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since nicks name has a come up a few times lets remember just how good he was.

so? that team has helped bama for years. i call it being fair for a change.

i know these are repeats but since it is kinda slow i thought some of us might enjoy some glory days.

you should have said overlook since he was so short.............lol. i loved terry until the end.

i just do not get the hate for sanders. well maybe other than that pass interference no call. i just think it is early to criticize him at the moment. from past experience if you criticize someone you need to give them a chance to do something they can criticize him about right? explain the difference between him and harsin. both are tough it would seem right? until the wheels fell off they loved harsin for being tough right?

russia was not a hoax to mr manafort who received millions from them in loans that were shady? like he just forgot to mention them or something to that effect.

i never knew these teams hate each other. it will just make it more fun to watch.

yahoo.com Auburn basketball's Bruce Pearl, Wendell Green Jr. talk rivalry with Arkansas Richard Silva, Montgomery Advertiser ~4 minutes AUBURN — Auburn basketball ended its regular season with a win over Tennessee on Saturday and is heading into the SEC Tournament as the No. 7 seed. The Tigers, who have now won at least 20 games in five of the past six seasons, are tasked with playing Arkansas on Thursday. The Razorbacks, despite holding the No. 10 seed in the conference, are slotted as the 18th-best team in the country, according to the NET rankings. Auburn is rated No. 32. "What a great reward," coach Bruce Pearl joked Tuesday. INJURY UPDATES:Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl gives update on Dylan Cardwell BEATING TENNESSEE:How Auburn basketball defense, Wendell Green Jr. helped beat Tennessee for much-needed win The Tigers (20-11, 10-8 SEC) defeated Arkansas (19-12, 8-10) in Neville Arena in January, 72-59, for one of their most impressive wins of the season. Wendell Green Jr. scored a team-high 19 points and added five assists. “It was a fun game," Green said. "We don’t like Arkansas, so it’s a lot of intensity between us and Arkansas, so going into it we know that. We've just got to come ready. We beat them this year. Played them one time, so we know they’re trying to get that get-back on us. It’s going to be a lot going into that game. We just want to try to find a way to win.” The budding rivalry between the two programs began last season when Auburn, which was the No. 1 team in the country at the time, went into Fayetteville and fell in overtime to the Razorbacks. Tempers flared after Arkansas' Davonte Davis dunked as the overtime clock expired. At the time, the Razorbacks were up by four points. Green ran from mid-court to confront Davis, but was interrupted as the fans stormed the court. Auburn Tigers head coach Bruce Pearl and Arkansas Razorbacks head coach Eric Musselman shake hands before the game as Auburn Tigers take on Arkansas Razorbacks at Neville Arena in Auburn, Ala., on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. "(Arkansas fans) probably hate me more than 'Bama fans," Green said. "Their fans are crazy, and then only playing them one time last year, that kind of sucked to me because I didn't get a chance to play them again. So, playing them this year, just one time so far, I was thinking about that the whole time. I couldn't wait to play that game. And now I get another chance to play against them. ... It's a lot that goes into it, but it should be fun." Despite the back-and-forth, Green expressed respect for the talent Arkansas has: "We can’t overlook Arkansas and be like, ‘Oh, Texas A&M is next.’ We’re not doing that at all. We’re going to respect every team that we have to play." Asked if he cared to comment on the rivalry, Pearl declined, but did give a tongue-in-cheek comment. “No, I'm not going to jump into that," Pearl said. "If it's a rivalry it's because we played them and they've beaten us and (we) lost some close games. We lost the No. 1 ranking and almost got killed in a court-storm. ... But I'm already half crippled so what's the next step? "I might just start limping all of the time.” The Tigers take on Arkansas in the conference tournament in Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on Thursday (1 p.m. CT, SEC Network). Richard Silva is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at rsilva@gannett.com or on Twitter @rich_silva18.

this is just up the road from me. anyone going to jacksonville and i might can join you.

