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Auburn University softball coach Mickey Dean announced on Tuesday that this will be his last season coaching the Lady Tigers. "This was my decision and while it was a difficult one, it is what I felt was best for me and the program moving forward to allow me to focus time on personal matters," Dean said in a statement. Dean had said that he had several conversations with Auburn Athletics Director John Cohen before finally reaching this difficult decision. Dean will stay on as a special...
The Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will begin on Wednesday, but don't expect to see Alabama and Auburn play on the first day. Both received first round byes. Auburn is the number four seed in the tournament and will play the winner of the game four game. Auburn plays on Friday at 2:30 p.m. CDT. Vanderbilt will play Arkansas on Wednesday and then the winner of that game will play South Carolina on Thursday for the opportunity to advance to play Auburn on Friday. That game...
The defending champion Birmingham Stallions are back in camp preparing for their third season. The Stallions won the championship in both previous seasons of the USFL. This year they are back, but the league is bigger and there is new competition. The USFL and the latest incarnation of the XFL have merged and the two leagues now play in the United Football League (UFL). The two leagues announced their merger earlier this year. The UFL has eight teams in Arlington, Texas; Birmingham, Alabama;...
The UAB men's basketball will play Wichita State in the quarterfinals of the American Conference Tournament on Friday. The game will be played in Fort Worth, Texas at 2:00 p.m. CDT. It will be televised on ESPN2. The Blazers have the number four seed in the AAC Tournament. UAB forward Yaxel Lendeborg was named AAC Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference. Lendeborg is averaging 13.7 points per game and 10.4 rebounds per game. Eric Gaines is averaging 12.0 points per game and...
On Friday the Auburn Tigers Men's Basketball team advanced to the Southeastern Conference tournament semifinals with a 86 to 55 win over the number fifteen ranked South Carolina Gamecocks. Auburn was led by Johni Broome. Broome had 18 points and 10 rebounds in the blowout SEC quarterfinals victory. Broome is a First Team All-SEC selection. He began his career at Moorehead State; but transferred to Auburn after his freshman year. Broome is 6 foot 10 inches tall and 240 pounds. He is from Plant...
Friday was a disappointment for Tide fans. The University of Alabama simply could not stop Florida from running up and down the court scoring the basketball in their quarterfinal game of the Southeastern Conference Tournament in men's basketball. Florida had 102 points to Bama's 88 points despite Alabama jumping out to an early 8 to 0 lead. Mark Sears led Alabama in the loss with 22 points. Aaron Estrada contributed 17 points; Nick Pringle scored 12 points; and Grant Nelson had 11 for the Tide....
The UAB Blazers men's basketball team advanced to the semifinals in the All-American Conference tournament with an impressive 72 to 60 win over Wichita State on Friday. With the win, the University Alabama Birmingham advances to the AAC tournament semifinals. UAB will play South Florida at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas. The winner will advance to the AAC championship game. Yaxel Lendeborg led the scoring with aa stellar 18 points and 14 rebounds performance. Lendeborg is 6 foot 9...
On Saturday, the Auburn University men's basketball team defeated Mississippi State 73 to 60 in their Southeastern Conference semifinals game. Auburn now advances to the Conference tournament championship game on Sunday in Nashville against Florida. If the Tigers win the championship game, they will receive an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament; though with a record that was tied for second place in the SEC Auburn is already virtually assured a spot in the field of 68 teams in the...
On Saturday UAB defeated South Alabama to advance to the American Athletic Conference Championship game. UAB led at halftime 38 to 30 and held on to win their AAC semifinal conference tournament game 93 to 83. Guard Efrem Johnson led the scoring for UAB with 21 points and 2 rebounds. Guard Eric Gaines had 20 points and 4 rebounds. Alejandro Vasquez had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Christian Coleman scored 15 points and had 5 rebounds. Star center/forward Yaxel Lendeborg contributed 12 points and...
The Auburn University men's basketball team won the Southeastern conference tournament for only the third time in the school's history on Sunday. The win secured the Tigers an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament where they will play Yale in the first round. Auburn beat Florida 86 to 67. Auburn is coached by Bruce Peal. "Winning the championship this year means even more because the league was so good," Pearl said. "We've won a few of these. I think this one is the most special. Maybe it's...
On Sunday UAB defeated Temple to win the American Athletic Conference (AAC) Championship game. The 85 to 16 win guaranteed the 23 and 11 Blazers an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Last year, the Blazers lost the championship game and were denied a berth in the NCAA field of 68. Undaunted, that team advanced all the way to the NIT championship game. UAB refused to be at the mercy of the committee this year. This is the second time in the last three years that UAB has played in the NCAA...
There are more schools in Alabama in the NCAA men's basketball tournament than Big East teams. Alabama historically has been known as a football state; but over the last several years the state has been dramatically improving in college basketball. Both Alabama and Auburn have had players drafted in the first round of the NBA draft. Both schools have made deep tournament runs under their current coaches. Auburn under Coach Bruce Pearl has been to the final four – Auburn's best tournament...
The Samford men's basketball team fell to Kansas in the first round of the NCAA tournament 89 to 93. The Jayhawks had a 10-point lead at halftime 48 to 38; but the Bulldogs from Homewood came storming back in the second half outscoring Kansas5 51 to 45 in the second half, but it wasn't quite enough. At one point in the game Samford trailed by 20 points. The Bulldogs launched a furious second half comeback to bring the game within 1 – 89 to 90 with only 20 seconds left in the game. Kansas's...
