Auburn angered by Tennessee in the Sec -Tournament semi -finals
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Auburn angered by Tennessee in the Sec -Tournament semi -finals

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The race for a seed No. 1 in the men’s NCAA tournament was only closer on Saturday.

In the men’s second basketball tournament, No. Seed 4 Tennessee in the second semi-final from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville No. 1 Seed Auburn 70-65. The No. 3-ranked tiger fell to 28-5, but had three defeats in their last four games. The No. 6-Vols will take over against the winner of Florida-NO No. 4. 8 Alabama in the championship game on Sunday.

Required reading: SEC tournament plan, bracket, scores: Auburn leads the competitor Florida, Tennessee

After a tight first half in which Auburn had a slim lead of 33-32, the Vols rose 12 points to a lead of 64-52 with 6:06. However, Auburn reacted with a 10-0 run in less than two minutes to reduce the lead to two. The tigers never came closer when Chad Baker-Mazara missed a potential 3 pointer with the game with a 16 second lead.

The Vols recorded in a game with 18 lead changes and eight ties. Zakai Zeigler led the VOLs with 20 points, including 9-of-9-free shooting shots. Jodan Gainey added 15 points and Chaz Lanier added 12.

Johni Broome – The Sec player of the Year – led Auburn with 23 points and seven rebounds, but missed a few free throws, with the tigers remained by three with 29 seconds ago. He shot 5 out of 12 from the Freiwurfinie, while Auburn shot 13 of 22. Miles Kelly added 13 points and Denver Jones ended at 10 for the tiger.

The Tigers performed on Saturday in the NCAA tournament on Saturday on No. 1 -total seed, according to the ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi. It is unlikely that the loss on Saturday will expose the tigers from a No. 1, but Duke and Houston are favorites to overtake them. Tennessee and the other semi -finalists – Florida and Alabama – are probably competitors for No. 1.

The Gators joined Auburn, Duke and Houston as number 1 in Lunardi’s latest Bracketology. Tennessee and Alabama entered the number 2 seeds.

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