Auburn Men's Basketball 2025 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Auburn Tigers
 
SEC (28-5, 15-3)
 
 
Big Wins: 11/9 at Houston (74-69), 1/25 Tennessee (53-51)
Bad Losses: 2/8 Florida (81-90), 3/4 at Texas A&M (72-83)
Coach: Bruce Pearl
 
Probable Starters:
Johni Broome, Senior, Forward, 18.9 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 3.1 apg, 2.3 bpg
Dylan Cardwell, Senior, Center, 5.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.5 bpg
Chad Baker-Mazara, Senior, Guard, 12.6 ppg, 2.7 apg
Denver Jones, Senior, Guard, 10.7 ppg, 2.5 apg
Miles Kelly, Senior, Guard, 11.5 ppg, 1.1 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Chaney Johnson, Senior, Forward, 9.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg
Chris Moore, Senior, Forward, 1.2 ppg, 1.6 rpg
Tahaad Pettiford, Freshman, Guard, 11.0 ppg, 2.9 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 85.2 (5th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 70.0 (118, 5)
Field-Goal Percentage: 48.5 (20, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.0 (39, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 9.4 (46, 4)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 37.2 (36, 3)
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.7 (87, 3)
Rebound Margin: 3.9 (74, 6)
Assists Per Game: 16.7 (28, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 9.2 (5, 2)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2024NCAARound of 64 loss to Yale
2023NCAARound of 64 win over Iowa
2023NCAARound of 32 loss to Houston
2022NCAARound of 64 win over Jacksonville State
2022NCAARound of 32 loss to Miami (FL)
2019NCAARound of 64 win over New Mexico State
2019NCAARound of 32 win over Kansas
2019NCAARegional Semifinal win over North Carolina
2019NCAARegional Final win over Kentucky
2019NCAANational Semifinal loss to Virginia
2018NCAARound of 64 win over Charleston
2018NCAARound of 32 loss to Clemson
2009NITFirst Round win over Tennessee-Martin
2009NITSecond Round win over Tulsa
2009NITQuarterfinal loss to Baylor
2003NCAARound of 64 win over St. Joseph's
2003NCAARound of 32 win over Wake Forest
2003NCAARegional Semifinal loss to Syracuse
2001NITFirst Round win over Miami
2001NITSecond Round loss to Purdue
2000NCAARound of 64 win over Creighton
2000NCAARound of 32 loss to Iowa State
1999NCAARound of 64 win over Winthrop
1999NCAARound of 32 win over Oklahoma State
1999NCAARegional semifinal loss to Ohio State
 
*all team stats through 3/9