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Auburn plans to use exhibition game as a `learning process'

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By Greg Ostendorf
AuburnTigers.com

AUBURN, Ala. -- Thursday's 100-95 overtime loss to Barry University wasn't the outcome many had hoped to see from Auburn basketball in its 2017-2018 debut, but it was an exhibition game. It was a chance to learn and get better before the regular season kicks off a week from Friday against Norfolk State.

"It was a good exhibition, and it was good exposure for us," Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl said. "It showed us a where a lot of our weaknesses are.