But that’s what Bruce Pearl and the Auburn basketball program are doing.
Despite having two of its best players sitting out last season and all-time leading scorer and Pearl assistant Chuck Person caught in the middle of an FBI investigation, Auburn won the SEC regular-season title, reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2002-03 season and won a game in it.
And the news continues getting better.
Late Monday night, 4-star small forward Isaac Okoro (ranked No. 35 in the country by 247Sports) committed to Auburn for the 2019 class. He’s the No.