The No. 1 seed Auburn Tigers beat No. 2 Michigan State on Sunday, 70-64, to claim the South Region title and to secure the last slot in the Final Four round of the NCAA Tournament that begins next weekend. With the win, the SEC is guaranteed to have one team in the NCAA Tournament final as the Tigers draw Florida in the Final Four next Saturday.

The final two bids to the Final Four will be awarded Sunday in a pair of seismic Elite Eight clashes as the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament winds to a close. Up first will be No. 1 seed Houston taking on No.

Michigan State basketball's season came to an end Sunday with a big loss to Auburn in the Elite Eight of March Madness.

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Oddly enough, the Alamodome was also the venue the only other time all four No. 1 seeds made the Final Four. In 2008, Kansas toppled Memphis in overtime to win Bill Self’s first national title, tying the game in the final seconds of regulation with a Mario Chalmers 3-pointer after Derrick Rose missed a potential clinching free throw.

The SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 gobbled up more than 50 percent of all the multi-million dollar units available in the tournament.

Freshman Tahaad Pettiford and senior Denver Jones turned in dazzling performances when it mattered most, rallying top-seeded Auburn to a 78-65 victory over Michigan in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.

The Tigers, the top seed in the South Region, got an 83-63 win over No. 16 Alabama State in the Round of 64 and followed it up with an 82-70 win over No. 9 Creighton in the second round. It defeated No.