Today, the consensus in college basketball is that Auburn is the best team in the sport. The same team that fought each other on the plane to Houston a few months ago, yes, that team. The main reason? Johni Broome. The guy was the NPOY favorite who was here today, he looked exactly like everything normal said here. But that injury right there? Yes, that doesn’t look good. This is not normal ankle rolling. No weight on it, screaming in pain, ruled out for the rest of the game:

The positive here is that Auburn avoided complete disaster and was able to pull out a 66-63 win. Not that a loss will hurt them in the long run or anything, but if you want to win the SEC regular season, you have to find a way to win at South Carolina this year. That’s what they did. But the biggest story in college basketball right now is this injury. Auburn wants to play through Broome, whether by posting him up or putting him on top in a hi-lo set. The offense runs through him and yes, I know Auburn has other options. But again, there’s a reason he was the NPOY favorite. He averaged 19/11 and 3 blocks this season. You can’t just replace that.

We obviously don’t know how serious it is yet, but just based on the reaction and the lack of weight it seems serious.

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