basketball pulled him back in — and even if father Bruce Pearl couldn’t have guessed it at the time, this would be a critical moment for the Auburn program he was overtaking. “What do you ...

ATLANTA — Chaney Johnson knew it when Auburn basketball decided it wasn't flying to the NCAA Tournament's second weekend. REQUIRED READING: Auburn basketball ready to turn Atlanta regional into ...

ATLANTA — Auburn basketball did it again. In an ugly affair against 5-seed Michigan, the Tigers’ season looked more than over more than once. It had shades of the same struggle they faced ...

He now works as a basketball analyst for Turner Sports. The Spartans are 30-6 and were Big 10 regular-season champions. The Auburn Tigers and Michigan Wolverines have faced each other twice in ...

Experience often wins out in March (and April), however, and Auburn has plenty of it. With one of the oldest rosters in college basketball, Bruce Pearl believes he found the right combination to ...

Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl credits former player K.T. Harrell, now director of basketball operations for Michigan, with helping lay the foundation for the program's success. Harrell ...

“They had two great frontcourt guys in Vlad and Danny Wolf, so we knew we were gonna have to go out there and just play physical and play our brand of basketball,” Auburn forward Chris Moore sai ...

With 12:26 to play in Auburn’s Sweet 16 game against Michigan, things looked bleak. The Wolverines had just converted two free throws to take a nine-point lead, and it started to seem like a ...

ATLANTA — After toppling 9-seed Creighton and 7-footer Ryan Kalkbrenner in last week's NCAA Tournament second round, Auburn basketball is seeing opposing big men multiply. The top-seeded Tigers ...

Auburn basketball squares off against Michigan Friday in the Sweet 16 for a spot in Sunday’s Elite Eight. It’s the first ever matchup between Auburn coach Bruce Pearl and Michigan’s Dusty May.

But when it comes to the outlook for Michigan against 1-seed Auburn, the only way the Wolverines advance to the Elite Eight is by playing mistake-free basketball. And while they certainly seemed ...