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How Good Is the Auburn Basketball Team, Really?

Related Topics: Bruce Pearl, Basketball

"If you’re a little disappointed in how we’re playing right now, you should be. If you’re wondering what this team could be this season, you should be. We’ve given you enough reason to." - Bruce Pearl after USC Upstate Win

Auburn basketball is 6-1 for the first time since the 2011-12 basketball season. Sounds great until you remember that in 2011-12, the Kenny Gabriel-led Tigers finished 15-16. Auburn opened out 9-2 in 2007-08 before slumping to a 14-16 final record. In 2003-04, Auburn started 7-0 before finishing 14-14 in Cliff Ellis's last year.

In February 2001, this happened:

Which has nothing to do with what we're talking about but was really, really awesome.