Auburn topped Creighton by outrebounding the Blue Jays, 37-27, and by outscoring Creighton's bench, 31-10. Tahaad Pettiford scored a majority of Auburn's bench points with 23 while Chad Baker-Mazara led all starters with 17 points.

Coach: Bruce Pearl, who’s 242-112 in 11 seasons at Auburn. He has a career record of 704-267 (.725 win percentage), with previous stops at Tennessee (six seasons), Milwaukee (four seasons) and Southern Indiana (nine seasons). Rankings: No. 4 in the AP Top 25, No. 4 in the coaches’ poll, No. 2 in NET Best win: vs. Houston (74-69, on Nov. 9)

After beating 12-seed UC San Diego on Thursday and 4-seed Texas A&M on Saturday, the Wolverines are now set to face the top-seed in the region, now that 1-seed Auburn has taken down 8-seed Creighton.