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The Georgia State Panthers take on the Auburn Tigers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Georgia State Auburn prediction and pick. Georgia State has a 5-4 record through nine games, but a few details need to be mentioned about the Panthers’ overall portfolio through the first five weeks of the season. First, […]

The Auburn Tigers take on the Memphis Tigers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Auburn Memphis prediction and pick. The Memphis Tigers had a sluggish regular season one year ago. They looked like an NIT team and not an NCAA Tournament team in the middle of January, but then they beat the […]

There’s a new football sheriff in town for the Auburn Tigers after the school hired Hugh Freeze to become its football program’s next head coach. Freeze will have a challenging job ahead of him, as he looks to turn things around for Auburn football which finished the 2022 college football regular season with just a […]

With the 22nd pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, the Minnesota Timberwolves has selected Walker Kessler, a 20-year-old center standing 7-foot-1 who shined with the Auburn Tigers last season. Kessler started his collegiate career in North Carolina before transferring to Auburn. He became a starter and one of the best defenders in the country, winning […]

The Orlando Magic secured the no. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft lottery, giving them first dibs on a strong class of prospects. While Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren has been floated as a possible selection for Orlando, Auburn’s Jabari Smith could possibly be the better fit, given the Magic’s depth at the center spot. […]

With March Madness officially wrapping up on Monday night as the Kansas Jayhawks took home the national title, the focus now shifts towards the 2022 NBA Draft on June 23rd. One of the potential top picks, Auburn standout Jabari Smith, has officially announced he is taking his talents to the next level. Smith posted this […]

Walker Kessler shined in his first season with the Auburn Tigers. He won the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award after transferring from North Carolina. Under Bruce Pearl’s tutelage and next to Jabari Smith Jr. in the starting lineup, Kessler had a fantastic season. After speculation about whether he would return to the Tigers, […]

The No. 2 Auburn Tigers were shocked in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night, losing to No. 10 Miami. It was a very quiet night for their star player and the potential top pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, Jabari Smith, who had just 10 points. Following the disappointing exit from […]

The #2 seed Auburn Tigers were looking to reach the Sweet 16 on Sunday for the sixth time in school history, and the second time in the last four seasons. They were squaring off against the upstart #10 seed Miami Hurricanes. The first half was tightly contested, but as the game wore on, the Hurricanes […]

Jabari Smith Jr. has plenty of time to worry about the NBA draft. For now, it’s safe to say his utmost priority is leading Auburn to its first NCAA Tournament title in program history. Besides, if Smith continues making jaw-dropping plays like the poster dunk below during the Tigers’ run through March Madness, his status […]

The Jacksonville State Gamecocks are gearing up to face the Auburn Tigers live from Greenville, South Carolina on Friday. Check out our March Madness odd series, which includes our Jacksonville State-Auburn prediction and pick. This is the first time the two teams have met since 2013, and the 13th time ever in the history of […]

The Auburn Tigers entered SEC Tournament play ranked as the number one seed and one of the better teams in the Conference following their 27-5 regular season record. Led by talented forward Jabari Smith, the Tigers were looked at as one of the favorites to win the tourney. However, the team was quickly bounced from […]

There was some NCAA basketball history that was made on Tuesday night down in Arkansas when the number one ranked Auburn tigers (22-2), strolled into the home of the Arkansas Razorbacks (19-5), and left with twice as many losses as they came in with. The 80-76 overtime victory was the first time that the Razorbacks […]

After opening the season 18-1, the Auburn University Tigers became the new number one team in the country. Auburn has performed incredibly well this season and has done a fantastic job in the SEC, going 7-0 in conference play. They have a number of players on their roster who have made significant contributions to the […]

The NCAA will showcase an elite SEC matchup for Saturday! It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with a Kentucky-Auburn prediction and pick. Two of the top teams in the country are set to face off on Saturday. No. 12 Kentucky will travel to Alabama to take on No. 2 Auburn. These two […]

Auburn and Alabama are set to square off on the court rather than in the Iron Bowl we are all used to seeing. It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with an Auburn-Alabama prediction and pick. Nobody predicted this, but the Auburn Tigers have found a way to be the No. 4 ranked […]

The NCAA Committee on Infractions announced their decision Friday on the investigation they conducted into violations of NCAA ethical conduct rules by former assistant Chuck Person. Auburn’s men’s basketball program has been placed on four years of probation for violations of NCAA ethical conduct rules by former assistant Chuck Person, while head coach Bruce Pearl […]

Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl lead his team in prayer for Florida’s Keyontae Johnson, following his collapse in a game against Florida State. In a video released by the universities’ Twitter account, an emotional Pearl can be seen imploring his players to pray for the ill forward. 🙏 for Keyontae pic.twitter.com/2q4IcN5rDw — Auburn Basketball (@AuburnMBB) […]

