Men vs Xavier

[auburntiger1987 759]

Nothing like a nice easy victory in the first round. War Eagle

[corchjay 5,311]

Bring on the Dukies!

[doverstutts 1,643]

I AM $%*(^#@ EXHAUSTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm spent....i could not survive a final 4, i see that now.....i don't think i took abreath during overtime

[Tiger 8,827]

Played sub par and got the win. I'll take it! Jared and Horace were big down the stretch. Amazing to have depth in the front court. I love this win even though we didn't play well. We have to improve in the half court

[ShocksMyBrain 9,366]

Well. Today is the day to have a drought in 3s. Save them for Duke. 

[AuburnNTexas 7,150]

11 minutes ago, cole256 said:

That's what he was told to do, initiate the offense ~8 second mark

I know but when the big man came out on him on the floor I thought best to keep the ball and dive around the big.  It doesn't matter as Harper and Spencer took over the OT. Harper scoring Spencer Defense an d rebounding.

[AURealist 2,185]

Gonna be driven to start drinking in the afternoon, I just know it...

[auburnphan 6,050]

Hoping we saved the hot shooting for tomorrow

[AubWes33 471]

Still can't believe that Jared Harper poster dunk. Ridiculous!!!

[tgrogan21 6,198]

I can't say more about Jared Harper and Horace Spencer in OT. Two big men fouled out and he played 100% with blocks, rebounds, and steals. And that dunk by Harper! HOLY CRAP! 

[AU82 127]

We finally have depth.  

[wareagleguy 1,393]

Good win! WDE!

[mustache eagle 2,406]

I just finished reading this thread from start to finish as I missed the game.

im exhausted!  Cant imagine having watched it!

[Tiger 8,827]

3 minutes ago, AubWes33 said:

Still can't believe that Jared Harper poster dunk. Ridiculous!!!

Jared stole their soul with that

[GTNupe11 2,034]

We can hang with the Dukies a little but we will need to stay out of foul trouble. 

[mustache eagle 2,406]

FWIW, I remember the last Hawai’i tourney we played ... the refs were all over us then.  The game against Harvard was horrid 

[Zeek 16,656]

1 minute ago, Tiger said:

Jared stole their soul with that

Holy cow. After that dunk I knew we had it.

[tgrogan21 6,198]

I'm sure there will be a better version out soon but for those that didn't get to see it or want to watch it over and over again.

 

[tigers23 653]

Whew!!!

[aujeff11 6,243]

I’m so glad we held on. Whew!!!!

[AuburnNTexas 7,150]

  That DUNK by Harper was sick and could not have come at a better time. When we tried to get it down low to Wiley and Okeke it was money in the bank we should have dome more of that.  Cole and Bird I owe both of you an apology you were right about Bryce Brown while he plays tough D he was beaten on the dribble drive multiple times that led to easy baskets or got a big into foul trouble.

A lot of the fouls on Okeke and Wiley was trying to stop somebody who had gotten free on a dibble drive.

[looney 794]

45.5% from the field.

31.4% from three.

70.8 from the line.

We seemed more "ice cold" to my eyes than even these numbers suggest.

[lost 452]

Ok  lesson learned....  Never doubt this team

[mustache eagle 2,406]

We were out rebounded but were plus on steals and blocks.

plus 10 on turnovers was probably the difference.  Other stats against us.

wiley with 0 rebounds!

[AUBwins 10,075]

39 minutes ago, cole256 said:

If it goes to ot we lose

I was thinking this as well with the foul trouble etc, but man did Harper on offense and Spencer on defense step up. Really impressed with the way we played OT. Our guards have to make more FTs, Bryce especially.  He has missed way more than I expected him to this early in the season.