Auburn remains No. 1 overall seed despite back-to-back losses to close season

By ADAM ZAGORIA

Auburn remains the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament despite back-to-back losses to close the regular season, per ESPN’s Joe Lunardi.

The No. 1 Tigers fell to No. 7 Alabama, 93-91 in overtime on Saturday, despite 34 points from Player of the Year candidate Johni Broome. The Tigers (27-4, 15-3 SEC) became the third AP No. 1 to lose their final two regular-season games of the year.

Lunardi has Auburn, Duke, Houston and Florida as his No. 1 seeds, with Alabama the top No. 2 seed along with Michigan State, Tennessee and Texas Tech.

Four of the top eight are from the SEC.

Updated Bracket s per @ESPNLunardi pic.twitter.com/GHLAMOLef7

— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) March 8, 2025

Meantime, Lunardi also has North Carolina out of the Field of 68 after their 82-69 loss to Cooper Flagg and Duke on Saturday. The Tar Heels are 1-7 vs. ranked opponents.

At least “they tried hard” lol #UNC vs #DUKE 🔵😈 pic.twitter.com/8mLmeLMkl0

— Davey Hudson (@Davey_Hudson) March 9, 2025

Selection Sunday is March 16.

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