yahoo.com Auburn baseball smothers UAB behind three-hit effort from Bryson Ware Taylor Jones 4–5 minutes In a game where both offenses were at a premium, it was Auburn that stood tall over the visiting UAB Blazers. Both teams combined to record just seven base hits, with Auburn taking credit for four of them. Behind a one-hit effort from Auburn pitching, and a three-hit performance by Bryson Ware, Auburn earned its fifth straight win by defeating UAB, 4-1 on Tuesday at Plainsman Park. Bryson Ware recorded three of Auburn’s four hits and scored half of Auburn’s runs on a two-run home run in the bottom of the 4th inning. Cole Foster was the other Tiger who recorded a hit in a tough game that featured eight UAB pitchers. The game got off to a slow start, as neither team could produce more than one hit through the first three innings. Auburn’s Bryson Ware led off the 2nd inning with a single up the middle, but could not advance past third base to give Auburn a lead. Ike Irish became Auburn’s second base runner in the 4th inning on a ground-ball blunder by UAB shortstop Gavin Lewis Jr. Two pitches later, Ware sent a moonshot to the video board in left-center field to put the Tigers on the board, 2-0. The home run was his team-leading seventh of the season. Auburn starter Tommy Vail carried the momentum from his team’s newfound lead by striking out the side in the ensuing inning to improve his count to seven strikeouts through four innings. Auburn’s third run of the game scored on a misread by UAB third baseman Ben Abernathy. Cole Foster hit a pop-up toward third base, and the baseball changed directions multiple times, causing Abernathy to misjudge the ball on its descent. When the ball landed, Brody Moss scored from second base, and the play was officially ruled a double and gave Auburn a 3-0 lead in the 5th inning. Vail’s no-hit bid stayed intact through 4.2 innings but came with endangerment. With two down in the 5th inning, Vail walked Gavin Lewis and John Marc Mullins. At that point, Chase Allsup was called upon to cap the inning. He did so on one pitch, which was a ground out by Ben Abernathy to Cole Foster at shortstop. Vail’s night ended with eight strikeouts, two walks, and no hits through 4.2 innings of work. In Auburn’s half of the 6th inning, Ware recorded his third hit of the night by hitting a triple to center field and was sent home on a sacrifice fly by Bobby Peirce one at-bat later to extend Auburn’s lead to 4-0. It took seven full innings, but UAB was finally able to secure their first hit. To lead off the 8th inning, UAB’s Tyler Waugh hit a single through the left side to erase the combined no-hitter performed by Vail and Allsup. The Blazers were unable to cash the hit in for a run, as they left a runner stranded at first base to end the inning. The Blazers scored their first and only run with two outs in the 9th inning. Christian Hall singled up the middle to score John Marc Mullins from third to cut Auburn’s deficit to 4-1. The Blazers brought the tying run up to the plate, but Allsup struck out the final batter to end the game. Auburn improves to 10-1-1 while UAB falls to 4-8. Auburn baseball will have a quick turnaround as they hit the road on Wednesday to face Jax State at Jim Case Stadium in Jacksonville. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. CT and can be seen on ESPN+.

