What Auburn’s basketball can expect in the southern region of the NCAA tournament

Auburn’s basketball locked General seed number 1 in the NCAA tournament during Sunday team.

The Tigers are in the southern region, coinciding with the state of Alabama or St. Francis (PA) in their first round game on Thursday. The first four games will be played on Tuesday in Trutv.

With two rivals of the conference and the team that eliminated Auburn last year also in the southern region, here is a complete breakdown of what to know before the tournament.

Favorites from the region

In addition to the Tigers, their various teams that have the ability to win the final of the region in Atlanta during the Eight Eight round.

No. 3 Semil Iowa State fell to Auburn from a game winning basket during the invitational maui. After finishing the regular 29-4, the cyclones will develop their tournament without starting the Keshon Gilbert guard.

Despite the end of the regular season 8-7 while committing ball losses in a fifth of its possessions, the Curtis Jones guard has kept competitive cyclones with an average of 17.1 points and 4.3 rebounds.

If Iowa State advances beyond No. 14 Lipscomb, they play with the winner of No. 5 ole Miss and the number 11 of San Diego in the second round.

The sown No. 8 Louisville has an advantage in its native state in the RUPP Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. The cardinals fell short in the ACC to Duke championship. However, the Chucky Hepburn guard was appointed defensive player of the year of ACC.

Louisville will coincide with sown No. 9 Creighton and a victory will see them facing the winner of the confrontation of Auburn’s first round.

Michigan State is the 2 seeds in this region after an end of 27-6 in the regular season. The Spartans play with the sown No. 15 Bryant in the first round. But a second round against New Mexico or Marquette has experts that surround it as a possible watch.

Region Sleepers

After placing 14 record schools in the NCAA tournament, it will be a bad service to consider any SEC school as a sleeping.

Texas A&M and Ole Miss being in this region create problems for Auburn in more than one sense. Another confrontation with the rebels will be the fourth time this year, and the Aggies defeated the Tigers in their last game of the regular conference season.

Another familiar face for Auburn will be the sown No. 13 Yale that defeated the Tigers in the NCAA tournament last year. Yale will prove his luck against the SEC teams in the tournament that coincides with Texas A&M in the first round.

No. 5 Michigan enters the tournament winning the Big 10 title under the chief coach of the first year, Dusty May. The Wolverines also have the former Auburn guard, Tre Donaldson, in his loaded list directed by the selections of the entire second team, Vladislav Goldin and Danny Wolf.

Games to see on the final road Four de Auburn

Assuming that Auburn exceeds the first round, the second round confrontation will be his first true postseason test.

Louisville and Creighton are teams that occupy an outstanding place in defensive efficiency, which makes it a physical confrontation against the Tigers.

Survive that round will see Auburn play the winner of Texas A&M, Yale, Michigan and UC San Diego. A possibility of victory will establish a Maui invitation rematch with the state of Iowa in the Eight Eight.

Auburn’s 64 confrontations round against the state of Alabama or San Francis

Jerry Humphrey III covers Auburn sports to Al.com. You can follow it in X in @Jerryhump3 Or send an email to [email protected].