Steven Pearl's Auburn Tigers have now taken three serious lickings in their first 12 games of the non-conference portion of their 2025-26 slate.
The first was a 102-72 lashing at the hands of the Michigan Wolverines at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas during Feast Week. Auburn's second embarrassment came at the hands of the Arizona Cardinals in a 97-68 rout in Tucson. To be fair, those two teams may be a better March Madness bet than the field at this point, though there's plenty to learn in Big Ten and Big 12 play.