rollingstone.com Women Suing Texas Over Abortion Bans Describe Pregnancies Tessa Stuart 10–12 minutes Skip to main content ‘Sick and Twisted’: Women Describe Losing Pregnancies, Nearly Dying Because of Texas Laws Five women are suing Texas, asking the state to clarify what constitutes a “medical emergency” under its abortion bans Center for Reproductive Rights President and CEO Nancy Northup speaks on the lawn of the Texas State Capitol in Austin on March 7, 2023. - Five Texas women who were denied abortions despite serious complications have sued the conservative US state, asking a judge to clarify exceptions to the new laws. It is the first such complaint filed by women who have been denied terminations since the US Supreme Court overturned abortion rights in June, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights, which represents them. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP/Getty Images Amanda Zurawski endured 18 months of “grueling” fertility treatment before she and her husband were able to conceive their daughter, Willow. She was in the middle of her second trimester, putting the finishing touches on the guest list for her baby shower, when she started experiencing what she thought of at the time as “curious” symptoms. Her cervix had dilated prematurely, and not long after, her water broke. Without amniotic fluid to protect her, Zurawski and her husband were informed Willow would not survive. “I asked what can be done to ensure the respectful passing of our baby, and what could protect me from a deadly infection, now that my body was unprotected and vulnerable,” Zurawski recalled on Tuesday, speaking to reporters at a press conference outside the Texas State Capitol Building. “They explained there was nothing they could do.” Because Willow’s heart was still beating, the Zurawskis were told they had to wait until she could get treatment. Three days later, she was checked into an intensive care unit with sepsis — an infection that nearly killed her. Zurawski is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed Monday by five Texas women who could not obtain abortions despite life-threatening medical complications. Her co-plaintiffs — whom Zurawski called “involuntary members of the most horrific club on the planet” — gathered together Tuesday to share their experiences and call on members of Texas’ legislature to add medical exceptions to the state’s multiple, overlapping abortion bans. The case marks the first time that pregnant women themselves have challenged the state’s three abortion bans: a criminal ban that pre-dates Roe v. Wade, a trigger ban passed in anticipation of Roe being overturned, and Senate Bill 8, an effective ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy. All three bans have exceptions for medical “emergencies,” but advocates say they are unclear and have resulted in “widespread confusion” over who and what qualifies. What happened to each of them sounds like, as Zurawski put it, the “sick and twisted plot to a dystopian novel — but it’s not.” Lauren Hall was 18 weeks pregnant with a daughter she planned to name Amelia when she learned the baby had anencephaly, a fatal condition that meant she had developed no skull and very little brain matter. After informing her of the diagnosis (their baby would not survive), Hall remembered how the doctor “quietly and carefully explained to us that if we chose to terminate, we would have to leave” Texas. Because of the state’s laws, the doctor would not make a referral, or even send her medical records to her abortion provider. “We were completely on our own,” Hall recalled. Before she left, Hall said the doctor warned her and her husband “to only tell people who were absolutely necessary and needing to know; she instructed us to say nothing to friends or coworkers; say nothing at the airport and nothing until the procedure was completed.” The doctor’s fears was well-founded: In addition to facing steep penalties — up to 99 years in prison, $100,000 in fines — for providing abortion care, health care providers (or anyone for that matter: friends, family members, uber drivers, TSA agents) can open themselves up to lawsuits if they help a Texan obtain an abortion. Another plaintiff, Lauren Miller, was 12 weeks along when she learned one of the two twins she was carrying had compounding complications: Trisomy-18, a condition that limited his growth, and two “large fluid masses” where his brain should have been. Multiple doctors confirmed that not only would the baby not survive, continuing to carry him would pose a health risk to herself and the other twin. Miller traveled to Colorado for a selective abortion; she is due to give birth to the surviving twin this month. “I was lucky,” she said. “I had connections with out-of-state doctors. I had family to watch my son. We had the time and the money to make the journey. But layers of privilege should never determine which Texans couldn’t get access to the health care they need.” Anna Zargarian, another plaintiff, was 19 weeks pregnant when her water broke prematurely. “My heart broke into a million pieces. I didn’t even know a pain like that could exist,” she said. While she should have been grieving, Zargarian was left scrambling to find an out-of-state clinic that could accommodate her. Like Miller, she sought care in Colorado. Getting on the flight, she says “was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. It was like Russian roulette, knowing I was at risk of infection.” “Politicians in Texas are prohibiting health care that they don’t understand,” Miller said on Tuesday. “It shouldn’t be controversial for an individual to make health care decisions for themselves, in consultation with their doctor.” The lawsuit the women have filed has a very modest goal: all they want is for the state of Texas to clarify, using medical terminology, what constitutes an “emergency” under the law. Or, as Molly Duane, senior staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, put it on Tuesday, “We want the state of Texas to acknowledge that the women standing behind me should have received timely abortion care, and that women and pregnant people throughout Texas who face similar situations — similar pregnancy complications in the future — should be allowed to receive abortion care in their home communities.” Despite their harrowing personal experiences, the plaintiffs are hopeful that the state’s lawmakers will choose to act before they are compelled by a judge. Hall is now pregnant again — a boy this time — and she says she lives in constant fear. “I was calm during my previous pregnancy; now I compulsively look up every ache and pain, terrified that I will find myself in this unbearable situation again.” “I love Texas,” she told reporters outside the Capitol Building. “And it kills me that my own state does not seem to care if I live or die.”

really jj? you quoted one line of his. this is it.............ICHY..a new standard for idiocy. This is what i was commenting on. you can do better.

rolls eyes. how many thought is was fake when it came out? you people need to quit acting like yall never talked to a russian. manafort did time for excepting loans from russia.

lets stand up and applaud the republicans who grew a pair..................

