Auburn Tigers men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl appears to be less than thrilled by the location of his team’s opening matchup in the NCAA tournament.
The committee selected Auburn as a No. 4 seed for this year’s Big Dance, setting them up for a clash against the No. 13-seed Yale Bulldogs. That first-round game will be held at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Wash., roughly 2,400 miles northwest of Auburn.
Auburn’s seeding and game site were revealed hours after the Tigers beat Florida, 86–67, in the SEC tournament championship game in Nashville.
