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SPOKANE, Wash. — Auburn's Chad Baker-Mazara was ejected for a flagrant 2 foul less than four minutes into the fourth-seeded Tigers' first-round NCAA Tournament game against No. 13 seed Yale. Replays showed that Baker-Mazara appeared to throw an elbow toward Yale's August Mahoney as the pair ran downcourt. Auburn coach Bruce Pearl questioned why officials decided the foul merited an ejection. He says it was "clearly a flagrant 1" but elevating it beyond that was "a pretty tough call." Pearl says Baker-Mazara is one of Auburn's best players and he was clearly missed as the Tigers ended up losing 78-76.
