Auburn Basketball: Jeff Lebo’s Departure Signals End of Program Neglience

Posted by Tiger Histalmos on March-12-2010 Add Comments

The Auburn Athletic Department pulled the trigger on Jeff Lebo today, firing him after six seasons on the plains. 

Lebo was 96-93 while on the plains.  He only had two winning seasons overall, and only one in the SEC.  Auburn went to the NIT in the 2008-09 season. 

After Lebo took over for Cliff Ellis in 2004, many had wondered if Auburn would return to the NCAA tournament. 

Lebo tried to use his guard play as a launchpad into the NCAA, but seemingly always fell short. 

The bottom line is that he simply didn't win. 

Auburn is basically at the same point they were when Lebo was hired.  Auburn has hardly any depth as four seniors played their final game last night i...

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