Phillip Jordan, Auburn WireTue, November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM UTC·1 min readAuburn basketball will not get much time to celebrate after their 84-73 win over Oregon on Monday night. The Tigers will now turn their attention to the Michigan Wolverines in the Player's Era Festival in Las Vegas.
Tuesday night's matchup will be a rematch from March in the Sweet 16. The Tigers eliminated the Wolverines 78-65 to advance to the Elite 8 where they defeated Michigan State to reach the Final Four. Tahaad Pettiford had a big game off the bench scoring 20 points as Auburn outscored Michigan 48-36 in the second half. Both teams look a lot different for this game on Tuesday night.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMichigan lost their top three leading scorers from last season in Vladislav Goldin, Danny Wolf, and former Auburn player Tre Donaldson. This year's team is led by UAB transfer Yaxel Lendeborg who is averaging 15 points per game and 7.4 rebounds. He led the team with 15 points in a 94-54 win over San Diego State on Monday night. Pettiford had his best game of the season versus Oregon scoring 24 points and was 9 of 18 from the floor.
The ESPN Prediction Machine gives Michigan a 53.1% chance at winning versus Auburn's 46.9%. The Tigers and Wolverines are slated to tip-off at 7:30 p.m. CT and the game is being broadcast by TNT.
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