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I knew about the extra point but had to leave you something to add. LOL

I personally think 17-16 game was greatest Auburn game ever. That D was so good and to block not one but two punts and return both for TD's that will be imprinted in my brain forever.

This game showed both the good side of Auburn basketball and the bad side. Good side we play hard, on any game we can have multiple players in double figures and it can be different players. This Team feeds off energy of the Jungle and makes us one of toughest home teams. Bad side no consistent PG scoring, bonehead plays like 2 over and back turnovers, some bad rebounding sequences. On PG at this point in his career Aiden has a decent handle but isn't physical enough to get inside and score or use drive to setup other players. If his outside shot not falling he has no offense. Hoping a year with strength and conditioning coach will make him a complete player. At this point Tre is a more complete PG who can help even when not having a game he does little things like 5 boards. This will be an up and down year. Seeing Denver have a good game gives me hope. How we handle better teams at home and winning some road games like ole miss will determine how good we can become.

I loved watching him play. He was the most fearless wide receiver I ever saw play. RIP and prayers for his family.

What I like with the GM type he just added and now this he has recognized he needed help in this area and has done something about it.

I agree with you to a point. Jared got stronger and better year after year but he was never scared.

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It really depends on which game you watch CBM in some games seems like the answer at SF, shoots well drives to the rim steals or causes steals. Then in games like Miss state he left his man multiple times, yjrew some bad passes, and couldn't his his shot. Chaney Johnson was a disaapointment early in the year, seemd to be way over his head but in Miss State game he was one of our best players. Miss State game is only game Dylan has not made a positive impact, he got into foul trouble early and like last year some of the foulls were stupid. Except for Miss State Dylan has been active defending the paint switching out on guards and staying with them rebounding and is good for 2-4 dunks a game that fire up our team. Aiden is in a slump lately he is not getting square and going straight up he is often leaning a little and going forward on his jump shot and because of that is pressing. Denver Jones plays great defense every game and will hit a three every now and then. He makes great moves to the basket but then misses, if he can start making the shots when he drives our scoring will go up. Broome works the boards every game but sadly often by himself. He can score multiple ways around the basket his good scoring games versus bad scoring games is where the guards get the ball to him and if we are hitting threes to stop double teams. The other things to stop double teams is players cutting to the basket when he is double teamed we don't do that Miss State gave us a clinic on that. Jaylin Williams can have two or three great games then dissapear for a while, The two most consistent players this year are Tre and it is hard for me to say it KD. Tre who is not flashy but is shooting around 52% he hits three's when open, pulls up and hits shots and can go the the rack. He is not flashy but he is very solid and he understands his role as a PG. When a long pass is there for a quick easy score he makes it. If it is questionable he keeps the ball. As we know there is the good KD and the bad KD but this year with the exception of a few times it has been the good KD this year. He has really taken advantage of the new charging rule and this year when he gets the ball he actually looks for an open player and had made multiple nice assists this year. He also has very active hands on defense. As for lack of effort look at the score in Miss State game and bama game we kept them both below their average for the year. Rebounding in Miss State game and bama game was a legitimate issue but it is not what it always looks like. The rebound on the foul shot that went over Jaylin Williams head. He lines up on left side and moved to right side but ball bounces long and over his head, that should have been the second player on the right side who should have got it or blocked out the shooter it looked bad for Jaylin but it wasn't him. Dylan and Broome are our only legitimate rebounders, Jaylin isn't physical enough, Denver and Aiden almost never crash the boards, Chaney is solid on the boards but doesn't play much and CBM isn't strong enough. Tre and KD actually do well on the boards based on minutes played and position. As bad as we played on the road at bama and Miss state we still kept the games close. We are not a great team becuase we don't have that Alpha player who can pull you through a bad scoring game. That said with more discipline on Offense (Iffy long passes), better possessions where we move ball and don't settle for a contested 3, Some players cutting to Rim when teams double team Broome and a little more emphasis on crashing boards and blocking out we can be really good. Later this year or next year Aidan will be the scorer we expected it will just take one good game. Pearl nailed it on the head when we won all the games in a row he said we are not as good as some people think we are. We have weaknesses almost every team does it is how yoy hide your weaknesses and take advantage of your strenghts that makes difference from being pretty good which we are and being really good which we are not yet. If we improve I think we will go to NCAA with potential of getting to Swwet 16 and if everything breaks right top 8 but without an Apha Dog I think that is our limit.

Tre is at 52% maybe he needs to play more especially at end of games, at least until Aiden figures it out.

In the games we won at home down the stretch we played Tre and KD in last two losses we played Aiden and Denver. In both games Trey outplayed Aiden. I think Aiden has potential to be really good but right now he isn't there. I was comparing the difference statistically between Tre and Aiden. Shooting Tre at 52% Aiden around 33%. Tre has more rebounds per game in less minutes and almost equal in assists. Aiden scores a little more but shoots a whole lot more to do it. I don't mind Pearl starting Aiden but he needs Tre down the stretches until Aiden catches up with SEC basketball.

That is two close keeps in a row where Aiden was out there and not tre even though Tre was better all game.

That is two close keeps in a row where Aiden was out there and not tre even though ztre was better all game.

The fact that even with things we need to correct we win games or lose in a close game. Part of issue is while we have length we are not very thick.

Tre playing a solid game he has to be very strong to get that shot up as the defender pulled his arm down.

On both of KD's misses on the drive he made the shot harder then he needed to.

We have held a good miss state team to 21 points while getting beat on the boards Defensive effort is there. Our pg's can't beat anybody on drives and we often dribble to long out front before starting the offense. Add that to poor shooting and it is tied 21-22. Need a strong second half. On the three's Aiden has missed he is not square and a little off balance.

As bad as we are playing it is 21 to 21.

Agreed he got a board and so far his man has not blown by him.

They are beating us badly on the boards and we have no offensive flow. The few good shots we have had we missed.

We seem to be trying to get Jaylin going. I hope he gets going. When he is hot we are hard to best.

Was that when Berman was on him?

Disgree about pass y running through Broome yes he scored a lot but if we had really run through him whole game he would have scored a lot more and we would have won easily.

A lot of the threes were quick without getting into offense and not feeding Broome who was eating bama's lunch. Not sure why we had Aden at the end instead of Tre. Tre had a much better game. Aden has a lot of skill but needs to add some muscle in off season as he isn't strong enough when they play him physical. Sears isn't big but is strong and uses contact to his advantage. Also Sears has a complete game. Ball handler, gets a lot of boards for his size, he gets assists, can score inside and outside. Down stretch they relied on him and Nelson. If big switched he went to rim and either scored or left Nelson with open lane for rebound. I have to give Sears kudos for how well he played especially in crunch time.

I think we will learn a lot from this game. We came back from 14 down win or lose that is big.

Cardwell's defense has helped a lot in the 2nf half. He has been a positive desrue offensive game.pite not having a t