Brief thoughts and grades: No. 4 Auburn over Memphis

What a phenomenal three days in Maui for Auburn basketball. Two more Top-15 wins, another over a Top-30 team, and a Maui Invitational title. Auburn should be ranked No. 1 come next Monday. Johni Broome should be atop every single national player of the year list entering December. And this team should head into Cameron Indoor Stadium next Wednesday with supreme confidence that a win is attainable. Bruce Pearl, when talking about Broome and Dylan Cardwell, dove into some amazing stuff in terms of player chemistry and attitudes around his team. "Anyways, I’m just happy for these guys because these guys are loving playing together. They were never on the floor together very much in the last couple years, so it’s just incredible. They’ve got great chemistry. They trust each other. They listen to each other. As well, I believe, we’ve got the best front line in college basketball," Pearl said. Then he continued to preach.