Here’s a breakdown of the stacked South Regional and who could emerge from one of the toughest parts of the bracket. State of the No. 1 Seed: Auburn Tigers Bruce Pearl’s team has lost three of its last four games coming into the tournament but still earned the No.

Overall top seed Auburn was joined by Duke, Houston and Florida as 1-seeds, and a record 14 teams from the SEC were selected to participate in the NCAA tournament.