Auburn Tigers men's basketball

Auburn Tigers men's basketball
2025–26 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team
UniversityAuburn University
First season1905–06; 121 years ago
Athletic directorJohn Cohen
Head coachSteven Pearl
1st season, 17–16 (.515)
LocationAuburn, Alabama
ArenaNeville Arena
(capacity: 9,121)
NCAA divisionDivision I
ConferenceSEC
NicknameTigers
ColorsBurnt orange and navy blue
   
Student sectionThe Jungle
All-time record1,527–1,272 (.546)
NCAA tournament record23–14 (.622)
NCAA Division I tournament Final Four
2019, 2025
Other NCAA Division I tournament results
Elite Eight1986, 2019, 2025
Sweet Sixteen1985, 1986, 1999, 2003, 2019, 2025
Appearances1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Conference tournament champions
SEC: 1985, 2019, 2024
Conference regular-season champions
SIAA: 1906, 1907 1908
SoCon: 1928
SEC: 1960, 1999, 2018, 2022, 2025
Conference division champions
SEC West: 1999
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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 Steven 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 36 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.