AUBURN | Auburn has passed its pre-conference tests with flying colors so far, but there’s more work to do.
The 2nd-ranked Tigers are 9-1, No. 1 nationally in the NET rankings and tied with Memphis with a nation’s best five Quad 1 wins.
Next up for AU is Tuesday night’s game against Georgia State, a battle against No. 16 Purdue in Birmingham and Monmouth back at home before beginning a brutal SEC schedule that begins with Missouri, which beat No. 1 Kansas a week ago.
“We just honestly take them one game at a time,” said AU coach Bruce Pearl. “It’s from the standpoint of, we’re not reflecting on where we are right now. We are working on areas that we think we have to get better.
“To play the caliber schedule that we played, and be in a position we’re in right now is certain everything I could have hoped …