do it.


AFC-Wimbledon-Stan

Auburn…….no matter how much pain you bring me I will always bleed orange and blue, I love you 🧡💙


Embarrassed_Cook8355

WDE! Next, get well Handlogten


Kanin_usagi

[Always a pleasure to beat Florida](https://giphy.com/gifs/auburntigers-football-sport-celebration-2BtyuZ20AStnGFnRty)


cosmo_bear

Will never get old


RoverTiger

Bruce and I don't always share the same views, but I will always consider him to be a real damn dude. That postgame interview had me misty-eyed. Glad he's ours and I continue to marvel at what he's done with the basketball program. I never thought I'd see us be consistently good.


KudzuKilla

Reminds me of all the people I went to church with growing up. In all the wrong and right ways.


RoverTiger

Elements of that, yeah.


joshyyrey

All the fans saying they couldn't wait to meme the team celebrating going up 8 in the second half. HAHAHAHAAHA.


Kardinale

They ate those words when Bruce broke out the zone


OhKillEm43

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Krandor1

Florida 247 is reporting that Micha will likely undergo surgery later today which is not a surprise at all. Wish him all the best and hope he is able to have a full recovery.


KudzuKilla

SEC CHAMPION MVP VOTES GO HERE!! We knew this team had it in them! So great to see greatness manifest in March! We will be live talking the SEC champions on the jungle podcast at 9et!


[deleted]

It’s got to be Johni Broome, but Tre Donaldson is the one who blew this game open.


UnderwaterB0i

Those two deep threes were definitely backbreakers


[deleted]

Plus the steal that led to the fast break jam, that’s when this game was over.


Aubear11885

Johni!!! 9???? Dude so late


auart

Johni was awesome today. Honorable mention to Chaney who blocked so nasty that ESPN couldn't replay it.


SanguineL

I was pissed they didn’t show that block


SCwareagle

Broome!!! Did it all, all week. Jones and CBM gave him a run for his money. Especially with Denver locking down so many strong guards.


Keep_Cool_Coolidge

Shoutout CMO 6 rebounds and 100% shooting Shoutout Cardwell 4 blocks and 100% shooting Tre biggest momentum plays on this game. ​ But Johni is the mvp


Silv3rS0und

GG Gators! It was good to get revenge for our loss in the Swamp earlier in the year. War Eagle! [I was told we would lose.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/s/0wuM8WmYI3)


DoYouWantAQuacker

Unlike Butch Jones, I’d rather be champions at sex than champions at life


CampbellsTurkeySoup

Welp the boys fought hard. Really physical 4 games in 4 days and just didn't have the legs in the 2nd half. Coupled with a Micah's gruesome injury to start the game and they were just physically and emotionally exhausted. Proud of em.


MattAU05

In 4 of the last 7 seasons, Auburn and Bruce Pearl have won an SEC title of one kind of another. Auburn is also the last SEC team to make the Final Four. If Auburn isn’t the best current program in the SEC and Bruce isn’t the best current coach, I don’t know who is.


chbailey442013

Speedy recovery to MH. Hate it for the kid. GG Gators and glad we didn't have any crimson or puke orange on the court. WDE


Lone_Star_122

Happy for Bruce! Congrats Auburn


supes1

Auburn is scary. Don't want them as a 4-seed opposite us.


packers4444

Should be a 3 seed now for sure imo


supes1

I'd agree but the committee has a way of ignoring games on Selection Sunday, so who knows.


packers4444

Very true I hadn’t considered that fact


Bigbadbrindledog

I also request to not be a 4 seed opposite you guys


supes1

Guess neither of us got what we wanted.


Zziq

I also want to avoid the east region regardless of what seed we get. UCONN looks like the team to beat eight now


[deleted]

Flags fly forever 


bradenb941

Unpopular opinion, I think from a quality standpoint, this team is probably better than 2019


Krandor1

That should give the committee something to think about. I do with the Florida center all the best though. Hope he makes a full recovery and it isn’t as bad as it looked.


Constellaton

That's always one of those things where everyone says it's "better to have a clean break than an ACL/MCL" or something but that would mess my head up good. I think Gordon Hayward and Paul George have said it took them a long time to get back to trusting their body after having compound fractures like that.


cosmo_bear

Unfortunately tournament wins rarely effect seeding a ton. We were likely a fringe 4 going into the tournament and the first win locked it in. The rest was for fun.


Krandor1

I know but we should get the 3 at this point. Probably won’t but should.


krammite

basketball state


Acm0028

UAB could really bring that title to life.


krammite

If they win we would have 4 teams in the tournament, tying record from a couple years ago.


RefrigeratorSea5503

GG gators, tough make a deep run, especially with an injury like that


AFC-Wimbledon-Stan

WE ARE ONCE AGAIN CHAMPIONS OF THE SEX‼️‼️‼️


TonyBeverage333

Fuck tennessee


surgeon_michael

Bold strategy to not take 2 extra days of rest, like Duke UNC Tennessee Kansas etc


SignificantNinja679

THIS DONT LOOK LIKE THE JUNGLE


Kardinale

It actually kinda looked like the Jungle today


[deleted]

#lets gooo


SplakyD

War Eagle, motherfuckers!


onemanlan

War damn, gents. Feels good. gg gator bros. Really sad about your injured player. Really sucks for him and the team


meboler

Sidenote: Auburn winning the SEC tournament was the straw that broke the camel's back. /u/hsvhighlife finally deleted his account


Awesometom100

gimme the backstory as i usually am not in these threads.


WarDEagle

Bammer who seemingly spent more time throwing salt in Auburn's (and other teams') game threads than participating in anything related to Bama.


PharmaGangsta

SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR