Auburn's head coach and star forward are up for national honors after leading the Tigers to the SEC regular season championship.

Tournament games, Auburn basketball saw significant production from Johni Broome and much less from anyone else. It'll need that to change in March Madness.

Johni Broome scored 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as regular-season champion Auburn opened its bid to repeat at the Southeastern Conference Tournament by holding off eighth-seeded Mississippi 62-57 Friday.

Auburn basketball's Johni Broome did it again for the one-seed Tigers to kick off their weekend in the SEC Tournament. What his teammates said.

Chris Beard was complimentary of Broome after the All-American forward knocked Ole Miss out of the SEC tournament

The Auburn Tigers entered the SEC Tournament as the No. 1 seed, and they looked like a team that lost their last-two games and hadn't played in a week. It was a

Johni Broome had 23 points and 15 rebounds and No. 3 Auburn held off Ole Miss 62-57 in quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Friday afternoon in Nashville.

Broome was named a semifinalist for the Naismith Trophy Friday morning, an award given to the best player in college basketball by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.

Another day, another award for Auburn forward Johni Broome.

Auburn star Johni Broome, who leads the league in rebounding and ranks third in scoring, is the Associated Press’ Southeastern Conference player of the year.

The Auburn Tigers advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament after defeating the Ole Miss Rebels 62-57 on Friday. Star center Johni Broome had a huge performance that simply amazed Ole Miss head coach Chris Beard.