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Sebastian Williams-Adams includes Auburn in top schools

Auburn is in the mix to land a top-10 forward from the 2025 recruiting cycle.

One of the top forwards from the 2025 recruiting cycle has trimmed his college list, and Auburn remains in the hunt.

[autotag]Sebastian Williams-Adams[/autotag], a four-star power forward from Houston, Texas, revealed his final four schools this week, including the Auburn Tigers. Oklahoma State, Purdue, and Vanderbilt join Auburn in Williams-Adams’ top-four. He plans to announce his decision in November according to On3’s Joe Tipton.

Williams-Adams has visited every school on his top four list, including Auburn. He visited the Plains in September, staying through the weekend of Auburn football’s game vs. California on Sept. 7. While there, Williams-Adams told Auburn Live’s Jeffrey Lee that he enjoyed spending time with Auburn’s players and chatting with assistant coach [autotag]Corey Williams[/autotag] about his future. Auburn’s pace of play stands out to Williams-Adams’ as well.

“The coaches were really welcoming. The coaches’ energy (was my favorite part),” Williams-Adams said of his visit to Auburn in September. “I felt like we were on a whirlwind pace, but they stay happy. They stay energized. It was a real fun (visit) being here.”

Predictions appear to be hazy for Williams-Adams now. Before the release of his top four, Kansas was the favorite to land him. However, since the Jayhawks were left off of his top schools, the door is now open for a new program to take control of his recruitment.

Williams-Adams is a four-star power forward by all major recruiting outlets and ranks as high as No. 10 at his position within the 2025 recruiting cycle. According to 247Sports, Auburn has yet to receive a commitment for its 2025 haul and looks for Williams-Adams to be one of the first to join the class.

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Auburn basketball announces promotions to key staff memebers

Auburn basketball is promoting Chad Prewett, Mike Burgomaster, Ian Borders and Maddux Jeffreys.

A day after promoting Steven Pearl to associate head coach, Auburn basketball has announced four more promotions.

On Wednesday, the Tigers announced that [autotag]Chad Prewett[/autotag] and [autotag]Mike Burgomaster[/autotag] have been elevated to assistant coaches while [autotag]Ian Borders[/autotag] and [autotag]Maddux Jeffreys[/autotag] were promoted to director of scouting and recruiting and director of operations, respectively.

These moves come after the NCAA passed a rule that allowed basketball programs to have two more assistant coaches, however, they can not recruit off campus.

“When the NCAA rule changes took place, most schools added one or two members to their coaching staff,” head coach [autotag]Bruce Pearl[/autotag] said. “For me, I have always held the belief in promoting from within. We have a very experienced staff to lead our young men in this program including my veteran assistant, [autotag]Ira Bowman[/autotag], newest assistant, [autotag]Corey Williams[/autotag], and director of player development, [autotag]Marquis Daniels[/autotag].”

Prewett came to Auburn in Pearl’s original staff back in 2014 and has had several different jobs for the Tigers, including chief of staff, director of operations, interim assistant coach and special assistant.

“I am delighted to be able to promote Chad to assistant coach,” Pearl said. “Chad has had a tremendous impact on our program on and off the court. He is a great teacher of the game with a great basketball mind. As chief of staff, much of his focus has been off the court with the Bruce Pearl Family Foundation, AUTLIVE and Bruce Pearl Fore the Children Golf Classic, making a huge difference in the Auburn community, our program and the University.”

Burgomaster enters his eighth year with the program having started as a graduate assistant before being promoted to recruiting coordinator and assistant to the head coach. He is in charge of internal operations, scheduling, on-campus recruiting, scouting/game planning and assisting with the team’s offense.

“To be 28 years old and to be an assistant coach at the SEC level speaks volumes about Mike’s talent and work ethic,” Pearl said. “He has one of the best offensive minds of anybody I’ve been around. Therefore, his promotion to assistant coach and offensive coordinator is quite an accomplishment.”

