ATLANTA – Tony Barbee saw men playing against boys in the first round of the SEC Tournament at the Georgia Dome on Thursday.

Auburn’s players know the drill if they miss a layup, break down on defense, don’t box out, commit a turnover, force a shot or mess up in most any way during the course of play.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Auburn erased a 15-point second half deficit as Kenny Gabriel and Earnest Ross each scored 16 points to lead it to a 60-51 victory against LSU in the regular-season finale at the Maravich Assembly Center on Saturday.

Kenny Gabriel can’t quite put his finger on what it is about this team.

Tony Barbee strolled into the media room for the post-game press conference, plopped himself down behind the middle microphone on the raised table at the head of the room and fielded the first question after his team overcame a 20-point deficit to beat Ole Miss, 76-73, in its home…

The first time Ole Miss and Auburn met this season, Ty Armstrong hit a layup with 8:27 to go in the first half to cut the Rebels’ lead to 15-13, and the Tigers kept the Rebels within 7 points for the next 4 minutes.

For the second time in four days, an opposing big man got free in the paint in the final seconds and sent Auburn to a crushing SEC defeat.

Tony Barbee wants to make one thing clear to any team that calls him its head coach.