Lane Kiffin trolls Auburn basketball after upset loss in NCAA Tournament

Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin just kicked Auburn while it was down. Only minutes after Auburn fell in stunning 78-76 fashion to No. 13 seed Yale in the NCAA Tournament, Kiffin quoted Auburn’s pregame post with a sarcastic comment.

“Good luck guys,” Kiffin wrote on X.

Ouch. It was a heartbreaker for Auburn, which led Yale by 10 points at one point in the second half. Nonetheless, the Bulldogs refused to go away. Propelled forward by a 15-4 run, Yale took a 73-72 lead with just over a minute to go in the game.

A shot clock violation gave Auburn the ball back with 55 seconds to play, and a John Poulakidas foul with 46 seconds left sent the Tigers to the free throw line. However, Denver Jones missed the first half of the one-and-one, and Danny Wolf got two foul shots after a quick foul and made it a 75-72 lead.

Johni Broome made two free throws after Wolf fouled out, keeping Auburn in striking distance. Yale responded in kind to make it a 77-74 game, but Tre Donaldson missed a layup with 20 seconds left, meaning Auburn had to foul.

Yassine Gharram missed the second free throw, and K.D. Johnson made the layup on the other end with a chance at a three-point play. He also missed the free throw, but a wild sequence – including a jump ball – gave Auburn the ball back.

The ensuing free throws didn’t fall, and Yale held on for the 78-76 victory. Amid that crazy few minutes, especially the final possession when Donaldson got wide open, Yale coach James Jones had a simple message.

Remember, it was just five days ago Yale won the Ivy League at the buzzer in a thriller against Brown.

“Just stay composed,” he said. “It’s just one of those things, you’ve just got to do what you’ve been trained to do. And we were fortunate enough to get it done.”

Lane Kiffin was happy to add a few postgame comments of his own. Ole Miss football has won its last two matchups against Auburn, most recently defeating the Tigers 28-21 this past season.

Auburn and Ole Miss are not scheduled to face each other on the gridiron in the upcoming season. Thus, the Tigers will have to wait before receiving a chance to rain on Kiffin’s parade. Yet, the Auburn faithful won’t hesitate to wage war against Kiffin on social media for the time being.