| Auburn Tigers men's basketball |
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| University | Auburn University |
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| First season | 1906 |
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| All-time record | 1,501–1,258–1 (.544) |
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| Athletic director | John Cohen |
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| Head coach | Bruce Pearl (11th season) |
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| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
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| Location | Auburn, Alabama |
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| Arena | Neville Arena
(capacity: 9,121) |
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| Nickname | Tigers |
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| Student section | The Jungle |
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| Colors | Burnt orange and navy blue
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| 2019, 2025 |
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| Elite Eight | 1986, 2019, 2025 |
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| Sweet Sixteen | 1985, 1986, 1999, 2003, 2019, 2025 |
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| Appearances | 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
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| 1985, 2019, 2024 |
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| 1928, 1960, 1999, 2018, 2022, 2025 |
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The Auburn Tigers men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball team that represents Auburn University. The school competes in the Southeastern Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Tigers play their home games at Neville Arena in Auburn, Alabama on the university campus. The program began in 1906, and is currently coached by Bruce Pearl.
Auburn has won six conference regular season championships and three SEC tournament championships. Auburn has appeared in the NCAA tournament 14 times, making it as far as the Final Four in 2019 and 2025. 14 Auburn players have been named All-Americans and Auburn has had 102 All-SEC selections. Auburn has produced 35 NBA draft picks, including Jabari Smith (2022), who was selected with the third overall pick, the highest in Auburn history. Three Auburn players have been named SEC Player of the Year: Charles Barkley in 1984, Chris Porter in 1999, and Johni Broome in 2025. Auburn has had six head coaches selected as SEC Coach of the Year a total of nine times, and Auburn head coaches Cliff Ellis and Bruce Pearl were named National Coach of the Year by multiple outlets in 1999 and 2025, respectively. Former Auburn player Charles Barkley was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
