AU named No. 1 seed in NCAA basketball tourney
CONTRIBUTED BY AU ATHLETICS
AUBURN — The Auburn men’s basketball team earned a historic No. 1 overall seed in the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship as the field of 68 was announced March 16.
The SEC regular-season champion Tigers (28-5) received one of a league-record 14 bids and will make their 14th all-time tournament appearance.
Auburn is the top seed in the South Region and will play in Atlanta against Alabama State on March 20. The game is scheduled to tip off at 1:50 p.m. on CBS.
The Tigers are 19-13 (.596) all-time in NCAA Tournament games and 7-5 under head coach Bruce Pearl.
On March 18, SEC Player of the Year Johni Broome was one of five players in the nation honored on the Associated Press All-America First Team. Last week, Broome earned National College Player of the Year and All-America First Team honors from The Sporting News, and he is the second player in Auburn history to repeat as an All-American in back-to-back seasons next to Chuck person in 1984-85 and 1985-86.