rollingstone.com Republicans Bash Tucker Carlson for Lying About Jan. 6 Violence Ryan Bort 8–10 minutes Skip to main content Even Republicans Are Bashing Tucker Carlson for Lying About Jan. 6 Violence "I think it's bull****," Thom Tillis told reporters on Tuesday, joining several other GOP lawmakers in decrying the Fox News host's conspiracy theorizing Fox News host Tucker Carlson on March 29, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last month gave Tucker Carlson exclusive access to tens of thousands of hours of surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. The Fox News host cherry-picked clips as part of an effort to cast the rioters as “orderly and meek” sightseers, as he put it Monday night. McCarthy and Carlson’s shameless campaign to rewrite history has since been criticized throughout Congress, including by several prominent Republicans. “I think it’s bull****,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) told reporters on Tuesday. “I was here. I was down there and I saw maybe a few tourists, a few people who got caught up in things. But when you see police barricades breached, when you see police officers assaulted, all of that … if you were just a tourist you should’ve probably lined up at the visitors’ center and came in on an orderly basis.” “I think that breaking through glass windows and doors to get into the United States Capitol against the borders of police is a crime,” added Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.). “I think particularly when you come into the chambers, when you start opening the members’ desks, when you stand up in their balcony — to somehow put that in the same category as, you know, permitted peaceful protest is just a lie.” “It was an attack on the Capitol,” said Sen. Jon Thune (R-S.D.). “What happened that day shouldn’t have happened,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). “There was violence on Jan. 6,” said Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.). “You can’t hide the truth by selectively picking a few minutes out of tapes and saying this is what went on,” added Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah). “It’s so absurd. It’s nonsense.” GOP senators react to Fox’s Tucker Carlson whitewashing 1/6 and calling it “mostly peaceful.” Thune (SD): “It was an attack on the Capitol.” Cramer (ND): “Breaking through glass windows and doors … is a crime.” Grassley (IA): “What happened that day shouldn’t have happened.” pic.twitter.com/FVxVDFneG8 — The Recount (@therecount) March 7, 2023 “It was a mistake in my view for Fox News to depict this in a way that is completely at variance with what our chief law enforcement official at the Capitol thinks,” said. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), referring to a memo released by Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger noting that Carlson’s segment was “filled with offensive and misleading conclusions.” Editor’s picks McConnell: It was a mistake in my view for Fox to depict this in a way that’s completely at variance with what our chief law enforcement official at the Capitol thinks pic.twitter.com/gfStuaTmKd — Acyn (@Acyn) March 7, 2023 Democrats were also outraged. “Last night, millions of Americans tuned into one of the most shameful hours we have ever seen on cable television,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said from the chamber floor. “With contempt for the facts, disregard of the risks, and knowing full well he was lying — lying — to his audience, Fox News host Tucker Carlson ran a lengthy segment last night arguing the Jan. 6 Capitol attack was not a violent insurrection. By diving deep into the waters of conspiracy and cherry-picking from thousands of hours of security footage, Mr. Carlson told the bold-faced lie, which we all saw with our own eyes, was somehow not an attack at all.” Trending Schumer: Last night, millions of Americans tuned into one of the most shameful hours we’ve seen on cable television. By diving deep into the waters of conspiracy and cherry-picking from thousands of hours of security footage, Mr. Carlson told the bold-faced lie… pic.twitter.com/dKEw2tJVKw — Acyn (@Acyn) March 7, 2023 The frontrunner to land the Republican nomination for president in 2024, however, was thrilled with Carlson’s conspiracy theorizing. “LET THE JANUARY 6 PRISONERS GO,” Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social. “THEY WERE CONVICTED, OR ARE AWAITING TRIAL, BASED ON A GIANT LIE, A RADICAL LEFT CON JOB. THANK YOU TO TUCKER CARLSON AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE KEVIN McCARTHY FOR WHAT YOU BOTH HAVE DONE. NEW VIDEO FOOTAGE IS IRREFUTABLE!!!” The former president — who has made clear he supports the attack while suggesting he will pardon the perpetrators if he wins reelection — has also shared clips of the segment and implored his followers to tune in again Tuesday night, when Carlson is expected to release more footage. “Tucker Carlson a MUST WATCH tonight,” Trump wrote. “Releasing more VIDEO which was ‘HIDDEN BY THE CROOKED J 6 UNSELECT COMMITTEE.’ They should be prosecuted for their lies and, quite frankly, TREASON!”

i applaud your peacemaking efforts but talking for other people often does not go over well. hope you are well 24.

in todays articles i posted one about this. they pointed out saban whining about it as well which is gold. saban makes a joke about analytics and it is not a great look. grins

