Auburn basketball will play the No. 16 seed Alabama State in its first-round game of the NCAA tournament. This comes after the Hornets defeated the Red Flash in Tuesday’s First Four round 70-68, winning the programs first ever NCAA tournament game.

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This is the final update of the season for the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings — where Auburn remains No. 1 for the 68th consecutive day. I'm glad the selection committee saw things similarly.

Johni Broome is the second player in program history to repeat as an All-American in back-to-back seasons next to Chuck Person in 1984-85 and 1985-86.

Duke forward Cooper Flagg and Auburn forward Johni Broome have been named unanimous selections for the Associated Press' men’s college basketball All-American first team. Alabama guard Mark Sears, Purdue guard Braden Smith and Florida guard Walter Clayton Jr.

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 Tigers won't know who they're facing until Tuesday night, when Alabama State and Saint Francis tip off at 5:40 p.m. in Dayton, Ohio. It's one of four "First Four" matchups that'll take place between Tuesday and Wednesday.