Pearl has been named SEC midseason coach of the year by Shaw. With 12 games remaining in the regular season, Auburn is 18-1 overall and 6-0 in SEC play. The Tigers also boast an 11-1 mark over Quad-1 competition in the NCAA net rankings; eight wins came against ranked competition.

As Auburn men’s basketball is two days away from its top 10 Southeastern Conference showdown with Tennessee, “there’s a possibility” star center Johni Broome could return to practice Thursday. Bruce Pearl gave the update during his Thursday afternoon news conference.

Bruce Pearl made his yearly visit to the Birmingham Tip Off Club.He spoke with the media about this season so far.Auburn was ranked number one in the latest AP top 25 poll after a

(JTA) — Bruce Pearl has won plenty of accolades and ... Pearl, in his fifth season at the helm at Auburn, will be leading the Southeastern Conference school to its first appearance in the ...

Auburn has bolted out to a 17-1 start that includes a 5-0 Southeastern Conference record in Bruce Pearl's 11th season on the Plains. The two most recent Auburn victories transpired without Johni Broome, the 6-foot-10, 240-pound center/forward who is averaging 17.9 points, 10.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.7 blocked shots per game.

AD John Cohen has learned much from Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl in his time on the Plains. Although, Cohen thinks some "lose sight" of Pearl's excellence. Here's why.

The final call for Broome’s availability for Auburn’s game with Tennessee on Saturday will be revealed Friday in the SEC Student-Athlete Availability Report. No. 1 Auburn will meet No. 7 Tennessee at Neville Arena at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.

Current Auburn Tigers head coach Bruce Pearl is one of the very few former Tennessee Vols head coaches who is still a popular figure in Knoxville. That's because no one on Rocky Top actually wanted to see Pearl fired in 2011.

Auburn and Duke remain at the top of the AP men's Top 25 hoops poll, while Texas Tech and Vanderbilt make their poll debuts and UConn clings to the No. 25 spot.

Auburn continues to reside in the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll after surviving a scare Saturday against Tennessee. Kentucky wasn't

Texas Tech made its Top 25 season debut at No. 22 after beating Cincinnati and Oklahoma State to run its Big 12 winning streak to four games. Vanderbilt entered the poll at No. 24 for the first time since Dec. 7, 2015, as the women's team also cracked the poll this week for the first time since 2014.

Mark Pope left BYU 10 months ago to return to his alma mater Kentucky, where he plied his craft at the direction of legendary coach Rick Pitino. Now, as head coach roaming the sidelines of Rupp Arena, that leap of faith is paying off big time.