AUght2win

5 hours ago, AuCivilEng1 said:

He’s definitely allowed to tell his story. But I don’t understand the value in telling the world, you didn’t even want to go to Auburn. Seems like the kind of thing that could be omitted in the story. 

He never said anything remotely like he didn’t want to go to Auburn. He didn’t draw the school out of a Bingo bowl. Being a finalist and him actually going show that OF COURSE he wanted to go to Auburn. This detail also isn’t new. He’s said before that it was neck and neck and he asked his Dad to pick - but I think it’s clear Cecil just reinforced what Cam really wanted and would be the right decision.

17 minutes ago, Tiger720 said:

What makes you so confident? Kentucky will provide more NIL money, a bigger salary and Rupp Arena which are great assets. What is BP's buyout? I hope he stays, but I wouldn't be shock if he leaves. 

Dude CBP was upset at our fans for mildly chiding CBM after the tourney. You think he wants to go to Lexington where the heat is 10000 degrees hotter?

So have the aspirations of this class being historic just evaporated? A lot of people on the board have been saying to expect a Top 5 class in 2025. Is that still possible? Seems like we aren’t winning or leading battles for the big dogs.

40 minutes ago, Hank2020 said:

I think y’all need to get a life!! Give these kids a break!!

No. That’s SO stupid. It’s written literally everywhere.

Oh my gosh I was right. I’m serious I’d pull the scholly. Just out of shock that a person could genuinely believe that.

Like would bring a sailor on board that thinks he’s gonna be out on the “Specific Ocean”. 

1 hour ago, RunInRed said:

 

Does this kid seriously think it’s “Aurburn”? I saw recruit’s tweet earlier where it was spelled “Aurburn” too but figured it was a typo. If not I’d revoke the scholly immediately.

2 hours ago, passthebiscuits said:

Can’t seem to grab a hold of one so far…

I guess this kid is our version of Roll Tide Willie? 

1 hour ago, AUApostle said:

Regarding that 2010 ADay, I remember thinking when they let Cam throw to the 1st string WRs this offense is going to be fun.  The slow walk-on WRs couldn’t handle his hot throws.

Everybody could tell Cam was physically something different than we’d ever had. 

4 hours ago, RunInRed said:

 

Uh is Willie’s hand okay? 

15 minutes ago, Win4AU said:

Outside of 4, Yale was garbage.  Auburn was worse.  This was one of the hardest Auburn games that I’ve watched.  It was so clear that Auburn was the better team and they’d get up 10 but then there would be a bad pass or a dumb shot that would kill all momentum.  Auburn beat themselves.  

We had 4 consecutive trips down the court that ended in turnovers. Four. That’s hard to do. 

Bruce’s wild-horse, let the kids do whatever they want at all times is freeing to the players, I’m sure, but it drives me crazy and I’ve seen it lose us several ball games. KD literally ran across half-court and forgot the ball. 

13 minutes ago, GTNupe11 said:

It's ok to be wrong sometimes.

Also, literally no one said this. We all thought we had a shot but we all knew this whole season PG was our weakest position and could hurt us from making a run. Two things can be true at once. 

Literally YOU said it. “March is all about guard play”. If that was the case we never had a shot. 

Just sounds a lot like the “can’t win without an elite QB” argument. Which is, of course, wholly untrue. Yes - in a perfect world you have elite guards and elite QBs and they improve your odds immensely - but those are hard to find. We could have gone deep with this year’s team as-is. I put it entirely on the coaches (love Bruce but he deserves some flack for consistently losing to lesser talented teams in early rounds).

35 minutes ago, cole256 said:

You don't want to try that here though....I promise you that

Always get a kick out of statements like these. I’ll say literally anything I choose, big fella.

And I choose to say March being “all” about guard play is BS. Would it help? Sure. But we were one of 9 teams statistically eligible to win the title (top 15 offense, top 40 defense - no team has the won tourney in last 22 years without having both). Acting like this team had fundamentally no shot is untrue and gives the coaches a break they don’t deserve.

52 minutes ago, cole256 said:

That's literally why, but how are you going to argue against something and you don't know?

Then every last one of you should have openly said we had no shot. And the discussion nationally and in here shouldn’t have been - “how did Auburn not get a 3 seed?” - it should have been “Auburn is lucky to be in the field”. Because we haven’t had good guard play in 5 years. 

But of course that isn’t what anybody said or thought because it isn’t an actual hard rule - it’s people trying to do an oversimplified autopsy.

There’s a reason a ton of pundits picked us for the final 4, all season long. We had the talent to go. As we had in previous years. We just didn’t perform.

1 hour ago, e808 said:

Ur two biggest examples of good guard play Bama and Tamu

Kentucky had 3 guards on the All-SEC 1st and 2nd team.

54 minutes ago, GTNupe11 said:

Lol....that's funny. You don't know what you're talking about. 

