“Something witty written by Will Lavender” prediction contest - Auburn

[KevinHall]

13 seasons as head coach.

8 NCAA tourney appearances
1 NIT appearance
1 Elite 8
3 Sweet Sixteens
2 2nd Round exits
2 1st Round exits

Yes that is very Digger Phelpish.

[KCKUKFan]

After picking losses in two of our last three games, im gonna buck the trend:

Kentucky 75
Auburn 68

I need a shrink.

[teamchemistry15]

Where there's a Will (Lavender) there's a way. We win this one 80 to 72.

[catfaninin]

I have had a really good feeling about this game for awhile. Tonight will be the start of Auburn's fall back to reality.

UK 78
Auburn 73

[BobS]

Some folks giving UK a better chance in this one than the TAMU game.

Uh....no.

That giant wiener Pearl will be sweating like a pig in his pre game speech to fire up his team to throttle this weak bunch. AU will run....run...and then run some more. Cal will be yelling to slow it down and going with the run SGA down the lane offense.

Auburn - 86
UK - 72

And it won’t be that close. NIT discussion will ensue.

[Lighthouse]

13 seasons as head coach.

8 NCAA tourney appearances
1 NIT appearance
1 Elite 8
3 Sweet Sixteens
2 2nd Round exits
2 1st Round exits

In D1. If you include his DII record, it gets worse.

[85 Fly]

[QUOTE=Downes Van Zandt;n162060]Auburn - 83
UK - 66

Ditto DVZ score...but I will be plesantly surprised if we get a second half WVU outcome !

[catfaninin]

Some folks giving UK a better chance in this one than the TAMU game.

Uh....no.

That giant wiener Pearl will be sweating like a pig in his pre game speech to fire up his team to throttle this weak bunch. AU will run....run...and then run some more. Cal will be yelling to slow it down and going with the run SGA down the lane offense.

Auburn - 86
UK - 72

And it won’t be that close. NIT discussion will ensue.

A much better chance. A&M is twice the team Auburn is.

[Joneslab]

A much better chance. A&M is twice the team Auburn is.

Auburn is a very good offensive team with Brown. Defensively they'll give you some things.

Texas A&M is sort of the inverse. Not sure if they have the offense to make a deep run but they play that grinding style that wins in March.

It's hard to argue with what Auburn has done on the year. I've only watched them twice but like a lot of Pearl's teams they play very hard, deny virtually every pass, and he happens to have one of the nation's best shooters this season.

But I wouldn't be surprised if Auburn, TAMU, and Tennessee were all in the Sweet Sixteen. TAMU is more of a mystery because they tend to not have a stable locker room. Tennessee doesn't have a star in the backcourt. Auburn has that star; Brown has been one of the weirder stories in college basketball this season.

[catfaninin]

Auburn is a very good offensive team with Brown. Defensively they'll give you some things.

Texas A&M is sort of the inverse. Not sure if they have the offense to make a deep run but they play that grinding style that wins in March.

It's hard to argue with what Auburn has done on the year. I've only watched them twice but like a lot of Pearl's teams they play very hard, deny virtually every pass, and he happens to have one of the nation's best shooters this season.

But I wouldn't be surprised if Auburn, TAMU, and Tennessee were all in the Sweet Sixteen. TAMU is more of a mystery because they tend to not have a stable locker room. Tennessee doesn't have a star in the backcourt. Auburn has that star; Brown has been one of the weirder stories in college basketball this season.

I've seen Auburn 3 or 4 times and came away from that totally unimpressed. They can score, that's it. No defense. No size. How they have the wins they do is beyond me.

I wouldn't argue a bit about A&M or UT being in the sweet 16. I don't see it with Auburn. They have to me the look of that high seeded team that gets knocked out early. But that seeding will likely drop as I see tonight being the start of a handful of losses for them. I wouldn't even count on them winning the SEC.

[Joneslab]

I think Auburn has done it in large part behind the great shooting of Brown.

He has 81 threes on the season. That's Malik Monk territory.

When you've got one guy hitting like that it gets a lot easier for the other guys.

[Catsrock]

UK 67
AU 82

I'm tired of getting points with predictions like this. I used to be an optimist.

[TrueblueCATfan]

and of course it is a WHITE OUT

[Jload]

This os the type of game Cal has won in past. Don’t see it this year UA-80 UK -71

[J.Jennings]

Feeling lucky today

Kentucky 78
Auburn 73

Lets go Cats...