Big holes to fill as No. 15 Auburn opens vs. George Mason

No. 15 Auburn opens its 2022-2023 basketball campaign at home against George Mason with aspirations of defending last year's SEC regular season title and making a return trip to the NCAA Tournament.

But if Bruce Pearl's team wants to achieve those two goals, veteran guards K.D. Johnson and Wendell Green Jr. are his crutches early in the year while the Tigers' coaching staff figures out how to replace the production of fi