Who does Auburn basketball play next in the 2025 NCAA Tournament? Sweet 16 bracket update
Who does Auburn basketball play next in the 2025 NCAA Tournament? Sweet 16 bracket update Who will Auburn face next following its round of 32 win over Creighton?
The No. 1 seed Auburn Tigers won its NCAA Tournament second-round game Saturday over No. 9 Creighton, 82-70. Who is next on their schedule?
The Tigers will face Michigan, the No. 5 seed of the south region, on Friday at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, at a time and network to be announced at a later time. Auburn basketball won the SEC regular season championship before falling in the SEC Tournament semifinals to Tennessee. Michigan finished No. 3 in the Big Ten regular season standings before defeating Purdue, Maryland, and Wisconsin to win the Big Ten tournament.
The Wolverines beat Texas A&M on Saturday, 91-79, in a game that saw eight lead changes. Michigan grabbed their final lead of the game with 6:08 to go in the game on a Roddy Gayle Jr. free throw to push the Wolverines ahead, 71-70. Michigan outscored the Aggies, 56-40 in the second half and ended the game on a 9-0 run.
Auburn topped Creighton by outrebounding the Blue Jays, 37-27, and by outscoring Creighton's bench, 31-10. Tahaad Pettiford scored a majority of Auburn's bench points with 23 while Chad Baker-Mazara led all starters with 17 points.
Here's a look at when you can watch the Auburn Tigers face the Michigan Wolverines in the Sweet 16.
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