With the Tigers on the NCAA Tournament bubble, Bruce Pearl revisits the controversy surrounding Auburn’s sudden coaching change.

Bruce Pearl admitted Wednesday nepotism was in play when his son Steven Pearl got the job at Auburn. However, that’s as far as it goes. Nepotism does not play a role, he says, in his opinion as to which college basketball teams he believes should make the NCAA Tournament.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Kaitlyn Duhon scored 14 points, Harissoum Coulibaly added 11 and Khady Leye sank the go-ahead layup with 5.2 left on the clock for No. 15 seed Auburn in a 50-49 win over No. 10 seed Texas A&M in the first round of SEC Tournament on Wednesday night.

Offense has been Auburn football’s downfall in its recent half decade of irrelevance. New head coach Alex Golesh comes from an offensive background, and that will be the side of the ball many will be paying attention to this spring.

Three-star EDGE rusher Luke Nabors will visit Auburn football on March 21, kicking off his spring visit schedule.

The Auburn Tigers aren't wasting any time with getting in contact with talent who could be the future of their program