- The 24-year-old forward followed up with another tweet minutes later
- The Auburn Tigers will face No. 5 seed San Diego State in Sunday’s second round
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Auburn’s Chad Baker-Mazara blasted officials midway through Friday’s shock loss to Yale, tweeting from the team’s locker room ‘yall lame’ after his ejection and before the Bulldogs’ 78-76 shock upset.
The 24-year-old forward picked up a flagrant 2 foul just three minutes into the first round after he elbowed Yale’s August Mahomes in the face, resulting in an automatic ejection.
After getting his marching orders, Baker-Mazara shared in a since-deleted post on X from somewhere inside the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Washington, presumably the team’s locker room: ‘Lmao yall lame,’ adding three laughing emojis at the end.
He then followed up with another tweet a few minutes later, writing: ‘I believe my boys they got em!!’
Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl expressed his displeasure with the referees’ decision on Chad-Baker’s early foul in an on-field interview during the first half. He said: ‘What he did was wrong… I thought it should have been an obvious 1.’
Auburn’s Chad Baker-Mazara was ejected just three minutes into Friday’s first round
Auburn Tigers head coach Bruce Pearl was unhappy with the refereeing team’s first half calls
Auburn Chad Baker-Mazara was ejected just three minutes into Friday’s game at Washington
Yale players celebrating after the game clock expired, pulling off a shocking victory against Auburn
Pearl then further pointed out: ‘Taking him out of the game after a full season’s work is something that will obviously upset us. He is one of our very best players.
‘And it was a retaliation. It was because he was hit in the throat on a play before. He should not have retaliated.’
Mahoney ended up scoring 14 points after taking Baker-Mazara’s elbow to the face. Danny Wolf had 13 for the Bulldogs (23-9), who overcame a 10-point second-half deficit to improve to 2-7 all-time in NCAA tournament play. .
Johni Broome recorded 24 points and 13 rebounds for the Tigers (27-8). Denver Jones added 17 points and Jaylin Williams had 13 for Auburn.
Upstart Yale will face No. 5 seed San Diego State in Sunday’s second round.
