Auburn is the No. 1 seed overall seed and is headed to the South Region of the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers spent eight weeks at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 before losing three of its past four games, including an SEC tourney semifinal to Tennessee.

Auburn is the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, with Duke, Houston and Florida joining the Tigers on the No. 1 line in the March Madness brackets released Sunday. The NCAA selection committee favored the regular-season champs of the record-setting Southeastern Conference despite three losses in their last four games,

Auburn basketball is the top team in this year's NCAA Tournament, but there are a few teams on its side of the bracket who reek of upset potential.

Tennessee basketball took control against Auburn with a monster second-half run to advance to the SEC Tournament title game.

Tennessee shuts down Auburn on the final possession to secure the upset of the top-seeded Tigers to advance to their 14th SEC title game.