The men's basketball team has been replaced by Northeastern in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off preseason tournament scheduled Nov. 21-24.
The Puerto Rico Tip-Off website reflected the change Wednesday, May 29 without reason for the change in participants. Auburn has yet to comment on the change as well.
The tournament features high profile teams such as Michigan, Georgetown, Kansas State, VCU and Florida State, all of which participated in the 2013 NCAA Tournament with the Wolverines advancing to the final.
Last year, Auburn participated in the Charleston Classic and SEC-Big East Challenge in November and had a non-conference schedule ranking near the bottom in the country. The Tigers finished the season with a 9-22 record and failed to reach a postseason tournament.
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