{"id":802434,"date":"2026-08-03T03:57:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/802434\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T03:57:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:57:35","slug":"social-media-reactions-to-auburn-basketballs-march-madness-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/802434\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media reactions to Auburn basketball&#8217;s March Madness snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 15, 2026, 7:22 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/teams\/auburn-tigers\/1299\/\" data-autotag=\"02716a68-2a57-4ab4-80ed-9ec228d8217c\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Auburn<\/a> basketball received unfortunate news regarding its NCAA Tournament fate on Sunday. The Tigers, who made the Final Four last season as a No. 1 seed, <a href=\"http:\/\/auburnwire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/auburn\/mens-basketball\/2026\/03\/15\/auburn-basketball-first-four-out-of-ncaa-tournament\/89171788007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">are left out of the NCAA Tournament this season after posting a 17-16 record<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Despite its record, Auburn basketball was still considered for an at-large bid due to its strength of schedule and its four wins against Quad 1 opportunities. However, several &#8220;bubble teams,&#8221; including VCU and Miami Ohio, caught lucky breaks while Auburn just missed the cut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After it was revealed that Auburn would miss the field, several Auburn fans, as well as the Tigers&#8217; biggest critics, took to social media to share their takes on the news. Here are the best social media reactions to Auburn basketball missing the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Just how close was Auburn to making it?Is it worth it to play a weaker schedule?One spot ahead in KenPom leads to an NCAA Tournament bidTough schedules matter, wins matter moreGive the social media team credit for tryingAuburn is still an everything school, TasThe 2027-28 season begins today for Steven PearlProud of Bruce for keeping his composure on setWhen advocating for Auburn goes wrongIt&#8217;s a made-up taleGet ready to learn Coppin State<a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/auburnwire.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/college\/auburn\/mens-basketball\/2026\/03\/12\/auburn-basketball-loses-to-tennessee-in-the-second-round62-72\/89126790007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - Auburn basketball loses to Tennessee in the second round,62-72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/89126711007-usatsi-28475805.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Contact\/Follow us @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/theauburnwire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TheAuburnWire<\/a> on\u00a0 X (Twitter), and like our page on<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/theauburnwire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Taylor on Twitter<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaylorJones__\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@TaylorJones__<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:37|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 15, 2026, 7:22 p.m. ET Auburn basketball received unfortunate news regarding its NCAA Tournament fate on Sunday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[72400,7,217,231,772,1544,94752,78242,73480,74607,72404,72864,73830,72666,72445,73732,72483,72406,72687,75941,72403],"class_list":["post-802434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-accessfree","tag-basketball","tag-college-basketball","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaab","tag-sourceauburn-wire","tag-sstssportscollegeauburnmens-basketball","tag-sstsnmens-basketball","tag-tagauburn-tigers-mens-basketball","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagcollege-basketball","tag-tagncaa-mens-basketball-tournament","tag-tagoverall-negative","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsec-conference-mens-basketball","tag-tagsmg-listicle","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtwitter","tag-tagvirginia-commonwealth-university","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}