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DULUTH, Ga.—Nell Fortner likes to think she has a 3-point shooting team, even if the numbers don’t exactly back it up.

The Tigers entered their SEC tournament first-round game with Florida ranked at the bottom in the SEC in 3-pointers made and were just one away from having the fewest attempts. That’s because Auburn has just two active players, Alli Smalley and Blanche Alverson, who have the green light whenever a crevice of space opens on the perimeter – not exactly a frequent occurrence throughout the regular season.

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I’m about to hit the road to Duluth, Ga., for the Auburn women’s basketball team’s first-round, SEC Tournament matchup with Florida, but before I leave, I want to confuse the heck out of all of you.

A long discussion took over the media room after last night’s historic 89-80 upset over Mississippi State when it came to determining Auburn’s potential SEC Tournament seed. Considering that Auburn will need upsets galore to make an impact in the tournament, whatever seed it receives may seem minute. And it very well may be. But the difference between the fourth and fifth seed is huge, considering that one team, should it win its first-round game, would face Final Four favorite Kentucky, while the other would match up with an apparently very beatable Mississippi State team.