Auburn vs. Florida Game Preview: Johni Broome Injury Update

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00:00John, our first game on Saturday is a matchup of two

00:03conference foes. It's the number one overall seed in

00:06Auburn, taking on the one seed in Florida, the Gators, a two

00:10and a half point favorite and a total at 159 and a half. Before

00:14we dive into the specifics of this game, let's start with the

00:17big injury status we all want to know. Jani Broome, of course,

00:21injuring that right elbow late in the second half in the Elite

00:25Eight matchup last weekend against Michigan State. Bruce

00:28Pearl telling media that Jani Broome is still a few days away

00:32from practicing. John, from what you are hearing there in San

00:35Antonio, what do you expect that status to be for Jani Broome

00:39come game time on Saturday night against Florida?

00:42Well, Ben, ironically enough, I was just texting with Bruce

00:46Pearl about 20 minutes ago, and he informed me that the hope is

00:49that Jani Broome will return to practice today. So that is

00:53obviously big news for Auburn as Auburn is trying to move forward

00:57and get to a step that it wasn't able to get to six years

01:01ago when it went to the Final Four for the first time in

01:03program history, and that's get to the national championship

01:05game. So according to Bruce Pearl, he has told me that the

01:08hope is that Jani Broome will return to practice today.