After thrashing Tennessee 84-64 to win the SEC Tournament Championship today, Auburn didn’t have to wait long to find out where they’d be heading later this week to begin the NCAA Tournament.
Although, it seems like the Tigers’ dominating win didn’t matter at all.
Auburn earned the 5-seed in the Midwest Region, where they’ll take on 12-seed New Mexico State in the first round game in Salt Lake City on Thursday. Should Auburn get through the Aggies, 4-seed Kansas will likely wait in the second round on Saturday.
You would think that Auburn’s 20-point win over a team that many had pegged as a 1-seed today would have made some sort of an impact on the selection committee’s placement, but it wasn’t so.