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Bruce Pearl questions how coaches don’t vote single Auburn player to All-SEC First-Team
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When the SEC announced its official individual awards and All-Conference selections for the 2018 basketball season on Tuesday, one thing was noticeably absent from the list: no Auburn players were mentioned among the end-the-year awards.
In fact, not a single Auburn player was listed on the eight-man All-SEC First-Team, either. For what it’s worth, the Tigers landed two players on the Second-Team unit (Bryce Brown, Jared Harper).
Auburn fans didn’t take the news lightly and neither did the program’s leader Bruce Pearl. Check out his reaction to seeing he didn’t have a single player honored on the First-Team, despite winning the regular season title, something he claims has not occurred since 1956.
The First SEC Regular Season Champion to not have a player on the Coaches All SEC FIRST TEAM since it began in 1956 is The 2018 Auburn Tigers! I’m just sayin
— Bruce Pearl (@coachbrucepearl) March 6, 2018
Shots fired.
Will the snub fire up the Tigers heading into this week’s SEC Tournament? It should be interesting to see when the Tigers tipoff Friday, March 9 after receiving double byes for finishing No. 1 in the league.
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
