2019 - The first 1-seed goes down.

5-seed Auburn demolishes North Carolina, winning 97-80. The Tigers would make their second Elite Eight appearance.

Auburn drained 17 3-pointers. Chuma Okeke led with 20 points before going down with a knee injury.

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2003 - Freshman Carmelo Anthony and the 3-seed Syracuse Orange defeat 10-seed Auburn 79-78 to end the Tigers' NCAA Tournament run.

Marquis Daniels led the Tigers with 27 points.

Syracuse would go on to win the title.

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2010 - Anna Thompson ties program record for most strikeouts looking in a game, striking out 6 South Carolina Gamecocks.

Auburn would win 4-1 en route to a weekend sweep.

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1906 - The earliest game on this date, Auburn faced Cumberland University for the first time.

Auburn would pull out the 5-4 win in the season opener and go 11-3 on the year.

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Steven Pearl's Auburn Tigers Gut Out A 75-69 Win Over Nevada To Reach The NIT Semifinal Auburn beat Nevada 75–69 behind Filip Jovic’s 18 points and Elyjah Freeman’s late surge to reach the NIT semifinals for the first time.

Auburn defeats Nevada 75–69 to reach its first NIT semifinal. Jovic, Pettiford and Freeman lead the way at Neville Arena.
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1989 - The Ruthie Bolton led Auburn Tigers defeated Ole Miss 77-51 to win the NCAA Tournament Mideast Regional in Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum.

The Tigers would advance to the Final Four to face 1-seed Louisiana Tech.

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1928 - Legendary track coach Mel Rosen was born in NY.

Rosen came to AU as an assistant under Wilbur Hutsell in 1955 before becoming head coach in 1963. His 28-year career saw 5 SEC titles, 7 Olympians, 143 All-Americans, 63 SEC champs, and 8 NCAA champs.

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2009 - Down 73-72 with 16 seconds to go, Auburn forced a Baylor turnover. DeWayne Reed got fouled, but missed his two free throws.

Rasheem Barrett led the Tigers with 16 points, but it wasn't enough as Auburn fell to Baylor 74-72 in the NIT.

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2019 - The Blue Blood Tour begins.

5-seed Auburn demolishes 4-seed Kansas 89-75 in the NCAA Tournament's second round.

All five starters scored, led by Bryce Brown's 25 points. Auburn shot 53% and drained 13 3-pointers.

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2003 - 2-seed and ACC regular-season champs Wake Forest couldn't handle what 10-seed Auburn had to offer.

Marquis Daniels scored 18 as Derrick Bird shut down Josh Howard, the ACC player of the year, en route to a 68-62 victory.

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1872 – Isaac Tichenor is elected the third president of the East Alabama Male College (now Auburn University).

Tichenor would serve from 1872 until 1881.

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1985 - Auburn makes first Sweet 16 appearance, playing as an 11-seed.

Auburn would fall to 2-seed, #7 ranked North Carolina 62-56.

UNC would lose to eventual champs Villanova in the following round.

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1986 - 8-seed Auburn makes their first Elite Eight appearance. The Tigers would fall to 2-seed, #7 ranked Louisville 84-76.

The Louisville Cardinals would go on to be crowned champions on the NCAA Tournament.

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1986 - Mark Chapman becomes the first Auburn Tiger to strike out 15 batters in a 9.0 IP performance against Clemson. Auburn would win 5-1.

Since then, five other Tigers have struck out 15 batters, including Tim Hudson, Casey Mize, and Tanner Burns.

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2003 - 7-seed Saint Joseph's Jameer Nelson scored 32 points to take 10-seed Auburn to overtime in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Thanks in part to Marquis Daniels's 25 points, the Tigers pulled out the 65-63 victory.

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2019 - It wouldn't be an Auburn game if it weren't a nailbiter.

5-seed Auburn begins their 2019 NCAA Tournament run by pulling out the 78-77 victory over 12-seed New Mexico State in Salt Lake City.

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2009 - With Rasheem Barrett scoring 17, Auburn cruised to a 74-55 victory over Tulsa in the NIT quarterfinals.

Auburn held Tulsa to just 34% shooting on the night and forced 18 Golden Hurricane turnovers.

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1986 - Chuck Person's 25 points and 11 rebounds helped lead the 8-seed Auburn Tigers to a 70-63 victory over 4-seed UNLV.

The Tigers trailed 34-25 at halftime, only to outscore the Rebels 45-29 in the second half.

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2017 - Steven Leath is announced as the 19th president at Auburn University.

Leath's disastrous tenure lasted just over two years.

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1872 - The local Methodist Church that founded the East Alabama Male College transfers the grounds, buildings, and legal control of the school to the State of Alabama.

EAMC would be renamed Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1899 and Auburn University in 1960

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2022 - Suni Lee records her 4th perfect 10 on the season at the SEC Championships in Birmingham.

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2002 - An NCAA D-1 record 9 pitchers combined to no-hit UAB as Auburn would win 9-2.

The Tigers allowed six base runners - one HBP, two walks, and three Auburn errors.

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1988 - 1-seed Oklahoma crossed 100 points for the 19th time on the season as the Sooners ended 8-seed Auburn's NCAA Tournament run.

Auburn trailed 51-37 at half, only to fall 107-87. Jeff Moore led the Tigers with 22 points.

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2014 - Bruce Pearl is hired as the 20th Auburn Men's Basketball head coach.

The announcement and press conference came on Pearl's 54th birthday.

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2009 - In the first round of the NIT, Auburn topped UT-Martin 87-82.

Auburn was led by DeWayne Reed's 23 points and Quantez Robertson's 19.

The Tigers would play host to Tulsa in the second round.

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2024 - Auburn defeats Florida 86-67 for the program's third SEC Tournament title.

Bruce Pearl earned his 200th SEC win at Auburn. Johni Broome would score his 2,000th career point. Dylan Cardwell set a program record with 11 blocks during the tournament.

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