Before Auburn traveled to Kentucky for the teams’ only regular-season meeting this season, Bruce Pearl surprised Auburn’s own fans when he expressed a lack of confidence in what could happen in Lexington on Saturday if his team didn’t compete on the glass. Pearl concluded his press conference after Auburn’s win over Ole Miss by saying, “We rebound like we did tonight — we’ll get beat by 40.”
Well, Auburn didn’t lose by 40 at Kentucky, but the Tigers did get down by that many. The Wildcats matched Pearl’s prediction with over two minutes to go before the final score of 86 to 54, a 32-point loss for Pearl and Auburn.