BIRMINGHAM — Auburn basketball is the bonafide underdog for the first time in a long time. Fittingly enough, the last it played in such a circumstance was against the same opponent.

The Tigers head to Legacy Arena on Sunday, where they'll face No. 2 Houston, (2 p.m. CT, ESPN), which is also ranked as the No. 1 team in the country in the AP Poll. The Tigers are a 7.5-point underdog, but the last time these programs faced off, then-No. 11 Auburn went to then-No. 4 Houston. Despite in-air troubles , the Tigers pulled off an upset against the favored Cougars, setting the precedent for an SEC championship-winning, Final Four-reaching campaign.

"It's about six or seven steps up when you're playing a program like Houston," head coach Steven Pearl said Friday, Nov. 14. "It's a team tha

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