The Auburn women's basketball team was defeated by Arizona 69 to 59 in the NCAA tournament. The Tigers performance was marred by 17 first half turnovers which created a deficit that Auburn just couldn't recover from. Auburn got within 5 points in the second half; but they just couldn't quite dig their way out of the problems that that disastrous second quarter created. Honesty Scott-Grayson led Auburn with 13 points. Yakiya Milton contributed 8 points and 3 rebounds. Taylen Collins had 6 points...
Auburn won the SEC championship; but lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament loss to Yale. Yale defeated Auburn 78 to 76 on Friday in Spokane to end the Tigers 2023/2024 season. "We did not take good care of the ball," said Auburn men's basketball head Coach Bruce Pearl. "We turned it over too much. They made big shots." Auburn finished the season with a record of 27 and 8. All-American Johni Broome led the Tigers in the loss with 24 points and 13 rebounds. "Johni had a great year,"...
On Friday, the UAB men's basketball team lost in the NCAA tournament to San Diego State 65 to 69. UAB ends their 23/24 season with a 23 and 12 record, an American Athletic Conference Championship, and an NCAA tournament appearance. Efrem Johnson led UAB in the loss with 19 points and 3 rebounds. Eric Gaines scored 14 points and had 2 rebounds. Yaxel Lendeborg had 11 points and 7 rebounds. San Diego State led throughout much of the game, but UAB was able to tie it up with about two and a half...
The University of Alabama women's Basketball team will play Texas on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The game will be on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. at the Moody Center in Austin, TX, Alabama is the number 8 seed in the bracket while Texas is the number 1 seed. The Tider is 24 and 9; while Texas is 31 and 4. Alabama defeated Florida State 82 to 74 on Friday. Essence Cody had the best game of her career with 20 points with 14 rebounds. "My team motivated me," said Cody. "My team was...
The University Alabama men's basketball team will play Grand Canyon University on Sunday at 6:10 p.m. at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Washington. Alabama is the number 4 seed in the bracket, while Grand Canyon is the number 12. The game will be televised on TBS. Alabama defeated the College of Charleston on Friday 109 to 96. he No. 4 seed Alabama men's basketball team put on a dominant performance in the opening round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament, with a convincing 109-96 victory over...
On Sunday, the Alabama women's basketball team was eliminated from the NCAA tournament by the number one seeded Texas Longhorns. The Crimson Tide was the number nine seed. Because the women have a different format from the men in the NCAA tournament the game was in Austin, Texas – a decided edge for the Longhorns. Texas won, in their home gym, with a score of 65 to 54. Texas advances with a 32 and 4 record. Alabama finished the year in the second round of the NCAA tournament at 24 and 10. Sara...
On Sunday night the Alabama men's basketball team defeated Grand Canyon University in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Alabama, a number 4 seed, defeated Grand Canyon, a number 12 seed, 72 to 61. Mark Sears was the leading scorer for the Tide with 26 points and 12 rebounds. Ryan Griffen scored 13 points and has one rebound. Aaron Estrada had 8 points and ten rebounds. Nick Pringle had six points and nine rebounds. Mouhamed Dioubate scored 9 points and 5 rebounds. Nate Oats is the head...
Super Bowl prop bets are a sport unto themselves. With two weeks between the NFL's conference championship games and what has often been the biggest event in the United States besides the moon landing, there is almost too much time to dissect every angle of the tilt. So, aside from speculating on the outcome of the game with point spread, total, and moneyline bets, gamblers can dig into prop bets—or propositions, which are usually player-centric but also feature fun side wagers that go well...
Sports fans love making predictions. Of course, there's big money to be made with gambling and fantasy leagues—the American Gaming Association reported sports betting brought in $8.33 billion in the first 10 months of 2023—but it's also fun to prognosticate about players, teams, and stats. And while data may foreshadow particular outcomes, there's always the chance that underdogs will win. Americans love long-shot stories, which is a big reason why upsets are newsworthy. ATS.io compiled a...
On Monday, University of Alabama head football Coach Kalen DeBoer announced that he will not have one defensive coordinator; but two in 2024. DeBoer announced the decision that he has hired Maurice Linguist and Colin Hitschler to serve as co-defensive coordinators and secondary coaches. "We are excited to have Maurice and Colin join our staff at Alabama," DeBoer said in a statement. "Maurice brings both head coaching experience and an established record of success coaching defensive backs....
On Wednesday, the Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Auburn Tigers in Tennessee. The matchup between two top two top twenty Basketball teams had national rankings ramifications as Auburn entered the game at number 11 and Tennessee at number 4 in the nation. The win means that Tennessee is still in the running for a number 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. “It was a really good contest” said Auburn Coach Bruce Pearl. “Two really good teams who wanted to win it really badly. We did enough...
The earth shook in the college football world as Nick Saben announced his retirement on January 11. First the stats: At Alabama his record was 201-29 with seven national titles. Saban and Bryant are the only two head coaches to win national titles at different FBS schools. He dominated the SEC with a record of 107-18. He has sent more players to the NFL (123) than any other head coach, those players amassing over $2 billion in player contracts. These stats were not built on money but on a disciplined style of coaching that focused on...