Last night, Virginia won the national championship over Texas Tech in overtime. It’s still hard to think about what could have been for Auburn and Bruce Pearl had an eyelash gone the other way in the closing seconds on Saturday night, or if Chuma Okeke hadn’t been injured against North Carolina. We very well could be pontificating on what a basketball national championship means for Auburn this very morning. Alas.
Instead, we still get to look at what the Tigers did this year. In short, they completed the greatest season in Auburn basketball history.
- 30 wins
- Final Four berth (1st in school history)
- 1st win over a top-five team since 1995 (Tennessee on March 9th, then followed up by the blowout win over North Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen)
- Most three-pointers in school and SEC history (454)
- First season ever where Auburn beat Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee twice
It’s no small list of accomplishments, and there’s plenty of reason to celebrate.