Borders is entering his sixth season on the Plains and is in charge of editing film as well as helping with scouting and on-campus recruiting.

“Ian has done a great job as our video coordinator over the last couple of years,” Pearl said. “The importance of video, in both the scouting and recruiting areas, is vital. This was an opportunity to elevate and recognize his basketball knowledge of evaluating players. He has done a phenomenal job with that for us.”

Jeffreys enters his eighth season with Auburn after being a four-year team manager and then spending two seasons as a graduate assistant before becoming assistant director of operations under Prewett.

“Maddux has been with us the last seven years, serving as a student manager, graduate assistant and assistant director of operations,” Pearl said. “He has obviously paid his dues. He understands our operation and the importance of helping our players be successful. When it comes to Auburn Basketball, it’s always more than just the basketball. There is community service, player development and fundraising. All the things that go into being a really good program.”

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JUCO forward Addarin Scott commits to Auburn

Bruce Pearl adds size to his front court by earning a commitment from the 6-9 forward.

Auburn basketball’s 2023-24 roster appears to be rounding out as they have landed another talented junior college prospect.

[autotag]Addarin Scott[/autotag], a 6-9 forward from Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, announced Friday via Twitter that he will be joining Auburn’s roster.

[autotag]Bruce Pearl[/autotag] and assistant coach [autotag]Corey Williams[/autotag] acted quickly when it came to recruiting Scott. Scott visited Auburn earlier this week, and Pearl extended an offer to Scott one day later.

“I couldn’t turn that down,” Scott tells Auburn Live’s Jeffrey Lee. “It felt great, especially for (Pearl) to take the time out of his day to call and tell me himself. Even just him to recruit me with me being a JUCO kid. I’m very grateful to him for that.”

Scott adds size to the Tigers’ frontcourt for this season and should mesh well with fellow big men [autotag]Jaylin Williams[/autotag], [autotag]Cheney Johnson[/autotag], and [autotag]Johni Broome[/autotag]. Scott tells Lee that Auburn recruited him to rotate between the four and five positions.

Scott says that he is excited to continue developing under Pearl and Williams.

“They understand that I haven’t been playing basketball all that long. I just started playing basketball in the eighth grade, so they are ready to develop my game and take it to the next level,” Scott says.

Scott averaged 9.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per game last season at Navarro College. He averaged double figures in 15 of 31 games he played last season, with his season-high coming in a 75-54 win over Delgado College on Nov. 22, 2022, when he scored 18 points.

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Mark Adams steps down at Texas Tech, Fardaws Aimaq to enter the transfer portal

Following his suspension, Texas Tech’s Mark Adams resigned.

On Wednesday, Hall of Fame head coach Jim Boeheim wasn’t the only head coach in the Power Five to step down from his post. Later that day, it was announced by Texas Tech that men’s head basketball coach Mark Adams would resign from his position.

The school announced the news on its team website. Adams was placed on suspension following an investigation into a racially insensitive comment made to the team. Corey Williams was named interim for their Big 12 tournament game against West Virginia.

“My lifelong goal was to help and be a positive influence on my players, and to be a part of the Texas Tech men’s basketball team,” Adams said. “However, both the University and I believe this incident has become a distraction for the Texas Tech men’s basketball team and the University, which I care about so deeply.”

The Red Raiders named Adams the head coach of the program prior to the 2021-22 season after Chris Beard left for the opening with the Texas Longhorns. That season, the Red Raiders made it all the way to the Sweet 16 before being eliminated. This past season, the team was a shell of their former selves. They lost four consecutive games to close the season to end the regular season at 16-16.

At one time it looked as though Texas Tech would make a run at the NCAA Tournament, but that appeared to be fool’s gold. The next head coach will need to rally the troops for next season. While the administration will now begin a search for the next head coach, the team is also expected to lose big man Fardaws Aimaq to the transfer portal. This was reported by Red Raider Sports on Wednesday night.

A lot is about to change as the team will welcome a new era of basketball at the United Supermarkets Arena by the time the 2023-24 season tips off.

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