| Auburn Tigers men's basketball | ||||
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| University | Auburn University | |||
| First season | 1906 | |||
| All-time record | 1,469–1,253–1 (.540) | |||
| Athletic director | John Cohen | |||
| Head coach | Bruce Pearl (11th season) | |||
| Conference | Southeastern Conference | |||
| Location | Auburn, Alabama | |||
| Arena | Neville Arena (capacity: 9,121) | |||
| Nickname | Tigers | |||
| Student section | The Jungle | |||
| Colors | Burnt orange and navy blue[1] | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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| NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
| 2019 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1986, 2019 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1985, 1986, 1999, 2003, 2019 | ||||
| NCAA tournament round of 32 | ||||
| 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 | ||||
| NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
| 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1985, 2019, 2024 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1928, 1960, 1999, 2018, 2022 | ||||
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 five conference regular season championships and three SEC tournament championships. Auburn has appeared in the NCAA tournament 13 times, making it as far as the Final Four in 2019. 14 Auburn players have been named All-Americans and Auburn has had 100 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. Two Auburn players have been named SEC Player of the Year: Charles Barkley in 1984 and Chris Porter in 1999. Auburn has had six head coaches selected as SEC Coach of the Year a total of eight times, and former Auburn head coach Cliff Ellis was named National Coach of the Year by multiple outlets in 1999. Former Auburn player Charles Barkley was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
- ^ "About Auburn". March 28, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2020.