Well, we've gone from a lot happening here at Auburn to virtually nothing this week, but take heart Tigers fans: it's only about two months until the SEC media days in July.

In the interim, let's recap some of what happened over the weekend:

TIGERS WIN IRON BOWL OF BASEBALL ...

But they still aren't playing in this week's SEC tournament, which makes them long shots to play in the NCAA tournament, it would seem. First, the series against Alabama. For the first time that I can remember, Auburn pitched like crazy. Jon Luke Jacobs had a career game and Sean Ray has been unhittable of late (19 straight scoreless innings). Of course, Alabama, the SEC's best hitting team was bound to bust out, and it did with 16 hits and 13 runs in the series finale, but the Tigers still took two of three from their in-state rival, making John Pawlowski 3-1 against the Tide this season. For a team looking for something to build on, that's definitely a start. As for the NCAA tournament, Auburn's got some hoping and waiting to do. The field of 64 is not released until a week from now, after the conference tournaments are played. The Tigers (31-25, 11-19 SEC) have to hope for the favorites to do well in the conference tournaments and for no Cinderellas to emerge. Once you get past the poor SEC record, Auburn's peripheral numbers aren't terrible. The Tigers have an RPI of 28 according to WarrenNolan.com and a strength of schedule that ranks 7th nationally (It should also be noted that the SEC has the top RPI of any conference in the country). The last time they made the NCAAs, they had an RPI of 16 and a strength of schedule that was No. 1. I'm not nearly as versed in the baseball selection process as I am in basketball, but it looks like Auburn at least has a shot.

SOFTBALL'S SEASON ENDS

The Tigers won in the opening round of an NCAA Regional for the first time, blanking Iowa 1-0 behind Anna Thompson's three-hitter. But Auburn lost to top-seeded Georgia Tech and Boston University to watch its season come to an end. The team finished 30-29 this season, qualifying for the postseason for the second straight season and the fifth time in the last six years. Auburn has six postseason appearances all-time.

TAYLOR HEADING TO JUNIOR COLLEGE

As usual, our good friends at AuburnSports.com are all over the academic situations of some of the football team's signees. Last weekend, it reported that Reggie Taylor, a 5-foot-10, 170-pound cornerback from Fort Valley, Ga., will attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston, Miss., after failing to qualify. Taylor is a four-star recruit who was ranked by Rivals as the No. 34 cornerback in the 2009 class. So far this spring, defensive lineman Nick Fairley and wide receiver DeAngelo Benton were approved by the NCAA Clearinghouse. Everybody's still waiting word on quarterback Tyrik Rollison.

AUBURN HAS THREE 3-STAR RECRUITS SO FAR
MEN'S, WOMEN'S TRACK TEAMS COMPETE AT SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Auburn finished fifth overall on both the men's and women's sides of the SEC Track & Field Championships in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday. It was the first time since 2003 that both teams finished in the top five. Raevan Harris won the high jump for her third career SEC title and Danielle Gilcrhist won the 400-meter hurdles for her first SEC title. The women's 4x100-meter relay team also took first place. That group included Shauquela Williams, Joanna Atkins, Cache Armbrister and CeCe Williams. There were a lot of names that placed in other events as well. Here's the university release if you're interested.

CHIZIK TO SPEAK AT COLUMBUS/PHENIX CITY AUBURN CLUB

Gene Chizik will speak at the Columbus/Phenix City Auburn Club this Wednesday at Green Island Country Club at 6:30 p.m. Here's the link, although it's a members-only event.