Mizzou Moves To The SEC: Auburn's Other Sports Are Pretty Strong

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Tuesday: The Round Mound And Short Successes
Tuesday: The Closers Talk Auburn, Part 1
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Welcome to another edition of getting to know your All-Sports Overlords! Today, we line up the Auburn Tigers under the bulletted microscope to see where they shine and perhaps where they are lackluster. As always, we will review the last three years of records for each of the sports which Mizzou will be bringing to the SEC starting in July. And now, thanks to some feedback, I have also included Mizzou's finish right along side for comparison purposes. Yes yes, I know...you are more than welcome...I do this all for you. Mizzou's information will appear first (in bold and italics and in parenthesis)

Let's get to it, starting with the fall sports (season listed is year in which the sport completed so fall sports will be a calendar year behind):

Overall Learfield Cup Standings: 2009 (49th) - 26th, 2010 (41st) - 31st, 2011 (54th) - 37th (as of May 31st release)

Women's Soccer:

• 2009 (13-6-3/7-1-2, B12 Regular Season Champs (1st) - 10-9-3 overall, 6-5 in SEC, lost in 1st round of NCAA Tournament
• 2010 (7-10-2/5-5) - 11-8-2 overall, 5-4-2 in SEC (SEC West Champs if you can believe it), lost in 1st round of NCAA Tournament
• 2011 (12-8-1/3-5-0) - 15-7-2 overall, 5-5-1 in SEC, SEC Tournament Champions (1st title), lost in 2nd round of NCAA Tournament

Women's Cross Country:

• 2009 (7th in B12, 7th in NCAA Midwest Regional) - 7th in SEC, 6th in NCAA Regional
• 2010 (11th in B12, 12th in NCAA Midwest Regional) - 7th in SEC
• 2011 (4th in B12, 7th in NCAA Midwest Regional) - 10th in SEC

Men's Cross Country:

• 2009 (T-8th in B12, 11th in NCAA Midwest Regional) - 3rd in SEC, 3rd in NCAA Regoinal, 25th at NCAA Championships
• 2010 (11th in B12, 18th in NCAA Midwest Regional) - 10th in SEC
• 2011 (6th in B12, 7th in NCAA Midwest Regional) - 8th in SEC, 4th in NCAA Regional

Women's Volleyball:

• 2009 (18-14 overall, 9-11 in B12) - 16-15 overall, 8-12 in SEC
• 2010 (22-11 overall, 12-8 in B12, eliminated in NCAA Sweet 16) - 21-13 overall, 11-9 in SEC, eliminated in 2nd round of NCAA Tournament
• 2011 (21-13 overall, 7-9 in B12, eliminated in NCAA 1st round) - 11-19 overall, 5-14 in SEC

Women's Indoor Track:

• 2010 (10th in B12) - 6th in SEC, 6th in NCAA Championships
• 2011 (12th in B12) - 4th in SEC, t-57th in NCAA Championships
• 2012 (10th in B12) - 6th in SEC, 48th in NCAA Championships

Men's Indoor Track:

• 2010 (9th in B12, 25th in NCAA Championships) - 6th in SEC, t-12th in NCAA Championships
• 2011 (9th in B12, t-26th in NCAA Championships) - 6th in SEC, 20th in NCAA Championships
• 2012 (8th in B12, t-61st in NCAA Championships) - 5th in SEC, 35th in NCAA Championships

Women's Gymnastics:

• 2010 (3rd in B12, 12th in NCAA Championships) - 5th in SEC, 6th in NCAA Regionals
• 2011 (4th in B12, 6th in NCAA Regional Championships) - 6th in SEC, 4th in NCAA Regoinals
• 2012 (t-2nd in B12, 4th in NCAA Regional Championships) - 7th in SEC, 4th in NCAA Regionals

Women's Basketball:

• 2010 (12-18 overall, 2-14 in B12) - 14-15 overall, 5-11 in SEC
• 2011 (13-18 overall, 5-11 in B12) - 16-16 overall, 8-8 in SEC, lost in 2nd round of WNIT
• 2012 (13-18 overall, 2-14 in B12) - 13-17 overall, 5-11 in SEC (coaching change made)

Women's Swimming and Diving:

