Last March, Auburn earned its first No. 1 overall seed in program history after a historic regular season that saw the Tigers bring home their third SEC regular-season title in six seasons.
While Steven Pearl's squad hasn't started as hot this season, that can be due to who they have played, with the two losses coming to then-No. 1 Houston and No. 3 Michigan. The No. 20 Tigers have quality wins over Oregon and No. 24 St. John's, and with matchups against NC State and No. 1 Purdue coming up, Auburn will have a shot at earning more.
On Tuesday, ESPN's Joe Lunardi released his first Bracketology of the season, with Auburn coming in as a No. 5 seed in the South Region, facing High Point in the first round in San Diego. Intriguing: a second-round matchup against Kansas, which the Tigers defeated in the same round in 2019 on their way to the Final Four, would be who Auburn would play if the tournament started today and both teams won.
Auburn returns to the court against NC State on Wednesday night in Neville Arena as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge.