Talk:Alabama–Auburn men's basketball rivalry

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Name of rivalry dispute[edit]

As some editors have brought up, the name of this rivalry is not officially the "Iron Bowl of Basketball". This is just a nickname given by the fans/media. I'm of the opinion that the name of the page should follow other rivalry standards and should be "Alabama-Auburn Basketball Rivalry". AuburnShuffle (talk) 16:01, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Notable games[edit]

I think the "Notable games" section needs a little cleanup. I'm having a hard time figuring out why some of these games are particularly notable, especially the more recent ones. These are the games that I believe ought to stay:

March 1, 1924 - Alabama defeats Auburn at the Southern Conference Tournament in Atlanta 40-19 in their first ever meeting.
January 5, 1955 - In the first ever matchup in which either team was ranked, #16 Alabama defeats #20 Auburn 99-78.
February 27, 1960 - #13 Auburn clinches its first ever SEC championship with a dramatic 63-61 victory over Alabama by a last second lay up in overtime.
February 14, 1970 - Auburn's John Mengelt scores a school-record 60 points and hits 23-of-44 field goals in the Tigers' 121-78 blow-out over Alabama.
March 8, 1975 - Auburn upsets #7 Alabama 76-70, snapping the Tide's 7 game win streak in the series.
January 3, 1977 - #3 Alabama survives on the road with a 74-71 victory over #20 Auburn.
January 5, 1983 - Led by Charles Barkley, Auburn upsets #5 Alabama 91-80.
March 9, 1985 - Auburn becomes the first team in SEC history to win four tournament games in four days as Auburn defeats Alabama in the SEC Championship Game 53-49 in overtime.
January 18, 1998 - Auburn hands Alabama their worst loss in school history with a 94-40 thrashing at Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum.
February 21, 2001 - With 4.4 seconds left in overtime, Reggie Sharp weaves through traffic and banks in a 36-foot jumper to give Auburn a 72-69 upset of #15 Alabama.
January 18, 2003 - Auburn upsets #9 Alabama 77-68, extending Auburn's home court winning streak to 7, a school series record.

I tried to include upsets and games where both teams were ranked, or other historically significant things like the biggest win or John Mengelt's 60 point performance... This leaves a lot more games that Auburn won than Alabama, though. Does anyone else have any suggestions? AuburnShuffle (talk) 03:34, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Since this section is getting some attention again, I'm of the opinion that we keep it limited to this list, plus the 2018 SEC Tournament game and the January 2020 game. If no one disagrees by the end of the weekend, I'll make the change to keep people happy.AuburnShuffle (talk) 21:45, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]