No. 12 Auburn’s journey back to the Final Four will run through Los Angeles. The Tigers will be the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Gymnastics Los Angeles Regional, which will be hosted by UCLA and held from March 29 to April 1.
It was a rough start to the SEC slate for Auburn baseball, as the No. 18 Tigers suffered their first sweep of the season against No. 3 Arkansas in Fayetteville. Auburn was outscored 21-5, including one shutout.
UAB beats Morehead State to advance into the NIT quarterfinals against Vanderbilt.
UAB is looking to build off a dominating NIT first round win over Southern Miss.
With two of the four No. 1 seeds already falling victim to the upset, Alabama was able to avoid the upset and defeat No. 8 seed Maryland 73-50, putting themselves in the Sweet 16.
Fresh off of being named the SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year, senior Cassie Stevens did not skip a beat during Session I of Saturday’s SEC Championship meet. Stevens took home the all-around title for Session I with 9.9 or above in all four events, earning her seventh all-around score of 39.500 or above with a 39.650.
Auburn went ice cold from everywhere in the second half and is once again out of the NCAA Tournament in the second round, falling to the Cougars 81-64.
Auburn has already made the trip to Duluth for the SEC Championships, and as the Tigers prepare for their afternoon class with three of the top eight SEC teams, they will be without Suni Lee.
For the 11th time in 12 trips to the NCAA Tournament, Auburn basketball will be in the second round. The Tigers have not lost a first-round matchup since their first-ever appearance in the tournament, a one-point loss to Richmond in 1984. Auburn is moving on, and to right the wrongs of last season and make it to the second weekend, the team will have to make it through one of the best teams in the country, No. 1 Houston(32-3, 17-1 AAC).
UAB plays host to Morehead State in a NIT Round of 16 game on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Houston coach Kelvin Sampson just might call on former University of Alabama coach Wimp Sanderson for some help on Saturday.
What is expected to be essentially a home game for the Alabama basketball team in Saturday’s second round matchup in the NCAA Tournament against Maryland at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, could prove to have more Maryland “fans” than expected.
Houston is banged up but the Cougars found a way to win on Thursday.
“We've played a really tough schedule, and we lost to a lot of teams that were favored and were better than us,” said Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl. “ Even though we've lost some games, I was proud of them for competing. I want them to know that they're good enough.”
The No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, Alabama, took care of business in their first round matchup against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi by way of a 96-75 beating.
Maryland advances in the NCAA Tournament with a win over West Virginia.
Kai Spears and his father, the athletics director for Marshall University, have come out with statements of their own calling the New York Times' reporting "demonstrably false" and "100% inaccurate."
Former Cedar Grove (Georgia) High teammates Ricky Lee III and Everett Roussaw Jr. are early enrollees at UAB.
Morehead State advanced into the NIT Sweet 16 with an upset win over No. 1 seed Clemson.
Brent Dearmon's journey through college coaching brings him back to his home state for his first Division I head coaching job.
Auburn will be facing another team that has a size advantage.
No. 1 seeds Alabama and Houston, along with No. 9 seed Auburn, are the featured teams in Birmingham.
After being awarded the No. 1 overall seed Sunday evening, Alabama was still unsure of their opponent, having to await the winner of Tuesday’s play-in game between Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Southeast Missouri State.
Nova Southeastern hits 14 3-pointers to beat UAH and remain unbeaten.
KJ Buffen had 26 points and 12 rebounds in UAB's NIT first round win over Southern Miss.
Barkley said the two schools playing in-state was "great for Alabama" and added the two teams "should cheer for the other team."
Contracts for 11 members of the University of Alabama football staff, including coordinators Tommy Rees and Kevin Steele, were approved on Monday.