The 2024-25 season did not end the way Johni Broome and the Auburn Tigers wanted with a 79-73 loss to Florida in the Final Four. Broome did collect another award on Saturday before the game. He was rewarded with the Karl Malone Award that goes to the nation's top power forward.

SAN ANTONIO — Auburn’s Johni Broome, the SEC Player of the Year and National Player of the Year contender, is not expecting to be limited at all by his injured right elbow. Broome practiced Thursday at the Alamodome for the first time since suffering the injury in Sunday’s Elite Eight and reported no issues.

Auburn senior Johni Broome was announced as the recipient of the Karl Malone Award, which is given to the top power forward in the country, on Saturday. Broome is the first member of the Tigers to earn the honor. The 22-year-old has averaged 18.7 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game in 35 appearances this season.