NCAA Tournament March Madness

#34 Auburn

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Projected seed: 11

Auburn’s résumé presents the kind of mixed message that lands a team in the middle of the bracket because the Tigers have signature moments that the committee loves alongside glaring setbacks that are hard to ignore. The neutral-site victory over Oregon and rugged road wins at Florida and Mississippi sit next to big home triumphs over Texas and Arkansas and a tight win over Kentucky, so the top of the résumé shows the program can beat quality opposition. That upside is offset by ugly neutral losses to Michigan and Purdue and a one-sided defeat at Arizona, plus inconsistent results in league play and several road defeats that raise questions about the defense in pressure spots. With upcoming home dates against Mississippi and LSU and a road trip to Oklahoma before finishing at Alabama there are concrete opportunities to erase the worst results and cement a tournament bid, which is why the team currently projects where it does.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Bethune-Cookman234W95-90
11/6Merrimack166W95-57
11/11Wofford247W93-62
11/16(N)Houston6L73-72
11/19Jackson St337W112-66
11/24(N)Oregon106W84-73
11/25(N)Michigan1L102-72
11/26(N)St John's22W85-74
12/3NC State25W83-73
12/6@Arizona3L97-68
12/13(N)Chattanooga290W92-78
12/20(N)Purdue7L88-60
12/29Queens NC202W106-65
1/3@Georgia38L104-100
1/6Texas A&M37L90-88
1/10Arkansas17W95-73
1/14@Missouri52L84-74
1/17South Carolina92W71-67
1/20@Mississippi82W78-66
1/24@Florida5W76-67
1/28Texas32W88-82
1/31@Tennessee14L77-69
2/7Alabama20L96-92
2/10Vanderbilt13L84-76
2/14@Arkansas17L88-75
2/18@Mississippi St90L91-85
2/21Kentucky31W75-74
2/24@Oklahoma5856%
2/28Mississippi8282%
3/3LSU5374%
3/7@Alabama2027%