Auburn basketball announced Friday that it'll play in the 2025, 2026 and 2027 Players Era Men’s Championship in Las Vegas, an early season MTE that debuted this season.

ESPN's "College GameDay" is returning to the Plains for a fifth time this Saturday, ahead of a matchup with No. 6 Tennessee. Here's how Auburn basketball has fared with the show in town.

The Vols likely would catapult onto the No. 1 seed line with a win at Auburn, but it would carry weight beyond the immediate effect on bracketology. A win at Auburn would give Tennessee two marquee road wins on its NCAA Tournament profile come Selection Sunday. The other was a 66-64 win at Illinois On dec. 14.

Top-ranked Auburn faces perhaps its toughest test of the season Saturday night as No. 6 Tennessee comes to Alabama for a primetime Southeastern Conference showdown.

Auburn, Alabama; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 6 Tennessee visits No. 1 Auburn after Chaz Lanier scored 23 points in Tennessee's 68-56 victory over the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The Tigers have gone 8-0 in home games.

The Auburn football program is hosting two four-star players in the Class of 2026 on visits amid the recruiting cycle.

Keys is the top wide receiver of the 2026 class and the No. 4 player in the country. Cooper is the No. 28 player in the country. He’s ranked as the No. 4 “athlete” in the country as opposed to being ranked as a running back.

Bleacher Report (B/R) inserted the Tigers at No. 25 in their Super Early Top 25. The schedule looks somewhat favorable with No. 23 Oklahoma, No. 24 Texas A&M, No. 3 Georgia, and No. 8 Alabama being the only-ranked teams on Auburn's 12-game slate.

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But the 6-foot-1, 180-pound sophomore did find his way back. Tuesday night against Vanderbilt, he led Alabama in scoring, putting up 22 points off the bench in Coleman Coliseum during the Crimson Tide’s 103-87 win.

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