Auburn’s dancing down South.
The Auburn men’s basketball team has been positioned as a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, and the Tigers will play 15-seeded Jacksonville State on Friday in Greenville, S.C.
“It won’t be easy to win two,” Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl said shortly after it was made official, “but obviously we’re excited.”People are also reading… Auburn could have a strong presence there. Auburn will stay relatively close to the Plains, as Greenville is shorter than a four-hour drive from Auburn. It’ll be an even shorter drive for the Auburn expatriates in the Atlanta area.
“I’m just grateful that we get this opportunity,” Jasper said. “I was blessed to come here and get a chance to make March Madness and get to have a chance to make a run to the championship.” Jacksonville State beat Kennesaw State in the first round of the ASUN Tournament then lost to Jacksonville in tournament semifinals.Just four minutes into the famously arduous selection show journey saw the Crimson Tide’s name flip as the No. 6 seed but that speed comes with a wait. If the Alabama players cheered when seeing its name on CBS, the coaches groaned.
Either way, they’ll get a team with a marquee win similar to Alabama’s over No. 1 overall seed Gonzaga. Notre Dame took down No. 5 Kentucky while Rutgers famously beat then-No. 1 Purdue with a buzzer beater in December. The Scarlet Knights have a 6-6 mark in Quad 1 games while the Irish went 2-8 with its only other prime win coming over a Miami team Alabama blitzed, 96-64.
Just a year ago, this Alabama program was the darling of March with a No. 2 seed after sweeping the SEC championships. It was upset in the Sweet 16 by a UCLA team that Nate Oats said is a model for how to navigate what looks like a hopeless situation.
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