Yeah neither do you, fortunately. “March Madness is all about guard play.” Bout as banal as “defense wins championships”. Committee should just seed 1-16 based on the talent of the guards if your theory is correct. Oakland would have been a 2-3 and we would have been a 13-14. 

2 minutes ago, GTNupe11 said:

It's guard play. NCAA tournament is all about who has DUDES at Guard. And if you have a big to go along with that....then you're well on your way to a run. 

Do they use a different kind of basketball in the tourney? If not, then this makes no sense. We just went 27-7 in supposedly one of the best conferences in the country, without good guard play. So I don’t buy the oversimplification. 

17 minutes ago, TigerPAC said:

The NCAA tourney is ALL about guard play, especially in the early rounds.  Today, Yale’s played better.  

What about the other 3 times? What about when we were a 2 seed and had the best offensive player AND the best defender in the country? I think we need to win games and stop using “they just were better on this particular day - it happens” logic. 

With this loss is it fair to say we may have a Calipari-esque problem with the NCAA tourney? Bruce has taken us to 5, in 4 of them we haven’t gotten past the first weekend.

We lost in 2nd round as a 2 and now 1st round as a 4.

That has to be something related to our mental state/culture/coaching that has to get fixed.

Proud of our team today!!! Great win

3 hours ago, GwillMac6 said:

lol you basically are just admitting you only want to post when we lose? I think you are the one doing message boards wrong. What is the fun in that? Sounds miserable. 

Not really. But whatever you want to think boss.

1 hour ago, GwillMac6 said:

That is the most sad and depressing way to look at life. Idk about you I love being happy and having fun celebrating a W with my AU brethren. 

You’re taking message boards waaaaay too deeply and the participation here incorrectly. I love AU and am happy when we win. I don’t feel a compulsion to post when we do. I just enjoy it. There’s nothing to process. When we lose it’s different.

Look at it like Yelp or Lyft or Reddit reviews. People will give you 5 ⭐️/nothing and keep it moving if the service was great. It’s when things go bad that they write lengthy posts.

13 minutes ago, GwillMac6 said:

Why are game threads where we lose have a lot more comments than when we win? Not a good look.

Posting “that was great” is kind of pointless. There’s only stuff to discuss when things aren’t going well and people want to know why/vent. That’s always been the nature of the internet. 

2 hours ago, JuscAUse! said:

Were the rankings for the past seasons during the respective seasons or at the end of the year? If it's the latter, we don't know who is ranked where at this point. UConn lost several of their games last year by double digits I believe. You also included Virginia in 2019. That one ain't kosher, my man! 

Also, have you ever been at the foul line with a bunch of folks yelling at you to miss? Have you always been a huge basketball fan? Not that it matters one way or the other. I'm just curious. 

Those were rankings at the times of the losses I believe. 

Huge sports fan. Football fanatic. Basketball is a little down on the list for me but have followed Auburn bball my whole life. Enough to know that legit D1 players aren’t leaving these arenas saying “my gosh I was so shook up!!!”. I mean, the first thing Jaylin (or whoever did the postgame interview) said after OM was how fun it was to play in that environment and how awesome the crowd was. Didn’t exactly sound like PTSD.

2 minutes ago, AUght2win said:

It’s a problem because you can look back at national title winners and no, they usually don’t struggle this mightily on the road. We are #12 in the country right and many have picked us for the final four this year. If you want to grade us against the standard of being an above average SEC team - then yeah, we’re right on schedule.

But Bruce has elevated this program to championship expectations. Most of us are looking for signs as to whether this team can make a Final Four or win the SEC. And the signs aren’t good.

Road losses for past 10 NC winners:

2023 UConn - 5 (3 ranked)
2022 Kansas - 4 (3 ranked)
2021 Baylor - 1 (ranked)
2019 UVA - 1 (ranked)
2018 Nova - 3
2017 UNC - 5 (3 ranked)
2016 Nova - 2 (2 ranked)
2015 Duke - 2 (1 ranked)
2014 UConn - 4 (3 ranked)

We’re currently at 4, all unranked losses, with 3 road games to play. I’m predicting a UT loss, leaving us with 5 (1 ranked). Doesn’t bode well for us when compared to the list above.

7 hours ago, GwillMac6 said:

It’s not a mindset it’s a reality. Big difference. Several ranked teams have lost to Un ranked teams all season on the road. It happens every year in college basketball. This is not some Auburn only problem you are trying to make it out to be. It happens to blue bloods with decades of basketball excellence every season. It’s something our fans are eventually going to have to get used to. The melt downs after every road loss are so tiresome.

It’s a problem because you can look back at national title winners and no, they usually don’t struggle this mightily on the road. We are #12 in the country right and many have picked us for the final four this year. If you want to grade us against the standard of being an above average SEC team - then yeah, we’re right on schedule.

But Bruce has elevated this program to championship expectations. Most of us are looking for signs as to whether this team can make a Final Four or win the SEC. And the signs aren’t good.