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Yahoo
06-04-2025
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- Yahoo
NCAA men's March Madness 2025 schedule: How to watch today's Elite Eight basketball games
The last two tickets to the Final Four will be punched as a pair of No. 1 vs. No. 2 games close out the regional finals of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. No. 1 Houston will try for its first Final Four since 2021 when it takes on Tennessee in Indianapolis, while the No. 1 overall Auburn takes on Michigan State in the other Elite Eight game. Advertisement Both No. 1 seeds are slight favorites to earn a trip to San Antonio, site of next Saturday's semifinals. Mar 28, 2025; Atlanta, GA, USA; Auburn Tigers forward Johni Broome (4) reacts after a play in the second half of a South Regional semifinal of the 2025 NCAA tournament against the Michigan Wolverines at State Farm Arena. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images 2 Tennessee vs. 1 Houston Midwest Region, Indianapolis 12:20 p.m. MT/2:20 p.m. local (ET)/1:20 p.m. CT TV: CBS Odds: Houston -3 1/2; over/under 123 1/2 2 Michigan State vs. 1 Auburn South Region, Atlanta 3:05 p.m. MT/5:05 p.m. local (ET)/4:05 p.m. CT TV: CBS Odds: Auburn -4 1/2; over/under 147 1/2 Bret Bloomquist can be reached at bbloomquist@ @Bretbloomquist on X. This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: March Madness NCAA Elite Eight schedule for Sunday: How to watch
USA Today
31-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Auburn duo earns NCAA Tournament All-South Region team honors
Auburn duo earns NCAA Tournament All-South Region team honors The efforts of Johni Broome and Tahaad Pettiford have played a major role in Auburn's run to the Final Four. Two of Auburn's key players were recognized following Sunday's South Regional final for their outstanding efforts in the Tigers' current NCAA Tournament run. Auburn's Johni Broome and Tahaad Pettiford were named to the 2025 South Regional Team after Auburn's 70-64 win over Michigan State at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, a win that will send Auburn to its second-ever Final Four. The duo joined Michigan's Danny Wolf, Michigan State's Jase Richardson, and Ole Miss' Sean Pedulla on the team. Pettiford is having an amazing postseason to this point by averaging 17.3 points, 3.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game as the Tigers' "sixth-man." He has reached the 20-point mark twice in the NCAA Tournament and has connected on at least 50% of his shots in three of Auburn's four NCAA Tournament games to this point. In the Tigers' win over Michigan State, he scored 10 points while assiting with three other buckets. His best performance to date is a 23-point effort in Auburn's round of 32 win over Creighton, when he shot 50% and connected on 7-of-8 free throw attempts. He also collected six rebounds and three assists. Broome earned the Most Valuable Player of the South Regional. Like Pettiford, Broome also averages 17.3 points per game in the NCAA Tournament. Over the last two games, Broome has padded his Player of the Year resume by scoring notching two double-doubles and reaching over 20 points in both contests. His performance over the last two games has been valuable to Auburn considering he scored just 22 points total and made just 9-of-22 free throw attempts. He is getting hot at the right time and it is paying off for the Auburn Tigers. Broome, Pettiford, and the rest of the Auburn Tigers will continue its season on Saturday when it battles the Florida Gators in the Final Four. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:09 p.m. CT from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
USA Today
30-03-2025
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- USA Today
Final Four of No. 1 seeds: Auburn tops Michigan State for last men's March Madness spot
Final Four of No. 1 seeds: Auburn tops Michigan State for last men's March Madness spot Show Caption Hide Caption Jon Scheyer to uphold Coach K's legacy with Duke's Final Four berth Jon Scheyer isn't worried about the pressure of coaching Duke after Coach K, he's looking to build on his legacy. ATLANTA – The NCAA men's basketball tournament chalk-fest will continue all the way to San Antonio. For just the second time in the sport's history, all four No. 1 seeds have advanced to the Final Four, punctuated by Auburn's 70-64 victory here Sunday over No. 2 seed Michigan State in the South Regional final. It sets up an all-SEC showdown on Saturday between the league's regular-season champion in Auburn and its tournament champion, Florida, for a spot in the national title game opposite either Duke or Houston. And it confirms what has been apparent for much of the season in the efficiency numbers and other predictive metrics: In college basketball this