Valentine’s Day, 2017.
This will be remembered as one of the worst days in former Gators center John Egbunu’s life.
Egbunu had started the game strong with 3 easy buckets and the same number of offensive rebounds. The Tigers had no matchup for Egbunu’s monster 6’11”, 250 frame and the Bauchi, Nigeria product was getting everything he wanted in the early stages of the contest. His strong start to the Auburn game was no surprise as earlier in the week Egbunu had one of the best games of his season, a double-double plus two blocks against a talented Texas A&M front line that featured Tyler Davis and Robert Williams.