Unbeated in Sec Road Games, No. 1 Auburn Visiting Vanderbilt – Auburn Tigers

Auburn, ala. And Remaining at the top of the Associated Press vote, No. 1 Auburn seems to be rebounded from his first loss of more than two months when Tigers visits Vanderbilt on Tuesday night.

Commodores is 12-1 at home with the top 10 wins over Tennessee and Kentucky. It’s a road loss – on No. 3 Florida – that first caught Bruce Pearl’s eye when he started preparing for Vanderbilt.

“All I have to do is show them the Florida-Wanderbilt game as we want,” Pearl said of last Tuesday’s 86-75 Gator’s victory in Nashville. “Very close game very late. They hung physically in there with the most physical team in our league. “

Memorial Gymnasium, Vanderbilt’s home for 73 years, has created problems for Tigers until recently.

“We’ve won seven out of eight against Vanderbilt, and before that we had lost 13 in a row,” said Pearl, elaborating on the challenges of Commodores’ configuration. “Vanderbilt has been a tough place for us to play, historically.

“It would be as if we asked Coach Freeze to coach our football team from the final zone. It’s very different for the players. It’s very different for the coaches, but if Coach Freeze Coachede half the season from the end zone, as Vanderbilt does there, he would get used to it. Great advantage. “

With a renewed list and first-year main coach Mark Byington rebound, rebounded soon after completing 4-14 in the SEC game last season.

“You can’t get nine guys out of the transfer portal unless you’re obliged to zero,” Pearl said. “They have committed to. As a result of his coaching and Vanderbilt’s commitment, they are able to beat someone in the country. You couldn’t say that a year ago. “

Jason Edwards, a transfer from North Texas, leads Commodores in the scoring, an average of 17.6 points per Match.

“They have a good team,” Pearl said. “Offensively they are really good. Defensively, they turn you around. “

In a speech with journalists on Monday before the Tigers traveled to Nashville, Pearl All-American Johni Broome praised for having returned two weeks after an ankle injury and leading the tigers of scoring and rebounding while still recovering his individual statistics in front of the team by delaying his return.

“Auburn family, not an ounce of it from Johni Broome,” said Pearl, telling Broome’s approach. “Tap me up, let me get out there. I play as many minutes as I possibly can. I play as hard as I can. ” ‘

Seeking to improve to 6-0 in Sec Road Games, visiting Nr. 1 Auburn (21-2, 9-1) Vanderbilt (17-6, 5-5) Tuesday at. 18 CT on SEC Network. Andy Burcham and Randall Dickey deliver play-by-play and analysis for listeners at Auburn Sports Network.

“I’m 64 years old,” Pearl said. “I’ve never seen the league so well and I’ve never seen it this physical.”

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