Saturday night, two teams took the court inside Auburn Arena and neither looked the part of its traditional role. Vanderbilt has historically been a terrific program. Auburn, well, ESPN and SEC Network crews love to show a graphic highlighting the limited success Auburn has had in basketball. Things are different in 2018, and it isn’t just that the Commodores are down.
Auburn isn’t just a feel good story of an NCAA bubble team coming from nowhere to play in the big dance. The Tigers are not only going to make the tournament, they have a very real chance to be a one seed.