Game Info AUBURN, Alabama–Auburn will open postseason play with a Thursday contest at Bridgestone Arena where the Tigers will play the Arkansas Razorbacks in round two of the Southeastern Conference Basketball Tournament. The game, which is scheduled for a 6 p.m. CST start, will be televised on the SEC Network. Auburn brings a 20-11 record into the contest after finishing 10-8 in league play. Arkansas, which is 19-12, finished 8-10 in the SEC standings and is the No. 10 seed for the tournament. Auburn is the No. 7 seed. The teams played just once during the regular season with the Tigers winning 72-59 in January. "Arkansas is really talented, really deep, really athletic," said Auburn coach Bruce Pearl, who noted that his team played "great" in the win over the Razorbacks. 2COMMENTS Auburn's coach noted that the Razorbacks will be in the NCAA Tournament with their very high net ranking, which is No 18 nationally. "I would say it'll be a tough matchup, but one we want." Bruce Pearl's Full Press Conference, Pre-SEC Tournament

Auburn bracketology: Can Tigers improve NCAA seeding at the SEC Tournament? Published: Mar. 07, 2023, 9:29 a.m. 6–7 minutes Auburn finally put its stamp on the 2022-23 season on Saturday, when Bruce Pearl’s team picked up a signature win in its final regular-season outing. Auburn defeated Tennessee — the No. 3 team in NET rankings — at Neville Arena to move the Tigers off the bubble and shore up their NCAA Tournament bid. Come Selection Sunday, Pearl’s program will officially go dancing for the fourth time in the last five postseasons (there was no NCAA Tournament in 2020, and Auburn served a self-imposed postseason ban in 2021). Before the full bracket is unveiled, there’s the matter of the SEC Tournament this week in Nashville, Tenn. The Tigers are the No. 7 seed in the SEC Tournament and will face 10th-seeded Arkansas on Thursday evening at Bridgestone Arena on SEC Network. Read more Auburn basketball: Wendell Green Jr., Johni Broome make coaches All-SEC team A look at Auburn’s SEC Tournament draw and path to a potential title The full schedule and bracket for the 2023 SEC Tournament For Auburn, the conference tournament won’t hurt its NCAA outlook, but it could help the Tigers improve their seeding for March Madness considering their draw, even though the selection committee doesn’t historically put a lot of emphasis on the conference tournaments (see: Texas A&M last season). The opening game against the Razorbacks (NET No. 18) is a Quad 1 opportunity, as would be the quarterfinals meeting with second-seeded Texas A&M (NET No. 23) and a potential semifinal showdown with third-seeded Kentucky (NET No. 23), should the Tigers make it to the weekend. If Auburn makes it all the way to Sunday’s championship game, it would have likely faced four top-25 NET teams on its way to the SEC Tournament title (top-seeded Alabama likely awaits on the other side of the bracket). While that would certainly be a tall order for Pearl’s team, it’s also quite the opportunity for the Tigers to improve their seeding for the NCAA Tournament — and one not many teams across the country will have this week. “It’s all about tournament play now,” Pearl said after Saturday’s big win. “It’s about postseason now. What kind of seed can you get? What kind of position can you put yourself in to advance in postseason play. That’s where we’re at right now.” According to T-Rank’s Teamcast, a win against Arkansas would move Auburn up to a No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament, regardless of the result in the quarterfinals. If the Tigers could then knock off the Aggies and the Wildcats to make it to the conference final, T-Rank’s Teamcast projects Auburn moving up to a No. 5 seed in the field. And if Pearl’s team were to win the SEC Tournament for the first time since its magical 2019 run, picking off four Quad 1 opponents in the process, T-Rank’s Teamcast has Auburn climbing all the way to a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament. So, while this week’s stay in Nashville can’t harm Auburn’s chances, there is an opportunity for the Tigers to potentially improve their seeding line ahead of Selection Sunday. With Auburn’s ticket to the Big Dance essentially secured, AL.com will take another snapshot of the Tigers’ NCAA Tournament resume, with a look at the team’s record by quadrant, as well as the latest projections for the Tigers in the field of 68. Here’s where things stand entering the SEC Tournament and with Selection Sunday just days away: Auburn’s season at a glance: Overall record: 20-11 SEC record: 10-8 (seventh in the league) AP poll rank: unranked KenPom: 26th (56th in offensive efficiency, 25th in defensive efficiency) NET ranking: 32nd Home record: 14-2 Road record: 4-8 Neutral-site record: 2-1 Quadrant 1 record: 3-9 Quadrant 2 record: 6-1 Quadrant 3 record: 8-1 Quadrant 4 record: 3-0 Best resume win: March 4 vs. Tennessee, 79-70, at Neville Arena (Quadrant 1 win against NET No. 3) Worst resume loss: Jan. 3 at Georgia, 76-64 (Quadrant 3 loss) Other notable wins: Jan. 7 vs Arkansas (NET 18) at Neville Arena; Nov. 23 vs. Northwestern (NET 38) in Cancun. Strength of record: 30th NET Strength of schedule: 20th The week ahead: vs. 10th-seeded Arkansas on Thursday in the SEC Tournament. Latest NCAA Tournament projections (as of March 7) -- Bracket Matrix, which compiles a composite field based on bracket projections from 107 different prognosticators, has Auburn as a No. 9 seed in the tournament, with the Tigers appearing on all 107 projections. -- ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has Auburn projected as a No. 9 seed in the West Region, with the Tigers drawing a first-round matchup against eighth-seeded Florida Atlantic in Sacramento. That would set up a potential second-round matchup against No. 1 seed UCLA. FAU would be an intriguing draw for the Tigers, as former Auburn standout K.T. Harrell is on staff with the Owls. -- Jerry Palm at CBS Sports has Auburn as a No. 8 seed in the Midwest Region, with the Tigers facing ninth-seeded Iowa in the opening round in Birmingham. That would set up a potential second-round matchup with top-seeded Houston should Auburn advance. -- Bracket WAG currently projects Auburn as the 10th-seeded team in the East Region, setting up a Cancun Challenge rematch with seventh-seeded Northwestern in the opening round. -- RealTimeRPI.com has Auburn as a No. 6 seed in the Midwest Region, with an opening-round matchup against 11th-seeded Oral Roberts that could lead to a rematch of last year’s second-round matchup against Miami; the Hurricanes are projected as the No. 3 seed in this bracket. -- Bart Torvik’s T-Rank projection has Auburn as the top No. 8 seed in the field. -- SB Nation’s most recent projection has Auburn as a 10-seed in the West Region, with the Tigers facing seventh-seeded TCU in Sacramento, Calif., in the opening round. -- The Athletic projects Auburn as an 11-seed in the West Region, with the Tigers squaring off against seventh-seeded San Diego State in the opening round in Greensboro, N.C. Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

