No. 2 Auburn powered through its daunting nonconference gauntlet while earning victories over four nationally ranked teams: Houston, Iowa State, North Carolina and Purdue.
Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian is getting flak for a blunder he made at the end of regulation of their quarterfinal game against the Arizona State Sun Devils.
Mizzou is No. 55 in the KenPom rankings, while Auburn is No. 1. The lowest-rated SEC team in KenPom is South Carolina (10-3) at No. 64, with the rest of the conference’s squads residing in the top 56.