The 2021–22 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represented

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during the

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as a member of the

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. The team's head coach was

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in his eighth season at Auburn. The team played their home games at

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. They finished the season 28–6, 15–3 in SEC play to finish as regular season champions. As the No. 1 seed, they were defeated by No. 8 seed

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in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 2 seed in the Midwest Region, where they defeated Jacksonville State in the First Round before being upset by

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in the Second Round. On January 24, 2022, the team was voted first in the AP poll for the first time in program history, in the midst of a nineteen-game winning streak.

Previous season

The 2020–21 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team finished the 2020–21 season 13–14, 7–11 in SEC play. Due to a self-imposed postseason ban following former assistant coach

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's involvement in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, the Tigers were ineligible to compete in the SEC tournament and the NCAA tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Auburn lost five players from the 2020–21 team. Freshmen Sharife Cooper and JT Thor were selected in the

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, and Javon Franklin, Jamal Johnson, and

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transferred.

Incoming transfers

2021 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

Notes

References

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