...Maryland, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and San Diego State all have better resumes. Hell, Tulsa out of suck-*** C-USA has as good a resume as Auburn.
...the committee is not putting as much emphasis on "down the stretch" performance. That came straight from Slive's mouth. He says all the games count equally.
If it's at all close, they're going to take the team that finished 10-2 over the team that finished 5-7 every time. The last thing they want to see is first round blowouts, and teams that struggled down the stretch tend to not do well in their 1st round game when they do get in the tournament.