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The No. 24 Auburn Tigers are one of the hottest teams in college basketball.
Auburn smacked around Arkansas last Saturday, 83-51, for its seventh-straight win to open the SEC slate. During the stretch, Auburn has won each game by a margin of 28 points.
The stretch can be credited to Auburn’s road loss to Appalachian State on Dec. 3, which has fueled its current win streak and allowed Auburn to play virtually flawlessly at a tough venue such as Bud Walton Arena on Saturday.
“We can’t go to App State and not think we can win and then think we’re going to beat Arkansas in the first game, really?” head coach Bruce Pearl said Saturday. “You have to put your team in that situation where we didn’t play well and we had issues at App State and weren’t able to win the game. I thought the experience definitely helped us this time around. It was good for our team to see, we aren’t winning games on the road if we let the environment to get the most of us,”
Their recent stretch of dominance can be seen in the recent KenPom update, in which Auburn can be found in the top 10 of three major categories. Here’s a look at where Auburn checks in this week ahead of two home games against SEC competition.
Overall ranking: No. 5
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Auburn begins the week as the second-highest ranked SEC team in the latest KenPom rankings update. The Tigers trail only Tennessee (No. 4), who opened the SEC slate by humbling previously-unbeaten Ole Miss, 90-64 on Saturday. Auburn hosts No. 34 Texas A&M and No. 83 LSU this week.
Adjusted offensive efficiency: No. 9
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Auburn’s recent run of wide-margin defeats has boosted its offensive efficiency ranking over the last several weeks. According to KenPom, Auburn is forecasted to score 119.2 points per 100 possessions, which is…
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Publish date : 2024-01-08 12:00:04
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