The sophomore guard was not in the starting lineup for the first time this season against Georgia.
Tahaad Pettiford walked into the perfect situation for a young superstar-in-the-making last season at Auburn. Instead of having to be the man from the very beginning, he joined a team of grizzly veterans who were hungry, desperate to make up for an early exit in the previous NCAA Tournament and players that weren’t going to accept excuses, no matter how you were rated coming out of high school.