Citing the 2017 Chuck Person bribery scandal, Auburn basketball has decided to forgo the 2020-2021 postseason to avoid further punishment at the hands of the NCAA.
The news broke this afternoon and fans had mixed reactions as many felt the worst was already behind the Tigers, but could see this season as being an off year due to youth and inexperience.
Massive news: Auburn basketball has decided it will not play in the postseason in the 2020-21 season, citing the Chuck Person scandal. pic.twitter.com/rnjvVf3jBK
— Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) November 22, 2020
— Will Kelley (@aubietiger1928) November 22, 2020
Auburn basketball self imposes a postseason ban for 2020-21. pic.twitter.com/SoihVFkY2S
— Auburn Blazer (@AuburnBlazer) November 22, 2020
Sadly Auburn and Alabama will finally have similar postseason basketball results this year
— All Aubarn All #BEATUAT (@AllAubarn) November 22, 2020
I’m still beyond excited to watch every single second of this year’s Auburn basketball team btw
— Drew (@orangeanddrew) November 22, 2020
Auburn basketball this year may have a very 1993 Auburn football feel. #AUdacity https://t.co/X16ntKgRJ7
— TennesseeAubie (@TennesseeAubie) November 22, 2020
Auburn basketball didn’t have a 2019-2020 post season, can we not just call it even?
— Auburn Memes (@AuburnMemes) November 22, 2020
It's not lost on me that this was going to be a down year for Auburn basketball and we were gonna be a bubble team anyway.
— George Secretary of State (@warneagle) November 22, 2020
auburn basketball giving themselves a postseason ban to clear things up from that 2017 thing.. during a covid season anyways is .. kinda a decent choice of things .
— Deh Largo (@ItDeh_Largo) November 22, 2020
2021 Auburn basketball will be scary. 2020 would have been tough due to youth, so good proposal on skipping the postseason.
— Blake (@Day_n_Knight) November 22, 2020
I just bought the Auburn basketball shirt from @HomefieldApparl. Cursed shirt!! https://t.co/8RGgETLrFG
— joey (@joey__t) November 22, 2020
auburn basketball has officially broken my heart and i may not recover https://t.co/a7zOlTDX1S
— emma truitt (@emmatruitt_) November 22, 2020
If there’s one thing I’m used to it’s Auburn basketball not being in the postseason. This is nothing. pic.twitter.com/6ytyZ0irpp
— Brice (@dBriceJ) November 22, 2020
The excitement I had for Auburn Basketball has gone away. This freaking sucks. #thanksalotchuck
— Lance Echols (@warreagle10) November 23, 2020
Chuck Person, you’re a disgrace. Take his jersey down.
— Charlton Pope (@chopo2) November 22, 2020
My thoughts on the Auburn news. Also, the only thing that should be coming down is Chuck Person's retired number. pic.twitter.com/d8jbcmfHTz
— Dub (@DubRichey) November 22, 2020
Chuck Person arrested/fired in 2017.
Wiley and Purifoy sits out 2017-2018 season.
Self-imposed full-stop recruiting ban from September 2017 to April 2018.
Self-imposed postseason ban for the 2020-2021 season.Probably a rhetorical question, but when does this end?
— Zack Webster (@zweb95) November 22, 2020
Can we officially take down Chuck Person's jersey from the rafters in Auburn Arena now? Thanks.
— Brian Stultz (@brianjstultz) November 22, 2020
So you’re telling me Auburn’s going to have a full year of having a chip on their shoulder? Let’s burn it all down. pic.twitter.com/8fKfTQfJbq
— gotchya and grabass purveyors (@CollegeAndMag) November 22, 2020
Not a terrible idea if Auburn thinks it will get a ban either way. Better this year than either of the next two. https://t.co/nnhpYLkr5h
— Jay (@aubawn) November 22, 2020
Funny how the narrative for Pearl and AU is unpunished corruption, while Miller/Wade have been more vocally defiant and their schools more enabling.
My bet is that Wiley and Purifoy missing so many games and the team missing the 2021 postseason will be condescendingly ignored
— John Carvalho (@John_P_Carvalho) November 22, 2020
Does anyone truthfully believe we'd still be dealing with this if the punishment already dealt had resulted in Auburn stinking it up on the court instead of winning the SEC in back to back years and a Final Four appearance?
— Chief (@AUChief) November 23, 2020
Bruce Pearl sanctioning during 2020 and not 2021 😎 pic.twitter.com/8TxudzMQFv
— Brice Bonner (@BriceBonner) November 22, 2020
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