Bruce Pearl still owns Rick Barnes. The No. 17 ranked Auburn Tigers spoiled Senior Day for Tennessee basketball with an 85-63 win to close out the regular season for both teams. This happened despite the Vols beating the Kentucky Wildcats on the road and Auburn losing at home to the Texas A&M Aggies earlier this week. Auburn completed a regular season sweep of the Vols.
Auburn controlled most of the game, and they jumped out to a 54-37 lead with under 14 minutes to go in the second half, the exact same score UT had when it led at Auburn two weeks ago before allowing an 18-0 run.