Wolverines fall in Sweet 16 of Mar. Madness
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Auburn’s 20-2 run over the next five minutes swung the game for good.
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“The first thought is there are four teams in the country that are left, and Auburn is one of them,” said Auburn men’s coach Bruce Pearl, who led the Tigers to the Final Four in 2019.
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Auburn advanced to the title game in the South Region with a 78-65 win over the Michigan Wolverines.
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Johni Broome, Michigan State and Auburn
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Legendary Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo came away impressed with Broome. "We just couldn't recover from that 17-0 run," said Izzo of Auburn's scoring after Broome's six points set the tone.
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Broome was able to get up and walk off without any assistance.
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Michigan's Goldin was fouled after a layup attempt, but he missed both attempts. Broome helped Auburn retake the lead with 34 seconds left in the first half, while Goldin missed the last attempt before halftime. It was a 30-29 Tigers lead going into the locker room.
No. 5 seed Michigan (27-9) continues its march through the South Region of the NCAA Tournament tonight against No. 1 seed and top overall seed Auburn (30-5), with tipoff scheduled for 9:39 p.m., or around 25 minutes after the conclusion of the earlier game.
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In this week’s Auburn vs. Michigan Sweet 16 game, these rivals will go head-to-head in one of the tournament’s most highly-anticipated games. As the top-seed, Auburn is under a lot of pressure to secure the victory against fifth-seed Michigan.
Danny Wolf and Vlad Goldin. He also spoke on the bracket and his history with Dusty May. Here's everything Pearl had to say about Michigan. Question: Bruce, you've obviously coached a lot of basketball,
K.T. Harrell went on a historic run for Auburn in the SEC tournament. He's now Michigan's director of basketball operations.
When May was at Florida Atlantic, he’d have breakfast with Pearl’s dad, a former coach, and talk hoops. Both Pearl and May have employed KT Harrell, a star player on Pearl’s first Auburn team and Michigan’s current director of operations. May was an assistant at Florida when Pearl joined the SEC as Tennessee’s head coach.
The No. 1 seed Auburn Tigers take on the No. 5 Michigan Wolverines in the Sweet 16 on Friday night, and ESPN likes the favorite.