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Sunday, March 8, 2009

Katz: Auburn a curious case

It seems the Auburn men's basketball team at least has people talking. Here's the latest from ESPN's Andy Katz (a fellow Wisconsin alum, so he must be good):
Say hello to Auburn's candidacy as an at-large team and a threat to win the SEC tournament. Auburn beat LSU on Saturday to improve to 21-10 overall, 10-6 in the SEC, holding LSU to a season-low 53 points. Auburn has won eight of nine games (six of them by double digits), and is also the only SEC team with wins over both Tennessee and LSU. The negative on the Tigers is their best non-conference win is at Virginia by two. If the committee wants to slice the Tigers apart, they'll find they were an SEC team only, and the question will be: Is that enough?
The Tigers certainly are a unique case. I'm trying to go back and see what kind of precedent there is for not letting a 10-win team from a major conference into the tournament. We'll see what turns up.

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