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Auburn basketball now has two exhibition games officially on the schedule, and both will take place within two hours of campus. Memphis will be the opponent for the Tigers’ second exhibition game. The matchup is set to take place at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Oct. 30, according to the announcement on X (formerly Twitter).

The Auburn men’s basketball team will face Memphis in an exhibition game on Thursday, October 30, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta at 7:30 p.m.

The Auburn men’s basketball team will face off against the University of Memphis in an exhibition game at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. The game will be a rematch of the 2024 Maui Invitational championship game that Auburn won, 90-76, last season.

Coach Penny Hardaway’s team’s preseason matchup in Atlanta against Auburn will serve as a good litmus test before it officially begins the 2025-26 season.

Memphis basketball will face SEC powerhouse Auburn in an Oct. 30 exhibition game at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, the schools announced July 29. The game is scheduled to tip off at 7:30 p.m. It will be preceded by an exhibition game between the North Carolina and South Carolina women's basketball teams (5 p.m. tip-off).

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Two teams that battled in the finals of the Maui Invitational last year will now battle in the preseason, this year. Auburn and Memphis announcing an exhibition game set for Atlanta on October 30th. Auburn not only won the match-up in Maui but also went on to make the Final Four last year.