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Auburn at #4 Kentucky Game Preview and Open Thread

Today, Auburn will look to do something they haven’t done in my lifetime and that’s win a game at Rupp Arena. The last Auburn win at Rupp Arena you ask?

January 9, 1988.

To do the math, it’s been 31 years since Auburn has won at Rupp Arena. John Caylor hit a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left to beat #1 Kentucky 53-52. Auburn has lost their last 16 times there since that fateful day.

Despite this writer’s best efforts, I couldn’t find the video of it but I did find a quote from then Auburn coach Sonny Smith calling that game “one of our greatest victories.