The NCAA Tournament begins Friday and Auburn fans will be spending plenty of airline miles to watch their favorite team play in the round of 64 in Spokane, Washington.
For those who choose to stay close to home to watch the Tigers play, a tipoff time has been scheduled and broadcast duties have been assigned for their opening-round game. No. 4 seed Auburn will battle No. 13 seed Yale on Friday at 3:15 p.m. CT, and the game will be broadcast live on TNT with Lisa Byington, Steve Smith, Robbie Hummel, and Lauren Shehadi on the call. MAX and Paramount Plus will also stream the NCAA Tournament.
Auburn enters the NCAA Tournament winners of the SEC Tournament, taking down Florida on Sunday, 86-67 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Tigers finished the regular season as the fourth-place team in the SEC behind Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama. As for Yale, they earned the Ivy League’s automatic qualifying bid after beating Brown in the conference tournament, 62-61. The Bulldogs finished third in the Ivy League regular season standings.
The NCAA Tournament begins Tuesday with First Four games, and the round of 64 will tip off on Thursday.
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