The South region is home to the tournament’s top overall seed in the Auburn Tigers, a team that put together a borderline historic resume prior to stumbling to the finish line. Are their recent struggles enough of a reason to pivot when looking for a representative from this group of teams or should we value the five-month sample as a whole?

Auburn is the No. 1 seed overall seed and is headed to the South Region of the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers spent eight weeks at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 before losing three of its past four games, including an SEC tourney semifinal to Tennessee.