re: This Auburn team better make a deep run.

quote:

---

UK will get it's revenge
Would not be shocked if it's UK and Auburn in Final 4
Smith and Kessler will make sure Auburn is in every game.
UK with healthy Ty Ty and Wheeler will be tough on anyone.

---

Yeah. I do not want to see them again, and we could see 'em twice.

quote:

---

Please don’t embarrass us.

---

I kind of think that happened last night.

quote:

---

In all honesty that would be very Auburn of us. I still remember the gut punch when we lost in the Sweet 16 to
Ohio State in 99. That Auburn team was dominant and started the season something like 23-1.

---

That AU team did a lot of things really well, especially in transition, but were not as good in the half court. They were vulnerable to teams with great guard play who protected the ball and kept them from running, as UK and tOSU showed. This team has fewer weaknesses, I think. They seem more well-rounded, but that's no guarantee. The team that went to the Final 4 was pretty good and they barely escaped a solid New Mexico State team.

quote:

---

AU has had zero basketball presence or support for EVER.

---

Tell to that these kids. They don't seem to care.

The old "but you used to suck" argument.

quote:

---

Now all the sudden AU fans just luuuv basketball.

---

And they'll abandon it just as quick once this little run is over.

quote:

---

It actually has a lot more, IMO. This team has a better starting five and much more quality depth. We can win with Kessler on the bench most of the game (first bama game, on the road) and we can win when Jabari has an off night. This is easily the best team Pearl has had at Auburn. Every player on the floor is a weapon......no matter who and how deep off the bench we go.

---

The bench is deep and the two transfers have been huge contributors. They should be favorite to win the whole damn thing.

I do think that the other pieces fit more in line with a usual Pearl team, the ones he's had since he's been at Auburn, which are high energy with disruptive defense.

I think what separates this team is that addition of a truly just complete basketball player, an NBA ready guy. Having that guy on your team frees up so much of everything else. But that's just my take on it.

quote:

---

And they'll abandon it just as quick once this little run is over.

---

Just like they've abandoned football, but it has "nothing to do with is sucking".

quote:

---

Just like they've abandoned football,

---

You mean like bama fans during the Shula years?


Your fanbase is as fair weather as they come.

quote:

---

You mean like bama fans during the Shula years?


Your fanbase is as fair weather as they com

---

I was in the stands during the Shula years, and we were sold out. Stop being the typical Auburn fan who makes shite up.

quote:

---

I was in the stands during the Shula years,

---

You may have been. I have told this story many times......


I didn't grow up in Alabama. We would go to family reunions twice a year around B'ham. During the 70's and 80's, four of every six vehicles would have something bama on them. I stopped going to family reunions for about a decade. My Grandma passed away and I went to her funeral. That was at the end of the Shula years. All of the bama stuff on vehicles had disappeared, in the State, not just around B'ham. It was like the vast majority of bama fans had moved out of the State. I saw this with my own eyes...........so your recollection is absolute bullshite.