Auburn Tigers men's basketball

The **Auburn Tigers men's basketball** team is an American college basketball team. The team plays for Auburn University. The team plays in Division I of the NCAA. The team plays in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team started playing in 1906. As of 2023, it is coached by Bruce Pearl. Many good players have been on the Auburn Tigers men's basketball team, such as Charles Barkley.

## NCAA tournament

Auburn has been in the NCAA tournament 13 times. Their combined record is 23 wins and 13 losses.

|1984|5|East|First Round|Charlotte, NC|12 Richmond|L 71–72|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1985|11|Mideast|First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen|South Bend, IN South Bend, IN Birmingham, AL||6 Purdue 3 Kansas 2 North Carolina || **W** **59–58** **W** **66–64** L 56–62|
|1986|8|West|First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight|Long Beach, CA Long Beach, CA Houston, TX Houston, TX||9 Arizona 1 St. John's 4 UNLV 2 Louisville || **W** **73–63** **W** **81–65** **W** **70–63** L 76–84|
|1987|8|Midwest|First Round Second Round|Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis, IN||9 San Diego 1 Indiana || **W** **62–61** L 90–107|
|1988|8|Southeast|First Round Second Round|Atlanta, GA Atlanta, GA||9 Bradley 1 Oklahoma || **W** **90–86** L 87–107|
|1999|1|South|First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen|Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis, IN Knoxville, TN||16 Winthrop 9 Oklahoma State 4 Ohio State || **W** **80–41** **W** **81–74** L 64–72|
|2000|7|Midwest|First Round Second Round|Minneapolis, MN Minneapolis, MN||10 Creighton 2 Iowa State || **W** **72–69** L 60–79|
|2003|10|East|First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen|Tampa, FL Tampa, FL Albany, NY||7 Saint Joseph's 2 Wake Forest 3 Syracuse || **W** **65–63**<sup>OT</sup> **W** **68–62** L 78–79|
|2018|4|Midwest|First Round Second Round|San Diego, CA San Diego, CA||13 Charleston 5 Clemson || **W** **62–58** L 53–84|
|2019|5|Midwest|First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four|Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake City, UT Kansas City, MO Kansas City, MO Minneapolis, MN||12 New Mexico State 4 Kansas 1 North Carolina 2 Kentucky 1 Virginia|| **W 78–77** **W 89–75** **W 97–80** **W 77–71**<sup>OT</sup> L 62–63|
|2022|2|Midwest|First Round Second Round|Greenville, SC Greenville, SC||15 Jacksonville State 10 Miami (FL)|| **W 80–61** L 61–79|
|2023|9|Midwest|First Round Second Round|Birmingham, AL Birmingham, AL|| 8 Iowa 1 Houston || **W 83–75** L 64–81|||
|2025|1|South|First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four|Lexington, KY Lexington, KY Atlanta, GA Atlanta, GA San Antonio, Texas|| 16 Alabama State 9 Creighton 5 Michigan 2 Michigan State 1 Florida || **W 83–63** **W 82-70** **W 78-65** '''W 70-64 L 79-73|||

## Infobox (college basketball team)

- **name**: Auburn Tigers men's basketball
- **logo**: Auburn Tigers logo.svg
- **logo size**: 150
- **university**: Auburn University
- **firstseason**: 1906
- **athletic director**: John Cohen (baseball), John Cohen
- **coach**: Bruce Pearl
- **tenure**: 9th
- **conference**: Southeastern Conference
- **location**: Auburn, Alabama
- **arena**: Neville Arena
- **capacity**: 9,121
- **nickname**: Auburn Tigers, Tigers
- **studentsection**: The Jungle
- **h pattern b**: _thinsidesonwhite
- **h body**: 0C2340
- **h shorts**: 0C2340
- **h pattern s**: _blanksides2
- **a pattern b**: _thinorangesides_2
- **a body**: 0C2340
- **a shorts**: 0C2340
- **a pattern s**: _orangesides
- **3 pattern b**: _thinmidnightbluesides
- **3 body**: F26522
- **3 shorts**: F26522
- **3 pattern s**: _midnightbluesides
- **ncaafinalfour**: 2019
- **ncaaeliteeight**: 1986, 2019
- **ncaasweetsixteen**: 1985, 1986, 1999, 2003, 2019
- **ncaaroundof32**: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
- **ncaatourneys**: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
- **conference tournament**: 1985, 2019
- **conference season**: 1928, 1960, 1999, 2018, 2022