year, four teams truly stood above the rest. Still, it's rare to play a one-and-done tournament without at least one of the top seeds stepping on a rake somewhere along the way. The last time a tournament bracket held so true to regular-season form was 2008, when Kansas beat Memphis for the championship – also in San Antonio – while top seeds UCLA and North Carolina reached the Final Four. It will be the second Final Four trip both for Auburn and coach Bruce Pearl, whose team got there in 2019 only to lose on free throws with 0.6 seconds left to eventual champion Virginia. While any deep NCAA Tournament run is notable for Auburn, a program that hadn't been part of March Madness for 15 years before Pearl arrived, this one has been expected for months and only hit one potential speed bump in the postseason. That came with 10:37 remaining when forward Johni Broome, a national player of the year candidate, fell awkwardly to the floor after a collision near the rim. Broome, who won the South Region's most outstanding player award, had 22 points on 9-of-12 field goals at that moment and quickly went to the locker room for evaluation while holding his right elbow and limping slightly. Broome returned to the game with 5:29 left but still appeared to be moving a bit gingerly on a left ankle that he has been managing since January when he suffered a significant sprain after landing on a teammate's foot and missed two games. In the end, Broome's presence down the stretch didn't particularly matter as Auburn had this one well in hand for most of the second half in front of a highly-charged crowd at State Farm Arena, roughly 100 miles from the Auburn campus. From the opening tip Sunday, Auburn did not look like a team susceptible to getting upset. Unlike their Sweet 16 victory, when they had to come from nine points down in the second half to beat Michigan, Auburn took control early with a 17-0 run and never really let the Spartans get back in the game. Michigan State briefly got within 35-30 early in the second half, but the lack of playmaking ability from the Spartans' guards and overall struggle to shoot from the perimeter doomed their chances against an athletically superior Auburn team. The Spartans shot 34% and 7 of 23 from the 3-point line, struggling to create the kind of quality looks that came relatively easily for Auburn. Even when Michigan State had a handful of open perimeter shots, they couldn't make enough to put much game pressure on the Tigers. Jase Richardson, the Spartans' star freshmen, struggled to get his 11 points (4-of-13). Michigan State's other guards combined to shoot 7-for-31. Auburn finished 26-of-61 the field, with freshman Tahaad Pettiford adding 10 points.
USA Today
30-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Has Auburn been to Final Four? Tigers' history after 2025 Elite Eight win
Has Auburn been to Final Four? Tigers' history after 2025 Elite Eight win Show Caption Hide Caption Jon Scheyer to uphold Coach K's legacy with Duke's Final Four berth Jon Scheyer isn't worried about the pressure of coaching Duke after Coach K, he's looking to build on his legacy. The No. 1 overall seed is headed to the men's Final Four. Auburn became the fourth team to punch their ticket to San Antonio, Texas with a win over No. 2 seed Michigan State to win the South Regional and set up an all No. 1 seed Final Four. The Tigers followed their spectacular regular season with a solid run in the NCAA Tournament. Auburn defeated Alabama State in the opening round and fended off potential upsets from Creighton and Michigan before it played a complete game against the Spartans on Sunday. Now Bruce Pearl and company head to the Final Four again, hoping to achieve a program first next weekend. Here's what to know about Auburn's Final Four history: Has Auburn been to the Final Four? Yes. Auburn made its first and lone Final Four appearance in 2019. This year's appearance marks the second time the Tigers will be in the final Four. Has Auburn ever won a national championship? No. Auburn lost in its only Final Four appearance. Of all the Final Four teams, Auburn is the only one to have never played in the national championship game. Auburn Final Four history Auburn is 0-1 in the Final Four. Here are the results of Auburn's Final Four games, as well as what seed it was: 2019 (No. 5 seed)
New York Times
30-03-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Auburn vs. Michigan State live updates: Men's March Madness 2025 Elite Eight predictions, start time, latest
Getty Images Greetings basketball fans! Welcome to The Athletic 's live coverage of today's second Elite Eight matchup in the men's NCAA Tournament. Two blue blood programs, Auburn and Michigan State, are squaring off in the South Regional final for a spot in the men's Final Four. Follow along as we build up to tonight's game.
