The 2021 NCAA men's basketball tournament will not feature the Auburn Tigers.
As Justin Ferguson of the Auburn Observer shared, Auburn self-imposed a postseason ban for the bribery case involving former assistant coach Chuck Person.
"This was a difficult decision but the right decision," head coach Bruce Pearl said. "I hate it for our current players. They lost the opportunity for the postseason last year because of COVID, and now they will miss the postseason again. It's a two-year postseason penalty for them. However, we need to take this penalty now to put it behind us.