I wrote a story for today's newspaper looking forward to what the Auburn basketball team has coming back in 2010-11. Here's how it starts:

AUBURN, Ala. — Whoever becomes Auburn’s new basketball coach will get the benefit of playing in a new $92.5 million arena, but with a roster lacking experience across the board he will face a difficult task competing immediately.

Auburn, which fired sixth-year coach Jeff Lebo last Friday after a 15-17 season, will be among the youngest teams in the conference next season.

The Tigers lose five seniors — DeWayne Reed, Lucas Hargrove, Tay Waller, Brendon Knox and Johnnie Lett — who accounted for 62 percent of the team’s minutes, 69 percent of its scoring and 61 percent of its rebounding. That group includes Auburn’s top three scorers and rebounders, its top two assist men and two of its three most prolific 3-point shooters.

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Here's a look at what's coming back for the Tigers next season and they're production in the major categories. It ain't pretty:

MINUTES

• Frankie Sullivan: 31.1 mpg
• Earnest Ross: 13.4 mpg
• Andre Malone: 10.7 mpg
• Kenny Gabriel: 7.8 mpg
• Josh Wallace: 7.5 mpg

POINTS

• Sullivan: 12.7 ppg
• Ross: 2.8 ppg
• Gabriel: 2.8 ppg
• Malone: 2.7 ppg
• Ty Armstrong: 2.0 ppg

REBOUNDS

• Sullivan: 3.7 rpg
• Ross: 3.0 rpg
• Malone: 1.9 rpg
• Armstrong: 1.6 rpg
• Rob Chubb: 1.6 rpg

ASSISTS

• Sullivan: 62
• Ross: 24
• Wallace: 24
• Tony Neysmith: 10
• Malone: 6

3-POINTERS

• Sullivan: 63 (37 percent)
• Ross: 15 (22 percent)
• Malone: 12 (21 percent)
• Gabriel: 11 (31 percent)
• Larry Williams: 5 (33 percent)