The Auburn Tigers dropped their fourth straight game over the weekend with a road defeat against a surging Arkansas Razorbacks team that looks like one of the best in the SEC.

Beyond the Arkansas defeat — which was expected by most after it was revealed Keyshawn Hall was not playing — this is now the fourth loss in a row for Auburn and puts their NCAA Tournament status somewhat in jeopardy.

With Hall’s absence still to be determined — a mysterious disciplinary issue that Steven Pearl said led to him being benched — things are getting a bit precarious down the stretch for the Tigers in Pearl’s first season as head coach.

“We’ve got to take advantage of these last six [games] because we are as good as all the teams we play moving forward,” Pearl said. “We’ve gotta capitalize and come together and we’ve got to limit our distractions off the floor. We’ve got to stop being put in positions where we have to make decisions to discipline guys. If we can do that and focus on basketball for a couple weeks, this team has shown it has an ability to win big games.”

If the season were to end today, Auburn would be in the tournament, but things get a bit dicey if they don’t finish strong. With games at Mississippi State, vs. Kentucky, at Oklahoma, vs. Ole Miss, vs. LSU and at Alabama remaining, the Tigers need to start picking up some victories.

Whether Hall is in the lineup moving forward remains to be seen, but Auburn is going to have to get it done with or without him.