ESPN’s Joe Lunardi sees Auburn basketball as ‘runaway’ No. 1 overall NCAA Tournament seed

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AUBURN — Ahead of postseason play, one of the most distinguished bracketologist in college basketball took to X, the social media platform formerly as Twitter, on Friday to explain by Auburn basketball is the “runaway” favorite for this No. 1 overall seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament.

Men’s Bracketology: 2025 NCAA Tournament https://t.co/146SOUuyXo. 🏀🏀 Auburn will enter Champ Week as the runaway No. 1 NCAA tournament seed. At 27-3, against the nation’s top-ranked schedule, the Tigers are 24 games above .500.
This is a staggering accomplishment, especially…

— Joe Lunardi (@ESPNLunardi) March 7, 2025

“At 27-3, against the nation’s top-ranked schedule, the Tigers are 24 games above .500,” ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi posted. “This is a staggering accomplishment, especially when you consider 60% of their games have come against Q1 competition. They’re 15-3 in those games, 6-2 on the road. Their only losses are against teams ranked Nos. 1, 4 and 20 in the NET.”

This is all in the spite of the fact that, ahead of its rematch with No. 7 Alabama on Saturday (1:30 p.m. CT, ESPN), Auburn is looking for a bounce-back victory after losing to No. 22 Texas A&M on Tuesday.

The Tigers are currently No. 2 in the NET rankings, but their 15 victories over Quad 1 opponents is a nation’s best, with Michigan State being the only other squad to have double-digit Quad 1 wins, at 11. There are six other teams who have nine Quad 1 wins heading into the final weekend of regular-season play.

“Theirs is arguably the greatest regular season since Kentucky arrived at the 2015 Final Four 38-0,” Lunardi said. “We know those Wildcats didn’t quite reach the finish line and maybe Auburn won’t, either. But what we have witnessed to date should not be forgotten.”

Adam Cole is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at [email protected] or on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, @colereporter.

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Publish date : 2025-03-07 18:48:00

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