Social Slant: Twitter reacts to Auburn's SEC Tourney loss to Arkansas

Auburn fought. Auburn scraped. Auburn never quit.

But in the end, Auburn couldn’t get past Arkansas.

Once down 15 points in the second half, the Tigers took the lead with 43.2 seconds left on a bucket by guard Allen Flanigan. But the Razorbacks outscored Bruce Pearl’s team 4-0 the rest of the way to claim the SEC Tournament second-round win.

Final score: Arkansas 76, Auburn 73.

Guard KD Johnson led the Tigers with 20 points. Flanigan added 15. Forward Johni Broome (13 points) and guard Wendell Green (11) also scored in double-figures.

Auburn didn’t shoot poorly. In fact, the Tigers made 49 percent of their field-goal attempts. They also only turned the ball over 10 times.

But rebounding — or a lack thereof — probably contributed to the loss more than anything. Arkansas out-rebounded Auburn 37-19 and 13 of the Razorbacks’ boards came on the offensive end.

Auburn falls to 20-12 and now will wait until Sunday to learn who it plays and where it will be headed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.

Here are some notable Tweets about Thursday’s game ….

Probably not part of the design, but WGJ might have had enough time there to kick it back to J-Will after drawing his defender (had J-Will stepped all the way out to the line) https://t.co/wx5nX4EXqE

— Tom Green (@Tomas_Verde) March 10, 2023

so, yeah, beating Tennessee in the regular-season finale increasingly looks like a monster win for Auburn

should be in the NCAA Tournament field without much issue because of that, but we'll see where the Tigers end up in terms of seeding

— Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) March 10, 2023

Can’t rest your legs an extra day if you win in the meaningless conference tournament. Second weekend here we come. 😭 pic.twitter.com/54o5GExfYu

— pablo (@PabloEscoburner) March 10, 2023

Can’t help but to think if we’d scored 4 more points that we woulda won

— Drunk Aubie (@DrunkAubie) March 10, 2023

Wendell leaning back falling for no reason on that last shot or am i tripping?

— Kerryon Johnson (@AyeyoKEJO) March 10, 2023

Pearl drew up a fantastic sideline OB play. Green had a great look but couldn’t knock it down. I’m not an Auburn fan, but it was textbook!

— Scott Bolin (@CoachBolin) March 10, 2023

It took 3 McDonald’s All-Americans and the #1 transfer class to beat Wendell Green and KD Johnson

— Kyle (@AllAubarn) March 10, 2023

Auburn's current run at the SEC Tournament is wild.

2016: lost first game
2017: lost first game
2018: lost first game
2019: won championship
2020: canceled
2021: postseason ban
2022: lost first game
2023: lost first game

— Josh Vitale (@JoshVitale) March 10, 2023

Pain

— Auburn Dad (@AuburnDad) March 10, 2023

I’ve already seen that ending from Auburn 10 times this year

— Will Romanowski (@WillRomanowski) March 10, 2023

this team’s highs are as high as any of Auburn’s best teams, & that’s what makes the lows so frustrating. there has to be some mental block somewhere that I can’t figure out, & clearly neither can they

— Squid 🦚 (@AUSquid) March 10, 2023

That was a heckuva play Bruce Pearl drew up at the end of that game.

— Bill (@vator32nh) March 10, 2023

Now, if you’re Bruce Pearl, how do you not run that play KD Johnson and not Green? Dude was hot all night

— Fake David Beckham (@FakeBecksKSR) March 10, 2023

Bruce Pearl is cursed in the SEC Tournament.

— Chris of the Elder Noobs (@PHISHpointO) March 10, 2023

I’m so mad cause I feel like Auburn really hasn’t gotten better like we usually do throughout the season. Still some of the same mistakes from start of the year

— Young Harleezy 🤟🏾💯 🔜 LL (@WOWNowThatsMe) March 10, 2023