Alabama vs. Auburn: Pat Adams confuses with explanation of lengthy pause for 'unreviewable' play in Iron Bowl of Basketball

Early on in Saturday’s contest between Alabama and Auburn, the officials have already gone to the monitor a few times. Most have been to review a two/three-point shot or a goaltending call. However, when reviewing a potential flagrant foul, Pat Adams had an odd moment.

Alabama’s Mo Dioubate was shown with blood on his lip by the ESPN broadcast, getting assistance from a trainer. The assumption was something happened with Dioubate and Auburn was in danger of getting a flagrant called on them.

Well, Adams then went to the microphone to explain the time had passed for the allowance of a review. But at the same time, the play they were looking at was viewed as incidental contact so there would not have been a flagrant either way.

“We were reviewing a play at 15:37,” Adams said. “This play is past the timeframe to be reviewed. Also the play is incidental contact.”

So in the end, there wound up being nothing. Still a strange and confusing situation overall, though. Not even play-by-play commentator Dan Schulman and color guy Jay Bilas knew exactly which play was being reviewed.

The game is now set to resume as normal with Derrion Reid heading to the free-throw line for two shots. Auburn is currently holding onto a lead, hoping to get a rivalry win on the road.

Alabama-Auburn game not set to impact NCAA Tournament seeding

Auburn and Alabama were revealed as the No. 1 and No. 2 overall seeds during Saturday’s first NCAA Tournament top-16 seed reveal.

On the same day that the seedings were revealed, the Tigers and Crimson Tide are set to do battle in Tuscaloosa in the biggest blockbuster matchup of the regular season. However, if Alabama were to emerge victorious in the head-to-head battle — how much would that affect the seedings?

“I don’t think any single game is going to make the difference,” NCAA Tournament chair Bubba Cunningham said Saturday on CBS. “Right now, we did have Auburn as a unanimous choice, so, yeah, Alabama — they’re going to play two more times. Alabama’s schedule that they have in front of them is absolutely incredible. So, the next month will really determine who’s going to get the number one overall seed.”

Cunningham labeling Auburn as the “unanimous” No. 1 seed breeds the belief that Alabama is a clear No. 2 in the eyes of the selection committee.

On3’s Barkley Truax contributed to this report