Dylan Cardwell returns to practice for Auburn ahead of SEC Tournament Published: Mar. 07, 2023, 3:41 p.m. By Tom Green | tgreen@al.com Auburn could have its rotation back to full strength when it opens play in the SEC Tournament on Thursday evening. Backup center Dylan Cardwell, who has been dealing with a right ankle injury, returned to practice this week ahead of Auburn’s matchup with 10th-seeded Arkansas in Nashville, Tenn., according to coach Bruce Pearl. Cardwell missed Auburn’s regular-season finale against then-No. 12 Tennessee on Saturday after injuring his ankle late in the Tigers’ overtime loss at Alabama last Wednesday. Read more Auburn basketball: Can Auburn improve its NCAA Tournament seeding in the SEC Tournament? Here’s the latest projections Wendell Green Jr., Johni Broome make coaches All-SEC team A look at Auburn’s SEC Tournament draw and path to a potential title Cardwell’s injury occurred with just more than two minutes left in the extra period of Auburn’s 90-85 loss to Alabama, when the Tide’s Mark Spears fell into Cardwell’s legs while both attempted to grab a rebound. Cardwell corralled the ball and passed it away before tumbling to the ground, where he remained down on the baseline under the Alabama basket holding his right ankle while officials had to stop play. Cardwell eventually limped off the court but did not return to the game. He then missed practice ahead of the regular-season finale and was sidelined for the Tigers’ 79-70 win against the Vols on Saturday. In his place, freshman Yohan Traore saw a return to the rotation, playing eight minutes off the bench. “Dylan practice today,” Pearl said Tuesday afternoon. “He wasn’t in there a lot, but he was in there enough to think he is possible.” The 6-foot-11, 256-pound Cardwell has averaged 3.7 points, four rebounds, 1.4 blocks and 1.1 assists per game in 29 appearances this season, including one start. He’s shooting 73.9 percent from the field, including a 75 percent clip on 2-point attempts while playing 13.7 minutes per game for Auburn, which earned the No. 7 seed in the SEC Tournament. Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.