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00:00The new number one team in the country. Number one Auburn at
00:03home tonight in a top 15 tilt against 15th ranked Mississippi
00:08State new territory for the Tigers john as the top team in
00:12the AP top 25. What is the key for Auburn remaining number one
00:17throughout this week starting tonight against the Bulldogs?
00:21Well, Auburn has to find a way to progress without Jani Broome
00:25who is obviously out due to an ankle injury Auburn now again
00:30possessing the depth needed to replace him with other players
00:34that are capable of filling a spot you're never going to
00:37replace Jani Broome with one man but the players who will see
00:40their usage increase Janie Johnson Dylan Carwell they need
00:44to be right now big time producers for Auburn to beat a
00:47team like Mississippi State who again gave up 95 points at home
00:52to Kentucky on Saturday night which is unfathomable for a
00:56Chris Jan's coach team.
00:58John, you shared that when Auburn returned home this
01:01weekend, they had an MRI done on Jani Broome's ankle that he
01:05suffered a sprain in the matchup against South Carolina non
01:09surgical ankle sprain is what you mentioned. What is the
01:14status of Jani Broome for the remainder of the SEC slate?
01:18Well, again, we don't have an obviously a set timetable yet
01:21for Jani Broome's return but a comparable injury I think you
01:25know, Ben at this juncture could be probably similar what UConn
01:29is dealing with for Liam McNeely. So usually that's a
01:31couple of weeks. So if you told me that Jani Broome returned at
01:35sometime in late January, early February, I think that's a safe
01:38estimate. Now things are going to change over the next two or
01:42three weeks in a lot of different factors in college
01:45basketball without Jani Broome playing for the next few weeks
01:49that could open the door for other players, Marquette's Cam
01:52Jones, Duke's Cooper Flagg, who had 42 seven assists and six
01:56rebounds Saturday against Notre Dame to potentially leap ahead
02:00of him in the national player of the year race. Now another thing
02:03to keep in mind, Auburn right now is firmly entrenched as a
02:08projected number one seed in the NCAA tournament and the NCAA
02:12tournament selection committee will take into account any games
02:16that the Tigers do drop without Jani Broome, but there is a
02:20chance in the rugged SEC that Auburn could take some losses
02:23and Ben, eight weeks from Sunday will be selection Sunday and I
02:28think it's always important in the sport of college basketball
02:31to look at things from 30,000 feet. Remember this, every time
02:36Auburn plays, Auburn is playing to be the number one seed in the
02:40south region. Why is that so important? That means first and
02:43second round games in Lexington and more importantly, it would
02:47mean sweet 16 and elite eight games in Atlanta, which has been
02:52a second home to Auburn in recruiting in neutral site games.
02:56That is what the Tigers are playing for. It's harder to get
02:59there without the national player of the year favorite Jani
03:02Broome in the lineup of Ben, you know as well as I do. This is
03:06only January.