Isaac Okoro is expected to be a lottery pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, but some experts believe he is going to be selected too high. On the daily Locked On Auburn Podcast, Zac Blackerby interviewed Locked On Fantasy Basketball host Josh Lloyd about the former Auburn standout. Lloyd’s analysis of Okoro’s offensive game does […]

Entering the 2019-20 college basketball season, Bruce Pearl and the Auburn Tigers still had that ‘we made a run in the NCAA Tournament’ glow about them. Five games into their voyage, and it appears the glow surrounding is enough to run roughshod over Auburn’s non-conference docket. In a slight switch of format, we’re going to […]

Bill Russell, 44 years after being inducted, finally accepted his Hall of Fame ring. His reason for not embracing the honor was Russell’s feeling that he was undeserving of being the first black player to receive the honor. In a private ceremony w/my wife & close friends A.Mourning @AnnMeyers @billwalton & others I accepted my […]

Florida managed to hold on for a six-point win against Towson on Thursday, and it was a needed victory for the SEC after some early struggles. There are six games on Friday’s schedule, with several teams around the conference looking to grab quality wins. Let’s get to the SEC basketball predictions. Season Predictions Record (straight […]

It’s been a good start to the season for most SEC basketball teams, and the league will try to keep its momentum going. There are seven games on Tuesday’s schedule, with a few conference teams hitting the road for intriguing matchups. Let’s get to the SEC basketball predictions. Season Predictions Record (straight up): 19-4 Missouri […]

In this episode of the Southeast Hoops podcast, I share thoughts on Wednesday’s action in SEC basketball before looking ahead to Friday’s slate. Topics include: Justin Minaya’s double-double in South Carolina’s win over North Alabama Missouri’s dominant performance Buzz Williams’ first victory at Texas A&M Vanderbilt snapping its 20-game losing streak in Jerry Stackhouse’s first […]

The Kentucky Wildcats have been exceptional under coach John Calipari’s tutelage. They’ve won the SEC Conference Tournament six times since he got there in 2009 and have been regular season champs five times. They’re favored to win it almost every college basketball season thanks to their consistency in recruiting top-three freshman classes. That holds true […]

Auburn basketball had a special 2018-19 season. The Tigers were unrelenting in their quest to make history, and they did just that. After a 5-6 start in SEC play, Bruce Pearl’s team won 14 of their final 16 games en route to the school’s first Final Four appearance. While the loss to Virginia stung, it […]

Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl has never been shy about expressing his love for the 3-pointer in college basketball. Many of Pearl’s teams have excelled at making lots of shots on the perimeter, and the Tigers continued that trend last season in making a school-record 454 3-pointers while marching to the program’s first-ever Final Four. […]

Jonathan Kuminga, a five-star wing out of the 2021 college basketball recruiting class, will not be reclassifying to another class. Moreover, the young man claims he’s recruitment process is currently wide open. Stockrisers and Rivals reporter Jake Weingarten relayed the news to the masses on the mean streets of Twitter. Programs interested in the young […]

Auburn basketball enters the 2019-20 season with a lot of momentum. That tends to be the case when you earn a first-ever Final Four appearance in the previous season. But, as always, there is a bit of roster reshuffling entering the new campaign. Bruce Pearl and his staff must replace Jared Harper, Bryce Brown, Chuma […]

Auburn basketball head coach Bruce Pearl joined us on the Marching to Madness podcast back in July to preview the 2019-20 season for the Tigers, who are coming off their first Final Four appearance in school history. Some of the topics Pearl discussed included: How the program is building momentum after the Final Four run […]

Hall of Famer and Auburn alumnus Charles Barkley experienced quite the roller-coaster ride of emotions in the Auburn-Virginia Final Four showdown on Saturday night. Barkley’s friends from NBA on TNT compiled a video of his ever-changing reactions throughout the contest, and it was great: Chuck was on an emotional roller coaster watching his Auburn Tigers […]

The Virginia Cavaliers are moving on to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Finals after narrowly escaping the Auburn Tigers with a 63-62 victory in the Final Four. However, the contest didn’t end without controversy. With Auburn up by two points, officials called a foul on Virginia guard Kyle Guy’s last second three-point attempt. Auburn fouled Kyle […]

In the heat of the moment, it’s hard to realize in real time what actually just happened. This is exactly what Auburn fans experienced when the buzzer sounded at the U.S. Bank Stadium on Saturday night during the Final Four. That’s all they heard: a buzzer signaling that they had moved on to play for […]

The Auburn Tigers were near the center of the FBI arrests this week. As expected, now major fallout is being felt elsewhere in the program, as 5-star prospect EJ Montgomery has decided to take back his commitment to the university. “We are going to open EJ’s recruitment back up,” EJ Montgomery’s father told SCOUT. “He […]