The 2024–25 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represented

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during the

2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 4, 2024. The regular season ended on March 16, 2025, with the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament that began with the First Four on March 18 and ended with t ...

as a member of the

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. The team's head coach was Bruce Pearl in his 11th season at Auburn. The team played its home games at Neville Arena in

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. Pearl won his 214th game for Auburn at

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on January 7, surpassing Joel Eaves for the most wins in school history. Auburn finished the regular season with a 32–6 overall record and a 15–3 mark in SEC play, earning the program the No. 1 overall seed in the 2025 NCAA tournament. As the No. 1 seed in the 2025 SEC Tournament, held at

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, Auburn began its postseason run in the quarterfinals with a 62–57 victory over No. 8 seed

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. In the semifinals, the Tigers faced No. 4 seed

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and were narrowly defeated 70–65, ending their bid for the conference tournament title. In the First Round of the 2025 NCAA tournament, the Tigers defeated No. 16 seed Alabama State, 83–63. They went on to beat No. 9 seed Creighton, 82–70, in the Second Round. In the Sweet Sixteen, Auburn overcame No. 5 seed

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with a 78–65 victory, and then secured a 70–64 win over No. 2 seed

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in the Elite Eight to claim the South Regional title and advance to the Final Four for the second time in school history. However, their season came to an end with a 79–73 loss to SEC rival and eventual champion

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in the Final Four. Chad Baker-Mazara led Auburn with 18 points, while Johni Broome added 15 points and seven rebounds despite playing through a right elbow injury that limited his second-half performance.

Previous season

The 2023–24 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team finished the 2023–24 season with a record of 27–8, 13–5 in

play to finish tied for second place in the conference. As the No. 4 seed in the SEC tournament, they defeated

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, and

to win the tournament championship. The Tigers received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the East Region. In the first round, they suffered a 78–76 upset loss to

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Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2024 recruiting class

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule

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Exhibitions

at Furman

Florida Atlantic

Game summaries

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vs No. 4
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Kent State

North Alabama

vs No. 5 Iowa State ( Maui Invitational quarterfinal)

vs No. 12
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(Maui Invitational semifinal)

vs Memphis (Maui Invitational championship)

at No. 9
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vs
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Georgia State

vs No. 16
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No. 15
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at No. 23
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No. 6
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at No. 23
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No. 6
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at Vanderbilt

at No. 2
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Georgia

Ole Miss

at No. 17
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at No. 22
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No. 7 Alabama

vs Ole Miss (SEC Quarterfinal)

vs No. 8 Tennessee (SEC Semifinal)

vs Alabama State (NCAA First Round)

vs Creighton (NCAA Second Round)

vs No. 14
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(NCAA Sweet Sixteen)

vs No. 8
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(NCAA Elite Eight)

vs No. 3 Florida (NCAA Final Four)

Awards and honors

Regular season

Postseason

Rankings

References

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