Men vs. Mississippi State - game thread

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Opening round of the SEC tournament. Auburn looking to advance over Mississippi State

Starters for Auburn: Ross-Miller, Harrell, Lang, Granger and Bowers.

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Oh how sweet a W would be!

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Cheerleaders are ready ...

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Antoine Mason inscribed his shoes for tonight's game ...

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Back and ready for action ...

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[auburnphan 6,050]

Nice!!

Was hesitant to turn game on early but did, and just in time to here finebaum say we are out, gotta be good night!!!

[WarTiger 3,901]

Auburn in all Blue tonight. Mason is back and will play but won't start. Auburn wins the tip... Here we go.

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R-M with a THREE... Auburn trails 4-3

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R-M with a THREE....6-4 Auburn.

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Harrell with a THREE. 9-9

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Canada Thompson and Mason check in for Auburn.

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Canada shoots, no good, rebound Bowers, pass inside to a cutting thompson....gets fouled and will shoot 2. 1st no good. 2nd good. Auburn trails 13-10

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Bowers tries a three...not close, transition for msu. 15-10 timeout Auburn.

[jared52 4,354]

Looking forward to the day Pearl tells Bowers he's not allowed to shoot.

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Harrell shooting 2. 1st no good. 2nd good. 15-11

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Thompson with a THREE. 18-14 Auburn down. defensive rebound ross miller to mason, drives and scores. 18-16

[jared52 4,354]

Wow, Mason was hammered on that shot, no foul. KC leans on a guy and SEC ref is quick to call the foul.

[jared52 4,354]

Too much watching on defense. Thompson makes a good play but the other guys just watching and MSU gets an easy layup.

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Bowers gets an offensive rebound and gets fouled on the shot attempt. shooting 2. 1st good 2nd good. 20-18 Auburn down. and pressing full court.

[jared52 4,354]

LOL, Bowers about broke the rim on that first FT. Went in though!

[jared52 4,354]

I like the way Thompson is playing defense tonight.

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Mason gets a turnover and takes it the length of the floor, basket counts and the foul. ft no good. 20-20

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Mason got a technical foul after knocking the ball out of bounds. whether it was directed at the MSU player or not you gotta be smarter than that. msu makes both ft's. bench warning also on Auburn after pearl got fired up about it. 20-22 now. msu ball.

[jared52 4,354]

Mason wasn't even looking at the MSU player. Ref just looking for something to assert himself. Typical SEC refs.

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Bowers shot, no good, rebound, and fouled. shooting 2. 1st no good. 2nd good. 22-21

[jared52 4,354]

Bowers battling. He's so fun to watch, except when he's 20' from the rim.

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Mason wasn't even looking at the MSU player. Ref just looking for something to assert himself. Typical SEC refs.

yes he was. On the initial comment he was looking directly at him. But, there's nothing in the rule book that says a technical is conditional on where the player is looking.