re: 2022-23 Auburn basketball season thread- 21-13 (10-9) Season over

To be honest, I think this team has exceeded their abilities this year. The talent is just not there. It’s a testament to the coaching and the effort from the players that they are close to making the tournament.

Wendell, Flan, Jailyn and KD are all nice pieces to build around a couple of studs. But they are all role players. Broome is good but it’s hard for him to carry the offensive load, defensive load, and rebounding load every night. Especially, when we couldn’t make a post entry pass the first two months of the season.

Cardwell is a solid backup center.

Lior, Moore, Zep, and Tre wouldn’t get minutes on the decent SEC squads.

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We don’t have any “dudes” as the kids say

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I think Jaylin could be and is a miss match at the 4 spot but for some reason he lacks aggressiveness on offense.

Well, here we are...down to the last two games of the reg and I still keep running several scenarios in my head to see AU play in the tourney. On one hand I can convince myself that they could lose the last two and still sneak in. But I then I realize all the conference tournaments could screw that scenario up. But then if the next two are blowouts, I could see the March Madness ship sailing regardless. Could the SEC tourney make a difference? Outside of winning it, I just don't know based on past history. Nothing like sweating it out right to the end.

I do know one thing, all my worries would subside if they could win just one more. I know Bruce and staff will not sugar coat the importance of the next two, so no excuses when the dust settles.

Conf tourneys matter when it helps a team they selected and doesn’t matter when they don’t.

I'd love Murrell. Brakefield is fine but not sure he's got that dawg in him

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What's the thoughts on Brakefield and Murrell?

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I'd love to see us grab Murrell, he'd be a perfect fit at the 2 spot. Brakefield is a nice piece who would fit in well at small forward, but he's already transferred once, so don't think we could get him without a redshirt year unless I'm missing something.

Isn't there a new rule where inter conference SEC transfers have to sit a year? People have been talking about it in regards to Brock Vandagriff having to wait if he transfers this summer.

It’s not a new rule, it’s been on the books for a few years at least and the SEC was not able to pass the rules change last year at the SEC spring meetings. They did present it when the NCAA changed their transfer policy.

For now, any player transferring within conference with immediate eligibility still has to be in the portal by Feb 1 for fall sports. Not sure what it is for basketball.

Zakai zeigler just went down and was carried off for UT in a non contact injury to his knee. Would be a HUGE blow to Tennessee if he can’t go Saturday.

Hope he's ok, able to play, and shoots 0-10 from the field like he did against us in Knoxville.