NO. 5 AUBURN VS. NO. 12 NEW MEXICO STATE
At Vivint Smart Home Arena.
TV: TNT.
Records: Auburn 26-9 (11-7 SEC); NMSU 30-4 (15-1 WAC).
Series history: First meeting.
About the Tigers: Auburn has won eight straight games to earn a No. 5 in the Midwest Region. … The Tigers’ top scorers are guards Jared Harper (15.2) and Bryce Brown (15.8). … Auburn had gone 14 years without an NCAA Tournament appearance before last March, when the Tigers beat College of Charleston and lost to Clemson… Former Jazz forward Chris Morris’ 36-point performance in 1988 is an Auburn record for an NCAA game.