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December 8, 2024
Sports Illustrated Wooden began the season as a starter, but began to see fewer snaps in the second half of the season as freshman safety Kaleb Harris started to emerge . . . Wooden is the eighth Auburn player to announce his intention to enter the transfer portal . . . With Lindsey planning to enter the transfer portal, Quientrail Jamison-Travis, Malik Blocton, Darron Reed Jr. and Joe Frazier Jr. are the Auburn interior defensive linemen currently set to return next season . . . Auburn has seen the wins decline as the talent level decreased. Hugh Freeze and the current Auburn staff are hoping to change that . . . He is the likely favorite to start games for Hugh Freeze next season . . . Auburn's class was one of the most versatile in recent memory. That bodes well for future matchups with Bama and UGA . . . "We dang near came close to sweeping the top 10 . . . There aren't a lot of big offensive tackle names entering the portal yet, but that will likely change over the coming days and weeks. Once there's a bigger pool of offensive linemen in the portal, expect Auburn to be a major player . . . "This is a good day for us . . . Auburn signed 11 players total from Alabama in its 2025 class, making up 44% of its signees. That comes after signing 10 players from in-state in 2024, making up 50% of the class . . . Freeze said Auburn will still use the transfer portal, but as it stacks recruiting classes it will likely take less transfers . . . Pettiford seems to play better as the game progresses, and he credited his team for instilling that confidence even when he's not scoring. "If I don't have a good first half, they're always on me: 'Keep shooting, keep doing what you've gotta do' . . . Bruce Pearl described the substitution as a chance to bolster the defense, especially since Pettiford had four fouls at the time. "With about four minutes to go, we gave him a rotation. The thought was to put him back in, but we needed some stops. And we did get three or four stops late without him . . . They found a way to win by doing the little things right and taking advantage of Auburn's mistakes . . . After 24 days and more than 9,800 miles of traveling, the Tigers are finally back home Sunday to take on UAB. The game is scheduled for a 2 p.m. CT start; it's part of a doubleheader with the Auburn men's team, who faces Richmond at 11 a.m . . . "We played OK. But, to play Duke in here, you have to play great . . . Auburn, a team that believes it can soar to championship levels in Year 11 under Pearl, saw some earmarks of a winnable game throughout Wednesday night's action. They just couldn't grab hold and make the winning plays down the stretch . . . The Tigers trailed the Blue Devils early at the break and could never get back on top dropping its first game of the season 84-78 . . . Part of the reason Auburn hung around down the stretch was because it roared back on the glass . . . Broome had 20 points and 12 rebounds before fouling out with 15 seconds left for the Tigers, who missed seven straight shots in the final 4 1/2 minutes . . . During his six seasons on the Plains, Auburn made the NCAA Tournament five straight seasons, advanced to the second round four times with a pair of Sweet 16 appearances and an Elite Eight in 2016, the program's best postseason finish . . . Harsin is "in the mix" for the head coaching job at Utah State . . . Football is far and away the sport with the biggest roster in the NCAA with an average of 128.2 players on each team in 2022-23, and it will be hit hardest with the proposed limit of 105 meaning more than 23 players will lose a spot per team next season. Another one of the major college sports, baseball, is also getting hit by losing nearly six roster spots per team . . . Bredschneijder will come to the Plains from the Netherlands and the village of Oosthuizen in North Holland . . . |
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