Alabama State basketball's NCAA Tournament run ended against Auburn — but it hardly dims the history the Hornets achieved.

A wider disparity between major conferences and lesser-known conferences has lent itself to fewer close games in the early rounds of both the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments.

Now facing the Hornets for the seventh time in program history, this will be biggest game in this lopsided rivalry. Auburn is 6-0 in the all-time series with Alabama State.