GAME RECAP: #2 Auburn 80, #12 Kentucky 71

It’s hard to write a game recap while you’re trying to come to grips with the fact that Auburn will now be the new number one team in America come Monday around noon.

Bruce Pearl’s Tigers won their 15th straight game today by beating #12 Kentucky 80-71 at Auburn Arena. With an 18-1 overall record, and a 7-0 SEC record that includes tiebreakers over Kentucky, LSU, and Alabama, the Tigers are in a fantastic position as we near the midpoint of the conference slate.

Today was tough, like we all knew it would be, and Auburn had to overcome some early adversity that may have stemmed from the excess of emotion inside Auburn Arena. Despite those early troubles, the Tigers won the battles where they…