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Auburn vs Miami: A (very) brief history in men’s basketball

The teams have only met each other twice in school history.

The Auburn Tigers and the Miami Hurricanes will square off on Sunday in the NCAA Round of 32, so pay attention — it doesn’t happen often.

The two teams have only played each other twice: once in 1966 and once in 2001. The series is tied 1-1, and Sunday’s matchup will see one of them take the all-time series lead. It will be the first time both teams have met in the NCAA Tournament.

The first game in 1966 took place in Knoxville, Tennessee. Auburn went 17-8 that year under coach Bill Lynn, good for 4th in the SEC. The team played a three-game stretch against teams that would eventually join the ACC in Georgia Tech, Miami, and Florida State. The Tigers dropped the game to Miami 87-73, who went 15-11 that year,

Auburn would get its revenge in 2001, however, when it defeated Miami. This time, it was in the National Invitation Tournament, where the 18-14 Tigers under head coach Cliff Ellis would beat the 16-13 Hurricanes by a score of 60-58 in Auburn, Alabama. Auburn would lose to the Purdue Boilermakers in the next game of that tournament.

The two teams will play in Greenville on Sunday at a time to be determined. The winner of that game will take on one of the following teams: Wisconsin, Colgate, Iowa State, or LSU in the Sweet Sixteen.

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Former Ohio State quarterback JP Andrade joining Deion Sanders at Jackson State

In case you missed it – JP Andrade finds a new home in Florida with Neon Deion.

Former Ohio State walk-on, J.P. Andrade has made his destination known as he’ll be joining Deion Sanders at Jackson State University. Sanders has been making waves since taking over as the head coach of the football program bringing in several highly rated recruits, including this year’s No. 1 rated prospect, runningback, Travis Hunter.

As a walk-on, Andrade was buried on the depth chart and never took a snap in a game for the Buckeyes. The quarterback had several D1 offers coming out of Bonita High School in La Verne, California, but chose to be a walk-on at OSU and learn under Ryan Day.

That may be an idea that pays off for Andrade having certainly practiced against excellent competition over the past couple of seasons. Andrade is the fourth Ohio State quarterback to transfer out this year.

Sanders is building something at Jackson State. Who knows where it will end, it certainly will be fun to keep an eye on things down in Florida.

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Injury Report: Warriors’ Steph Curry, Andrew Wiggins, Klay Thompson and others ruled out vs. Spurs on Tuesday

The Warriors will be without multiple players on Tuesday against the Spurs, including Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins and more.

Coming off a red-hot 40 point performance on Monday against the Houston Rockets, Steph Curry will get the night off for the second leg of a road back-to-back on Tuesday against the San Antonio Spurs.

Curry isn’t the only member of the Warriors ruled out against the Spurs.

Klay Thompson (right Achilles injury management), Andrew Wiggins (left knee soreness), Nemanja Bjelica (back spasms), Otto Porter Jr. (left foot injury management) will join Curry, Draymond Green and James Wiseman on the bench on Tuesday night.

Via @anthonyVslater on Twitter:

With four starters and multiple key bench pieces out, the Warriors will only have nine available players against Dejounte Murray, Keldon Johnson and the Spurs.

Against the Spurs, the Warriors will lean on Jordan Poole, Kevon Looney, Damion Lee, Gary Payton II. Rookie Moses Moody and Jonathan Kuminga could also see an increased role on Tuesday.

Following Tuesday’s contest against the Spurs, the Warriors will play the Sacramento Kings on Thursday before getting the entire weekend off. With only three games this week, the Warriors will get three days of rest before coming into a contest against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday, Feb. 7.

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Steelers WR Diontae Johnson vents frustration with fans on Twitter

The drops are back for Diontae Johnson and fans aren’t happy.

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Sunday’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs was forgettable for Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson. Johnson had two key drops on third downs that stalled Steelers drives and on another third down seemingly gave up on a route, missing a great opportunity for a splash play.

As expected, Steeler Nation didn’t appreciate what happened and went after Johnson on social media. Johnson’s frustration came out in the tweet below when he wanted people to know if you don’t like what Johnson is doing, why do you follow?

I suppose the reason they do is that for the bulk of the season, Johnson was far and away the Steelers best receiver. Johnson set career highs in receptions with 107, receiving yards with 1,161 yards and eight receiving touchdowns. These all led the team.

However, late in the season and into the playoffs the drops that plagued Johnson in all of 2020 were starting to creep back in. Johnson led the league in drops last season but Johnson’s missteps on Sunday night couldn’t be ignored.

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Steelers HC Mike Tomlin said he dozed off during Raiders vs Chargers

Mike Tomlin said it was probably best that he missed the end of the Chargers vs Raiders game.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers were stuck waiting late into Sunday night to find out their playoff fate on Sunday night. One guy who didn’t quite make it to the end of the thrilling overtime game between the Las Vegas Chargers and Los Angeles Chargers was Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin.

Tomlin admitted when he spoke to the media on Tuesday that he dozed off late in the game and noted it was probably better that he missed the end of the game.

What Tomlin missed was his team nearly missing the playoffs due to a tie. The Raiders seemed content to let the clock run out, which would have sent the Chargers and Raiders to the playoffs and left Pittsburgh out. But a last-second change of heart by Las Vegas sent the Chargers home and gave the Steelers hope.

Tomlin had better get his rest because it is a monumental task to try and find a way to beat the Kansas City Chiefs this weekend. Kansas City routed the Steelers in the regular season and are chomping at the bit to get another shot at the struggling Steelers.

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