Auburn travels many miles in bid to put Yale in rear-view mirror

(Photo credit: Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK)After a sweep of the Southeastern Conference tournament to run Auburn's winning streak to six, Tigers coach Bruce Pearl wasn't expecting a trip of some 2,300 miles for his club's first NCAA Tournament game.

He's certainly not happy about it, either.

Auburn's tournament journey will begin inSpokane, Wash., on Friday afternoon when the fourth-seeded Tigers