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Auburn Handles Mississippi State Despite Johni Broome's Absence
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1/15/2025
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The SEC as the powerhouse by far in college basketball in 24-25?
00:06
Yeah, I'll hear that argument, including the number one team in the country.
00:11
Now atop the poll, the Auburn Tigers.
00:14
But doing battle last night in a top-15 tilt on the Plains against 15th-ranked Mississippi State
00:20
without their best player in Jani Broome.
00:23
Injured in the second half over the weekend, ERS, against South Carolina.
00:27
Probably going to miss a couple of weeks for the Tigers.
00:31
But first game without Broome, no issue for the new number one team in the nation.
00:35
Auburn wins by 22, easily covering as an 8.5-point favorite at home.
00:42
Five players filling the void of Jani Broome, scoring in double figures.
00:46
Yeah, you never want to see your best player go down or a superstar player in the country go down
00:50
as we like to view that and certainly enjoy college basketball.
00:53
But at the same time, this is when if you are going to suffer an injury,
00:56
which doesn't look like it's going to be all that long-term,
00:58
to see how your team is going to respond.
01:00
And it's great to have one of those response games at home, particularly against a top-20 team.
01:04
They came right out of the gate, 46-27 in the first half and never looked back.
01:08
That's equally impressive if they go to 4-0.
01:11
So if you are a coach looking at your basketball team and saying,
01:13
okay, what happens if we don't have this guy around?
01:15
And maybe late in the season, if he fouls out late in a big game,
01:18
or let's just say another sprained ankle or has to miss a game or two,
01:21
you can always look back at these games and say, guys, we've been here before.
01:24
We've stepped up to the occasion, already been able to do this.
01:26
Now, we like to talk about this as well, Ben, by saying you can get that one or two game,
01:31
hey, let's cover for the big guy here.
01:33
But if this turns into three, four, or five games,
01:35
let's really see what the Auburn Tigers have made of.
01:37
But they passed the first test as the number one team at home against the top 15
01:40
without their best player in impressive fashion.
01:43
And Chris Jans' team, known for defense, really always in his coaching career,
01:49
the Bulldogs allowed 95 at home over the weekend.
01:53
They also just gave up 88 on the road to an Auburn team without Jedi Broom.
01:59
A couple of road teams, though, victorious as double-digit dogs last night.
02:04
Ole Miss winning outright in Tuscaloosa as an 11-and-a-half point dog by 10,
02:09
74-64, keeping the nation's second most efficient offense in the Crimson Tide
02:15
to only 64 points, 5 of 20 from 3, and well under a pregame total of 163 and a hook.
02:23
And how about unranked Missouri?
02:25
The Tigers go on the road to Gainesville and pull off the upset over fifth-ranked Florida
02:30
as a 10-and-a-half point underdog, winning outright by a single point, 83-82,
02:36
behind a big night from the grad transfer formerly of Iowa State,
02:40
who has been in Columbia for a few years, 22 points from Mizzou's Caleb Grill.
02:44
Boy, going on the road and beating top five teams, you saw Ole Miss and Missouri,
02:48
but also two different tales here from these games.
02:50
You saw Ole Miss, which is maybe even more impressive, down four points at the break
02:54
and then winning 42-28 in the opposing team's building, where you had Missouri
02:58
run after that early lead of 50-34 in the first half and hold on in the second half.
03:02
As we like to say, it's hard to win on the road.
03:04
It's even harder to win on the road against top five opponents.
03:07
Those two teams did that, which shows you really the depth of the SEC right now,
03:11
which is impressive.
03:13
Other scores around the SEC.
03:15
Kentucky in a top-15 tilt against Texas.
03:18
A&M outlast the Aggies after trailing early 81-69.
03:22
The Cats and Mark Pope looking pretty good,
03:25
covering as a six-and-a-half point home favorite in Rupp.
03:28
John Calipari and his Arkansas Razorbacks.
03:32
Winless 0-4, 0-4 DRS to start off SEC play,
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losing by four against the Bayou Bengals of LSU.
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Yeah, his press conference is probably going to get better and better and better
03:43
as long as they keep losing in SEC play.
03:45
Some of the excuses here.
03:46
We always remember the minute he arrived at Arkansas and said,
03:48
I don't have a single player here.
03:50
I don't even know if we're going to field a team this year.
03:52
Well, he already set the table for what they were going to do.
03:54
They're 11-6 with the key component in a tough SEC.
03:57
They're 0-4 right out of the gate.
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And I don't care what he's trying to rebuild.
04:01
For Calipari, that's unacceptable.
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