Auburn freshman got benched due to a bad closeout. After a butt chewing from Bruce Pearl, the player decided to go into the locker room on his own for the remainder of the game.

Bruce Pearl and top-ranked Auburn are 2-0 without star forward Johni Broome, who hopes to make his return on Saturday night.

The Auburn Tigers needed a Johni Broome sized spark to get by the 6th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday night

Bruce Pearl is hopeful that Auburn forward Johni Broome will make his return for Saturday night's top-10 showdown against No. 6 Tennessee.

Credit for the recent renaissance of the Florida basketball program lies mostly on the shoulders of its current head coach, Todd Golden, who came to Gainesville three seasons ago to turn around a team that was mired in mediocrity.

After an incident before ESPN's "College GameDay" show at Neville Arena that left some attendees injured, here's what Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl said about his involvement in post-incident discussions with the university.

The Missouri Tigers get a welcomed week off from the Southeastern Conference basketball wars after winning five of their first seven games in league play.

On a chilly January day, Cruz made his normal stop, hoping to run into a snook or trout. Rigged with an 1/8-ounce jig head and pearl Zman Slim SwimZ, he worked the light tackle and jerk bait along the rocks when he hooked into what seemed a familiar feeling.

Texas Tech made its Top 25 season debut at No. 22 after beating Cincinnati and Oklahoma State to run its Big 12 winning streak to four games. Vanderbilt entered the poll at No. 24 for the first time since Dec. 7, 2015, as the women's team also cracked the poll this week for the first time since 2014.

Mark Pope left BYU 10 months ago to return to his alma mater Kentucky, where he plied his craft at the direction of legendary coach Rick Pitino. Now, as head coach roaming the sidelines of Rupp Arena, that leap of faith is paying off big time.

The No. 1 Auburn Tigers host the No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers tonight. Here are three keys for the Tigers to prevail over the Vols.

The Vols likely would catapult onto the No. 1 seed line with a win at Auburn, but it would carry weight beyond the immediate effect on bracketology. A win at Auburn would give Tennessee two marquee road wins on its NCAA Tournament profile come Selection Sunday. The other was a 66-64 win at Illinois On dec. 14.