Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference leaders met by video conference on Thursday without holding a vote on LSU's membership. The SEC had threatened as part of a federal lawsuit against LSU to take such a vote earlier in the week.

University presidents representing the Southeastern Conference reportedly still plan to meet today. The gathering was initially to consider possibly expelling LSU, which was considering the inclusion of two former college players who signed contracts with the NFL. Tigers head coach Lane Kiffin, who had previously worked as an assistant coach and offensive coordinator at Alabama under Nick Saban, was viewed by a key instigator of the controversy.

The NAACP is calling on Black athletes and fans to boycott the athletic programs of public universities in states that are taking steps that the nation's oldest civil rights group says are restricting Black voting rights. The “Out of Bounds” campaign urges prospective Black athletes, their families, alumni and fans to “withhold athletic and financial support” from major public universities in states that “have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation.”

Three months after Alabama narrowly squeaked into the College Football Playoff despite a Southeastern Conference title game loss, athletic director Greg Byrne is calling for an end to the 34-year tradition.

As the NCAA Tournament heats up, the styles of Notre Dame's Niele Ivey, LSU’s Kim Mulkey, Alabama’s Nate Oaks, South Carolina’s Dawn Staley and a handful of other coaches stand out in a sea of coaches in team polo shirts and quarter-zip pullovers. Most coaches moved to casual sideline attire during the COVID-19 pandemic and many simply never went back to dressing up for games.

Auburn has brushed off a late-season lull that had some questioning whether the Tigers deserved their top billing as the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Now, Auburn is in its first Sweet 16 since 2019 looking to top that Final Four run with its first national championship.

The Alabama women's basketball team's season is at an end, as the fifth-seeded Crimson Tide fell in double overtime at No. 4 seed Maryland, 111-108. This, Monday night, in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

The No. 21 Alabama Crimson Tide play in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against the Green Bay Phoenix . Saturday's matchup is the first of the season for the squads. Alabama is 10-7 against the SEC, and Green Bay is 22-1 against the Horizon.

Miles Kelly made seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points, All-American Johni Broome added 14 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 1 seed Auburn beat 16th-seeded Alabama State 83-63 on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The No. 4 Auburn Tigers and Alabama State Hornets play in the NCAA Tournament first round. The teams play Thursday for the first time this season. Auburn is 16-4 against the SEC, and Alabama State is 15-6 against the SWAC.