Years of bracket chaos have given way to the year of the power conference.

Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl began his postgame NCAA Tournament news conference on Saturday night by advocating for the release of Edan Alexander, the last living American being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas.

Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said a trip to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament was no sure thing.

Miles Kelly made seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points, All-American Johni Broome added 14 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 1 seed Auburn beat 16th-seeded Alabama State 83-63 on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Johni Broome of Auburn and Cooper Flagg of Duke are unanimous first-team selections for The Associated Press men's college basketball All-America team.

The SEC was the best conference in basketball all season, landing a record 14 teams in the 68-team NCAA Tournament.

Auburn is the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, with Duke, Houston and Florida joining the Tigers on the No. 1 line in the March Madness bracket.

Zakai Zeigler scored 20 points as No. 8 Tennessee held off regular-season champion and third-ranked Auburn 70-65 to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship for the first time since 2022.

The NCAA selection committee will have some juggling to do before the bracket comes out Sunday to keep March Madness from looking like an extension of the Southeastern Conference’s regular season.

The No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament along with the last spots in the 68-team field will be riding on the outcome of a plethora of conference tournaments this week.

Duke has ended Auburn’s eight-week stay at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll.

To Auburn coach Bruce Pearl the reason his top-ranked team fell to No. 22 Texas A&M Tuesday night was clear.

Zhuric Phelps scored 19 points off the bench and No. 22 Texas A&M never trailed in an 83-72 win over top-ranked Auburn on Tuesday night.

The college basketball season has wound down toward the end, with some conference tournaments already starting.

Auburn says coach Hugh Freeze has been diagnosed with an early form of prostate cancer.

Auburn remained atop the AP Top 25 for the seventh straight week Monday while preseason No. 1 Kansas fell out of the men’s basketball poll for the first time since February 2021.

Johni Broome scored a season-high 31 points and added 14 rebounds as No. 1 Auburn defeated Georgia 82-70 on Saturday.

Johni Broome had 16 points and 13 rebounds and No. 1 Auburn overcame a rough offensive performance to beat Arkansas 67-60 on Wednesday night.

Auburn is No. 1 in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll for the sixth consecutive week.

Auburn and Alabama had never played as top-10 teams.

Johni Broome had 19 points and 14 rebounds and five teammates scored in double figures as No. 1 Auburn beat in-state rival and second-ranked Alabama 94-85 on Saturday in a matchup of top-ranked teams.

Auburn was the No. 1 overall seed in the preliminary rankings unveiled Saturday by the committee that will select the 68-team field for the NCAA Tournament.

Denver Jones scored 21 points as No. 1 Auburn held off Vanderbilt 80-68 Tuesday night to avoid the Tigers’ first losing skid of the season.

Auburn is still No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's basketball poll despite a loss to Florida.

Sixth-ranked Florida made program history with its victory over No. 1 Auburn on Saturday.

Walter Clayton Jr. scored 19 points and Alex Condon added 17 as No. 6 Florida rallied from an early deficit and beat No. 1 Auburn 90-81 Saturday, ending the Tigers’ 14-game winning streak.

Auburn and Duke remain 1-2 atop The Associated Press Topo 25 men’s college basketball poll for the third straight week.

An upstate New York food bank was offered more than 40,000 pounds of coho salmon — a bountiful feast.

Auburn is the unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll for the second consecutive week.

Miles Kelly hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 30 seconds remaining and Johni Broome had 16 points and 13 rebounds in his return to the lineup as No. 1 Auburn extended its winning streak to 11 games with a 53-51 win over No. 6 Tennessee.

The Southeastern Conference has a big week ahead, with four games between ranked teams, headlined by No. 6 Tennessee at top-ranked Auburn on Saturday.

Auburn is a unanimous No. 1 following a chaotic week in the men’s AP Top 25.

Tahaad Pettiford hit 5 of 7 shots from 3-point range, scoring 24 off the bench to help No. 1 Auburn escape No. 23 Georgia with a 70-68 win.

Auburn has climbed to No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s basketball poll for its second stint at the top in program history.

Auburn standout Johni Broome will not require surgery on his sprained left ankle.

