The 1977–78 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represented

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in the 1977–78 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Bob Davis, who was in his fifth season at Auburn. The team played their home games at Memorial Coliseum in

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. They finished the season 13–14, 8–10 in SEC play. After the season, Davis retired from coaching and

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from

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was hired as his replacement. However, Lambert died in a hotel fire on June 6, 1978 before ever coaching a game for the Tigers.

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