Auburn Tigers 2025 NCAA Tournament Betting
When Bruce Pearl took over as head coach of the Auburn Tigers in 2017, he inherited one of the worst programs in big-time college basketball. Additionally, he took over a program that was ignored by a fan base obsessed with football. While Auburn will always be a football-first school, it has become a passionate locale for what has become one of the top programs in college basketball. This season, Pearl’s team was ranked #1 in the country for much of the year. And the best could be yet to come in March Madness.
NCAA Basketball Betting Lines
Alabama State Hornets +32
Auburn Tigers -32
Total: 149.5
2025 Auburn Tigers Next Matchup
On Thursday, March 20, 2025, the Auburn Tigers will face the winner of the First Four game between Saint Francis and Alabama State at Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY. Tipoff Time is 2:50 p.m. ET, with television coverage on CBS.
2025 Auburn Tigers Team Overview
Overall, the Auburn Tigers are 28-5 straight up, 18-13 against the spread, and 20-11 over/under the total. Auburn has national metrics of 5th for scoring offense, 23rd for field goal percentage, 38th for 3-point field goal percentage, 91st for free throw percentage, and 62nd for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Auburn is 120th for scoring defense, 40th for field goal percentage permitted, 11th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 75th for defensive rebounding.
Lately, Auburn has covered two of its previous eight games and has gone over the total in five of its last seven outings. First among Auburn scorers is Johni Broome, with 18.9 points per game.
The Auburn Tigers are officially the top seed in the NCAA Tournament. This is the first time in program history that they have achieved this feat. A slow finish to the season was no issue. Their resume spoke volumes regardless.
They will start exactly where the projections have had them for weeks. They’ll start in the South Region (Atlanta) in Lexington, Ky., and will take on the winner of the First Four Matchup between Alabama State and Saint Francis.
Auburn finished their top-seed season with a 28-5 and a 15-3 record in SEC play. They secured the SEC Regular Season title and won a game in the conference tournament. They beat Ole Miss in the quarterfinal 62-57.
According to the NET, Auburn finished as the second-best team in the country, with a 16-5 record against Quad 1 teams. Auburn went undefeated against teams in the other three quads.
Fresh off a disappointing first-round exit to Yale in the NCAA Tournament, Bruce Pearl has put together one of the most experienced lineups in the country. Auburn hasn’t gotten out of the first weekend since the Final Four run in 2019, but this year’s team should have the best chance since to make it back. With a projected first-team All-American back and an experienced point guard transferring in, the Tigers have two big pieces necessary to make a deep run.
Zakai Zeigler scored 20 points, Jordan Gainey had 15, and No. 8 Tennessee held off No. 3 Auburn 70-65 in the first semifinal game of the SEC tournament Saturday afternoon in Nashville. Chaz Lanier added 12 points for the fourth-seeded Volunteers.
Johni Broome had 23 points for the top-seeded Tigers, Miles Kelly contributed 13, and Denver Jones scored 10.
The lead changed hands four times at the outset of the second half before Jones made two free throws, and Broome added a basket from the lane to give Auburn a 41-36 lead. Gainey then accounted for seven points during a 9-2 spurt to give Tennessee a 45-43 lead.
The Tigers and Volunteers went back and forth from there, with the lead changing another four times before Lanier’s jumper completed an 8-0 run that gave the Volunteers a 55-48 advantage.
Latest NCAA Tournament Results
| YEAR |
RESULT |
| 2024 |
Lost First Round vs. (13) Yale 76–78 |
| 2023 |
Lost Second Round vs. (1) Houston, 64–81 |
| 2022 |
Lost Second Round vs. (10) Miami (FL), 61–79 |
| 2019 |
Lost Final Four vs. (1) Virginia, 62–63 |
| 2018 |
Lost Second Round vs. (5) Clemson, 53–84 |
| 2003 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (3) Syracuse, 78–79 |
| 2000 |
Lost Second Round vs. (2) Iowa State, 60–79 |
2024-2025 NCAA Basketball Top Teams
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