Frankie Sullivan’s not all the way back from the ACL tear that cost him all but six games last season.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — If it had happened to any other team in the league, Auburn coach Tony Barbee might have raised an eyebrow.
The past two SEC games have to be much more encouraging than the three previous for Tony Barbee and his Auburn team, even though the result of all five has been the same.
Auburn chose the worst time against rival Alabama to prove that its coach’s repeated mantra from the first half of the year has been correct.
Josh Langford had a scholarship offer on the table from Alabama during his recruitment out of Huntsville’s Lee High last year.
The offense arrived intermittently for Auburn, showing up every now and then, not staying very long, and then disappearing for long stretches of time.
Nothing that’s happened during Auburn’s first three SEC games has surprised coach Tony Barbee.
Rob Chubb sank the first bucket of the night at the Auburn Arena on Saturday in his team’s SEC opener against LSU.
Josh Wallace clutched a basketball in both hands, wearing a huge smile as he sat down for a postgame interview Monday.
| Date | Opponent | Location | Time / Result |
| 11/06/09 | vs. Miles * | Auburn | W, 87-40 |
| Glenn Wilkes Classic | |||
| 11/13/09 | vs. Niagara | Auburn | W, 69-65 (W) |
| 11/16/09 | at Missouri State | Springfield | L, 73-62 |
| Glenn Wilkes Classic | |||
| 11/20/09 | vs. UCF | Daytona Beach | L, 84-74 |
| 11/21/09 | vs. IUPUI | Daytona Beach | W, 80-65 |
| 11/22/09 | vs. North Carolina State | Daytona Beach | L, 60-58 |
| 11/25/09 | vs. High Point | Auburn | W, 75-54 |
| 12/01/09 | at Alabama A&M | Huntsville | W, 87-52 |
| 12/04/09 | vs. Troy | Auburn | L, 81-77 (L) |
| 12/07/09 | vs. Virginia TV | Auburn | W, 68-67 |
| 12/17/09 | at Florida State TV | Tallahassee | L, 76-72 |
| 12/20/09 | vs. Sam Houston State TV | Auburn | L, 107-89 |
| 12/22/09 | vs. Alabama State | Auburn | W, 94-78 |
| 12/29/09 | vs. Charleston Southern | Auburn | W, 77-62 (W) |
| 01/02/10 | vs. Georgia Southern | Auburn | W, 77-62 (W) |
| 01/05/10 | vs. West Georgia | Auburn | W, 96-72 (W) |
| 01/09/10 | vs. South Carolina # TV | Auburn | L, 80-71 |
| 01/14/10 | at Tennessee # TV | Knoxville | 6:00 p.m. CT |
| 01/16/10 | vs. Kentucky # TV | Auburn | 3:00 p.m. CT |
| 01/20/10 | at LSU # TV | Baton Rouge | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 01/23/10 | at Vanderbilt # TV | Nashville | 12:30 p.m. CT |
| 01/28/10 | vs. Mississippi # TV | Auburn | 8:00 p.m. CT |
| 01/30/10 | vs. Alabama # TV | Auburn | 3:00 p.m. CT |
| 02/06/10 | at Arkansas # TV | Fayetteville | 12:30 p.m. CT |
| 02/10/10 | vs. Georgia # TV | Auburn | 8:00 p.m. CT |
| 02/13/10 | at Mississippi State # TV | Starkville | 6:00 p.m. CT |
| 02/18/10 | at Florida # TV | Gainesville | 6:00 p.m. CT |
| 02/20/10 | vs. Arkansas # TV | Auburn | 6:00 p.m. CT |
| 02/24/10 | at Mississippi # TV | Oxford | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 02/27/10 | vs. LSU # TV | Auburn | 6:00 p.m. CT |
| 03/03/10 | vs. Mississippi State # TV | Auburn | 7:00 p.m. CT |
| 03/06/10 | at Alabama # TV | Tuscaloosa | 12:30 p.m. CT |