Auburn is heading back to the NCAA Tournament, punching its 3rd straight trip to the Big Dance as the winners of the SEC Tournament.

The Tigers head to the East Region as the 4-seed in a deep group. Should Auburn advance, the Tigers will likely have to contend with No. 1 overall seed UConn in a region that also includes 2-seed Iowa State and 3-seed Illinois.

The East is particularly deep and provides a tough road to the Final Four. In spite of that tough path, the Tigers have the second-best odds to win the region with ESPN Bet listing Auburn at +300 to reach the Final Four. UConn leads those odds with Iowa State (+320) and Illinois (+750) trailing Auburn.

To start things off, Auburn will get Yale out of the Ivy League in a Friday evening matchup. That should put the Tigers on high alert with the Bulldogs previously notching an NCAA Tournament win as a 12-seed.

Here are 3 things to know about Yale’s matchup with Auburn:

Dramatic entrance to March Madness

Yale has already experienced its share of March Madness with the Bulldogs needing some drama to win the Ivy League. Facing the early Cinderella story of the month, Yale was trailing sub-.500 Brown in the final minute of the championship game.

Then, the Bulldogs produced a furious rally but still trailed 61-60 with less than 10 second to play. Yale ran an inbounds play and took things down to the buzzer before hitting a game winner at the buzzer.

Yale finished the game on an 8-1 run in the final 22 seconds of action to punch its ticket. That’s the kind of finish that gives any team confidence for the high stakes action of March Madness.

Legitimate big man to account for

Get to know the name Danny Wolf ahead of tip-off.

While a number of mid-major teams live on elite guard play, Wolf is a legitimate 7-footer who led the Bulldogs in scoring this season.

Wolf is not just a back-to-the-basket big man. He led Yale with 14.3 points per game this season and averaged 9.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1 steal and 1.4 blocks.

He’s also not afraid to step away from the paint and shoot the deep ball, averaging 2.5 attempts per game from 3-point range. Wolf shot 34% from deep this season and is a catalyst for the Bulldogs.

It should be a fun big man matchup in the first round with Auburn’s Johni Broome averaging 2.3 blocks this season and also shooting 35% from 3-point range.

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Deep group of scorers for the Bulldogs

Wolf is the catalyst for Yale, but the Bulldogs have a deep group of scorers with 5 players that average 10+ points per game. And, true to Ivy League fashion, a couple of sharpshooters round out the starting 5.

John Poulakidas, a junior guard at 6-foot-5, is the team’s 2nd-leading scorer with 13.1 points. He also averagings 2.4 made 3-pointers per game and shoots 39% from 3-point range. August Mahoney is the 5th-leading scorer at 10.3 points per game but leads the Bulldogs while shooting 46% from deep.

Other players to account for are Matt Knowling (11.8 points) and Bez Mbeng (11.3 points). Neither of those players is a big threat from deep, but they combine to average 6.8 assists per game, and Mbeng is a legitimate defender with 1.8 steals per game.

4 of Yale’s 5 leading scorers are also juniors and seniors, so don’t expect any sort of youthful jitters from the Bulldogs. Auburn will need to be on the top of its game and come out focused to avoid any slip up to begin the tournament.