Johni Broome suffered a “significant sprain” of his left ankle in No. 2 Auburn’s win over South Carolina.

Tahaad Pettiford assisted on Dylan Cardwell’s go-ahead dunk and converted two free throws with 4.4 seconds remaining as No. 2 Auburn overcame an injury to leading scorer Johni Broom and rallied to beat South Carolina 66-63.

Tennessee picked up four more first-place votes and remains at No. 1 for the fifth consecutive week in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll.

Tennessee and Auburn remained Nos.

Auburn standout center Johni Broome left Tuesday's win over Georgia State after injuring his right shoulder while going for a defensive rebound in the first three minutes of the eventual 100-59 victory.

Tennessee remained No. 1 for the second consecutive week, though Auburn has closed the gap at No. 2.

Freshman sensation Cooper Flagg had 22 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 9 Duke push past No. 2 Auburn 84-78 in the SEC/ACC Challenge.

Kansas continues to hold the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll.

David Waters recaps Florida's 31-11 victory over Florida State and Tavaris Dice's decision to flip his commitment from Auburn to Florida.

Johni Broome had 23 points and a career-best 19 rebounds to lead No. 4 Auburn to an 85-72 victory over No. 12 North Carolina in a Maui Invitational semifinal.

Payton Thorne hit KeAndre Lambert-Smith for a two-point play in the fourth overtime to lift Auburn to a 43-41 victory over No. 15 Texas A&M, capping a brutal day for Southeastern Conference playoff contenders.

The state that gave much of America the right to offer legal sports betting may decide that certain bets on college athletes are out of bounds.

A flight carrying the No. 11 Auburn men's basketball team was grounded shortly after takeoff on Friday after two players got into a fight onboard, according to multiple reports.

Brady Cook returned from an injury to lead No. 19 Missouri to two fourth-quarter touchdowns, including the go-ahead run by Jamal Roberts with 46 seconds to go, as the Tigers rallied for a 21-17 victory over Auburn.

Georgia wide receiver Colbie Young has been arrested on charges of battery and assault on an unborn child.

Kip Lewis returned an interception 61 yards for the game-winning touchdown, and No. 21 Oklahoma rallied from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat Auburn, 27-21 on Saturday for its first-ever Southeastern Conference win.

Auburn quarterback Payton Thorne has taken heat from a different source after struggling in a loss to California: Angry sports bettors.

Ohio State safety Caleb Downs is one of the second-ranked Buckeyes’ high-profile transfers.

For this weekend, the University of Idaho marching band is calling itself the “Van-Dogs Marching Band.”.

John Poulakidas scored 28 points, Samson Aletan made a key block during a wild scramble in the final seconds, and 13th-seeded Yale beat No. 4 seed Auburn 78-76 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Another year without a perfect NCAA Tournament bracket.

Johni Broome scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as No. 12 Auburn won the Tigers’ third Southeastern Conference Tournament championship by beating Florida 86-67.

Florida center Micah Handlogten broke his lower left leg in the opening minutes of the Southeastern Conference Tournament final Sunday and was taken off the court on a stretcher.

Johni Broome had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 12 Auburn to an 86-55 romp over 15th-ranked South Carolina at the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals.

Auburn opened the game with a grand slam courtesy of Cooper McMurray on just their fourth at-bat, and only added on.

Auburn bats played a waiting game, and patience paid off. They’d escape an early deficit and defeat Iowa 7-5 powered by much-improved late-game pitching and hitting.

Auburn’s Johni Broome met one of his favorite movie stars and had to apologize to Morgan Freeman for how it happened.

Auburn has vaulted into the top 10 since entering the rankings earlier this month.

Mike Sainristil played receiver in his first three years at Michigan.

Aden Holloway scored 15 points with six assists and Jaylin Williams had 14 points to help Auburn beat USC 91-75 as the Trojans’ Bronny James continued to work his way back to the court after suffering cardiac arrest.

The SEC released schedules for its teams in 2024, with a first look where newcomers Oklahoma and Texas land on the schedules.

Lewiston, Maine, has taken another step in its recovery from the state’s deadliest mass shooting as a storied high school football rivalry resumed an emotional game.

LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, Georgia coach Kirby Smart and linebackers Dallas Turner and Jett Johnson are among those honored by The Associated Press in a midseason report for the Southeastern Conference.

Georgia’s hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll loosened as the Bulldogs received a season-low 35 first-place votes out of possible 62.

With Georgia’s No. 1 ranking and lengthy winning streak on the line, Brock Bowers caught a 40-yard touchdown pass from Carson Beck in the final minutes of a 27-20 win over Auburn.

A track for live horse racing in suburban Seattle turned prehistoric over the weekend as more than 200 people ran down the track cloaked in inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur costumes.

Auburn fans will once again be able to celebrate victories by rolling the oak trees at Toomer’s Corner with toilet paper.

The Supreme Court ruling that upended President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt changed his budget math.

President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Japan and South Korea next month for a summit at Camp David.

The Jaguars wrapped up the second night of the NFL draft with another pick on offense, selecting Auburn running back Tank Bigsby in the third round.

A ban on dozens of semi-automatic rifles has cleared the Democratic-controlled Washington state Legislature.

Hugh Freeze’s to-do list at Auburn includes picking or bringing in a quarterback who can revive one of the nation’s worst passing offenses and closing the talent gap its Southeastern Conference rivals.

Jahvon Quinerly scored 24 points, Brandon Miller made the clinching free throws with six seconds left and No. 2 Alabama rallied from a 17-point deficit before beating archrival Auburn 90-85 in overtime.

Alabama is the new No. 1, rising to the top spot in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the first time in 20 years.

In a game where Auburn struggled with its 3-point accuracy, the best long shot of the afternoon belonged to a student in the stands.

Rylan Griffen scored 16 points, Mark Sears added 15 and No. 3 Alabama held off a big challenge from its in-state rival, beating Auburn 77-69.

Erik Stevenson scored a career-high 31 points and West Virginia withstood a furious late rally from No. 15 Auburn to beat the Tigers 80-77 in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Saturday.

Angel Reese had 23 points and 15 rebounds to maintain her streak of double-doubles in every game this season, and No. 5 LSU improved its program-record best start to 18-0 with a 84-54 victory over Auburn.

Chris Moore got a steal in the final seconds and Wendell Green Jr. made a layup at the buzzer to cap No. 20 Auburn’s 61-58 victory over Florida in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.

Auburn hired Liberty coach Hugh Freeze to take over the football program more than five years after his resignation from SEC West rival Mississippi amid both personal and NCAA scandals.

Mississippi football coach Lane Kiffin says he has informed school officials he will be staying put.

The new XFL added quite a few local names to its upstart league this week.

Auburn has fired coach Bryan Harsin after less than two full seasons, ending a rocky tenure in which the Tigers struggled to compete in the Southeastern Conference.

Georgia has taken back the top spot in The Associated Press college football poll from Alabama.

Stetson Bennett raced 64 yards for a touchdown, Daijun Edwards scored three times on the ground and No. 2 Georgia ran over listless Auburn 42-10

A man has been arrested in connection with three separate shootings along Interstate 85 in Alabama and Georgia that left one man seriously wounded.

Dylan DeLucia allowed one run and struck out 10 in 7 2/3 innings and Mississippi continued its postseason roll with a 5-1 win over Auburn in its College World Series opener.

Matchups are set for the NCAA baseball super regionals after No. 2 national seed Stanford, No. 3 Oregon State, No. 8 East Carolina and eight other teams won regionals.

The New Orleans Pelicans are the lone playoff team among the clubs who can get a boost from lotto luck when the NBA draft lottery is conducted Tuesday night in Chicago.

Oklahoma captured its fifth NCAA women’s gymnastics title, rallying from last after the first rotation to the top spot at the end behind a stellar performance from junior Ragan Smith.

Florida big man Colin Castleton is returning for a fifth season.

Last season’s NCAA Tournament ultimately unfolded in familiar fashion.

The madness arrived early this year.

Santiago Vescovi scored 14 points and Zakai Zeigler had 11 of his 13 points in the second half to lead No. 17 Tennessee to a 67-62 victory over No. 3 Auburn.

Former Auburn and San Diego Chargers running back Lionel James has died after a lengthy illness.