1. I’m not sure when I realized the 2023-2024 Tigers were my favorite Auburn men’s basketball team ever. Maybe about the time Johni Broome — with his team clinging to a 3-point lead on the road and less than 7 minutes to play in a must-win game — threw a laser-guided one-handed dime out of the post to Denver Jones in the opposite corner, and rather than scrap for offensive rebounding position, began walking upcourt with three fingers in the air.
From the opening tip of the season — and Aden Holloway’s barrage against Baylor — this team has shown outrageous levels of skill, smarts, selflessness and (usually) shooting.