• 2010 (3rd in B12, t-42nd in NCAA Championships) - 3rd in SEC, 8th in NCAA Championships
• 2011 (3rd in B12, 23rd in NCAA Championships) - 3rd in SEC, 8th in NCAA Championships
• 2012 (3rd in B12, 14th in NCAA Championships)- 5th in SEC, 7th in NCAA Championships

Men's Swimming and Diving:

• 2010 (3rd in B12, 27th in NCAA Championships) - SEC Champions, 6th in NCAA Championships
• 2011 (3rd in B12, 22nd in NCAA Championships) - SEC Champions, 6th in NCAA Championships
• 2012 (3rd in B12, 19th in NCAA Championships) - SEC Champions (15th overall, 13th IN A ROW), 6th in NCAA Championships (8 previous titles just FYI)

Women's Outdoor Track:

• 2010 (10th in B12) - 4th in SEC, 12th in NCAA Championships
• 2011 (11th in B12) - 6th in SEC, t-14th in NCAA Championships
• 2012 (7th, t-40th in NCAA Championships) - 6th in SEC, t-24th in NCAA Championships

Men's Outdoor Track:

• 2010 (10th in B12, t-21st in NCAA Championships) - 4th in SEC, t-37th in NCAA Championships
• 2011 (9th in B12, t-41st in NCAA Championships) - 5th in SEC
• 2012 (10th, t-56th in NCAA Championships) - 7th in SEC, 6th in NCAA Championships

Women's Tennis:

• 2010 (6-17 overall, 1-10 in B12) - 9-11 overall, 3-8 in SEC (ranked #52 at last match)
• 2011 (11-9 overall, 4-6 in B12) - 5-18 overall, 1-10 in SEC
• 2012 (11-12 overall, 2-7 in B12, ranked #47 at last match) - 8-13 overall, 3-7 in SEC (ranked #63 at last match)

Women's Golf:

• 2010 (7th in B12) - 5th in SEC, 11th in NCAA Championships
• 2011 (3rd in B12) - SEC Champions, 13th in NCAA Regional Championships
• 2012 (9th in B12) - SEC Champions (9th title), 12th in NCAA Regional Championships (yes, the last two years are correct. The team did NOT win the SEC in 2010, but advanced to the NCAA Championships. In the last two years, they won the SEC, but did not get out of the Regional Round. Strange)

Men's Golf:

• 2010 (11th in B12, 10th in NCAA Regionals) - 7th in SEC, 9th at NCAA Regional Championships
• 2011 (5th in B12, 6th in NCAA Regionals) - 7th in SEC, 8th at NCAA Regional Championships
• 2012 (8th in B12) - 2nd in SEC, t-15th at NCAA Championships

Softball:

• 2010 (51-13 overall, 11-7 in B12, eliminated in WCWS) - 31-26 overall, 11-17 in SEC, eliminated in NCAA Regionals
• 2011 (53-10 overall, 13-2 in B12, B12 Regular Season Champions (1st), eliminated in WCWS) - 40-19 overall, 15-13 in SEC, eliminated in NCAA Regionals
• 2012 (47-14 overall, 17-7 in B12, eliminated in NCAA Super Regionals) - 33-23 overall, 12-16 in SEC, eliminated in NCAA Regionals

Baseball:

• 2010 (29-26 overall, 10-16 in B12) - 43-21 overall, 20-10 in SEC (West Division Champs, first SEC Tourney since 2003), eliminated in NCAA Regionals (first since 2005)
• 2011 (27-32 overall, 12-15 in B12) - 29-29 overall, 14-16 in SEC
• 2012 (32-28 overall, 9-14 in B12, B12 Tournament Champions (first), eliminated in NCAA Regionals) - 31-28 overall, 12-17 in SEC

Summary:

I recall Auburn's men being a top program in the pool, and this proved that out, at least from a conference standpoint. They may be a bit beyond their national heights, but it is tough to argue with consistent, top-10 finishes, and clearly the same goes for their women's team. Elsewhere, I suppose I was a little surprised to see Auburn lagging a little behind where I thought they might be. They have had some good squads in some sports, but have also had quick drops (baseball and X-country pop up a bit). But as it still pertains to baseball, it is awesome that THIS exists on their website.

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