What's left to add to Auburn basketball's roster? Steven Pearl sheds light
What's left for Auburn basketball to add to its 2026-27 roster? Here's what head coach Steven Pearl said.
The transfer portal's closed, and Auburn basketball 's done plenty to put its roster for the 2026-27 campaign together. But there's still some work to do. The Tigers are "probably one away from being done" with their offseason roster moves, head coach Steven Pearl said Tuesday, April 28, at an Auburn AMBUSH event in Montgomery.
"We're just kind of looking to see what piece fits," he said. "I would say somebody that could probably combo at the 2 (shooting guard) and the 3 (small forward) is what we're probably looking at to kind of finish out the roster. " To this point, Auburn's signed five transfers, largely shoring up its front court.
Four of those five are either forwards or centers, with Santa Clara's Bukky Oboye and Creighton's Owen Freeman highlighting some newfound size. "Feel really good about the depth that we have at the rest of those positions," Pearl said. "In a good place right now.
Credit to the staff for getting us ahead of the game and being in a spot to where we can feel good about where we're at. " With the retentions of Tahaad Pettiford, Kevin Overton and Simon Walker, the pieces Auburn is looking for in its back court are primarily depth pieces. Its one addition in that aspect this point, Vanderbilt transfer George Kimble III, highlights that.