In the world of professional golf they call Saturday “moving day” since that’s the day you often move yourself into or out of contention for Sunday’s final round.
If you paid even somewhat close attention to Saturday’s Southeastern Conference men’s basketball scores you could argue that the first weekend of February also signaled a moving day of sorts in more clearly separating the contenders from the pretenders in what is shaping up to be the tightest, wackiest race the league ever may have seen.
Well, at least the tightest, wackiest race for second, since Auburn more and more looks like the team to beat after being picked to finish 11th by the media in the preseason.
Instead, the Tigers are now 9-1 in the conference, are on a five-game win streak and have won 19 of their last 20 to rise to No. 8 in the Associated Press rankings.
Yet it wasn’t just Auburn’s 93-81 win over Vanderbilt on Saturday that should have mightily impressed anyone closely studying the scores, though the fact the Tigers hit a season-high 17 3-pointers should greatly impress everyone.