Three of the top four seeds in the 2022 SEC tournament booked their tickets to the semifinal round with wins on Friday.
The Arkansas Razorbacks, Tennessee Volunteers and Kentucky Wildcats took down lower-seed foes, but the Auburn Tigers did not make it out of the quarterfinal round.
Auburn fell to the eighth-seeded Texas A&M Aggies, who boosted their NCAA men's basketball tournament hopes with their second victory in Tampa.
Texas A&M can solidify its spot in the field of 68 with a win over Arkansas in Saturday's semifinals, but winning will be tough task since the Razorbacks are one of the hottest teams in college basketball.