re: Tournament bids by SEC school

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well hopefully a college that hasn't done much in bball wins it this year. I'm getting tired of the same teams like UNC and Duke winning it every year.

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Well for this year it won't be Auburn. We don't have the size or depth available to us right now.

We currently have 8 scholarship players available. All 3 guys we are missing are big men. Our 6'11" former 5* and u19Team USA starting C Austin Wiley and 6'9" stretch 4 Danjel Purifoy who is also an NBA prospect have been suspended all year. Then with about 3 weeks left in the season we lost Anfernee McLemore, who despite being only 6'7", had stepped into our starting C role and even after the injury still led the SEC in blocks and made the SEC All-Defensive Team.

So 3 very talented bigs we are missing. Leaving us with only 3 bigs, and even though they're still good players that's still thin. Especially considering the best defender and tallest kf the bunch can't stay out of foul trouble, the best on offense is a true freshmen, and our beat rebounder is legit a 6'3" PF





However, NEXT SEASON you may get your wish. Auburn has no seniors, and has no obvious departures. We should return everybody who has played this year, and get back those who we are missing. Purifoy is the only one who might not be back, but he's also the least important. McLemore and Wiley put this team over the edge and give us the size and interior presence to match up with any team.
We will also have former VCU starter Samir Doughty eligible after sitting out his transfer year. Think Mustapha Heron when you think Doughty, (although somw players have suggested Doughty is better and maybe the best on the team). And we are adding at least one new big man in 6'9" 4* Babatunde Akingbola who is reclassifying from c/o 2019 to c/o 2018, and if Purifoy doesn't come back then I would think we add a second new big man through the grad transfer market which is rich in big men this year.
That will give us a full roster of depth.




Auburn should easily be a preseason Top 10 team and considered a National Title contender.
We would have one of the most experienced teams in the country, a full depth chart to deal with any losses, two elite rim defending big men in Austin Wiley and Anfernee McLemore (Spencer and Okeke are damn good too btw), one of the best scoring teams in the country. Our starting back court with Jared Harper, Bryce Brown, and Mustapha Heron will be one of the best, most experienced, most talented, and highest scoring group of guards in the entire country. The backups, Davion Mitchell, Samir Doughty, and Malik Dunbar would all start at most schools too.


2019 Auburn is STAAACCKKEDDD
and 2019 MCBB NCAAT is FFFUUUUUUUUCCCKKEDDDD

i could see Clemson or Auburn upsetting Kansas but will be tough to beat Duke or Michigan State with their size.

I don't understand how MSU ends up a 3 seed. lol

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could see Clemson or Auburn upsetting Kansas 

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Clemson can't upset anyone if they don't make it out of the first round

look at the number of bids for average land grant university in a more rural location.

I'm not saying being in urban area is all that matters.

Getting to Clemson is a pain in the azz for people outside of the south ....the closest airport is 1 hour away in Greenville.

A little further than that from the "urban" areas Tillman mistakenly thinks all the KU basketball players come from.

So you with SIr Charles and predicting a Clemson loss to New Mexico State?

That's not a bad prediction based on Clemson's tournament history.

Your screen name is after a notorious racist.
And you've implied that schools closer to urban areas (your code for black) are better at basketball when it's simply not true at all.
Hell one of the greatest Jayhawks ever was from Alaska!

Um, my point is I think most basketball players prefer to be in urban areas. That isn't a racist comment and applies to white as much as black.

I could be wrong but it isn't racist.

My screenname is based on the iconic building at Clemson, and to troll the SJW like you.

There are some big city programs that haven't done much more than Clemson in basketball. Miami only has 10 invites, G Tech has 16, Clemson 12.

They prefer to go where they can win titles and go to the NBA. Same reason somebody would leave Hawaii to go play in Tuscaloosa.

yes but those places had to become places where they can win titles first.