Auburn Tigers men's basketball
Year Seed Region Round Location Opponent Result
1984 5 East First Round Charlotte , NC 12 Richmond L 71-72
1985 11 Mideast First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen South Bend , IN South Bend , IN Birmingham , AL 6 Purdue 3 Kansas 2 North Carolina W 59-58 W 66-64 L 56-62
1986 8 West First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Long Beach , CA Long Beach , CA Houston , TX Houston , TX 9 Arizona 1 St. John 's 4 UNLV 2 Louisville W 73-63 W 81-65 W 70-63 L 76-84
1987 8 Midwest First Round Second Round Indianapolis , IN Indianapolis , IN 9 San Diego 1 Indiana W 62-61 L 90-107
1988 8 Southeast First Round Second Round Atlanta , GA Atlanta , GA 9 Bradley 1 Oklahoma W 90-86 L 87-107
1999 1 South First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Indianapolis , IN Indianapolis , IN Knoxville , TN 16 Winthrop 9 Oklahoma State 4 Ohio State W 80-41 W 81-74 L 64-72
2000 7 Midwest First Round Second Round Minneapolis , MN Minneapolis , MN 10 Creighton 2 Iowa State W 72-63 L 60-79
2003 10 East First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Tampa , FL Tampa , FL Albany , NY 7 Saint Joseph 's 2 Wake Forest 3 Syracuse W 65-63 W 68-62 L 78-79
2018 4 Midwest First Round Second Round San Diego , CA San Diego , CA 13 College of Charleston 5 Clemson W 62-58 L 53-84
2019 5 Midwest First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Salt Lake City , UT Salt Lake City , UT Kansas City , MO Kansas City , MO Minneapolis , MN 12 New Mexico State 4 Kansas 1 North Carolina 2 Kentucky 1 Virginia W 78-77 W 89-75 W 97-80 W 77-71 L 62-63
Championships and postseason -- NCAA Tournament
Auburn has appeared in the NCAA Tournament 10 times . Their combined record is 17–10 .
The Auburn Tigers men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program 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 Auburn Arena in Auburn, Alabama on the university campus. The program began in 1906, and is currently coached by Bruce Pearl. Auburn has won four conference regular season championships and two SEC Tournament championships. Auburn has appeared in the NCAA Tournament ten times, making it as far as the Final Four in 2019. 11 Auburn players have been named All-Americans and Auburn has had 92 All-SEC selections. Auburn has produced 30 NBA Draft picks, including Chuck Person (1986) and Chris Morris (1988), both of whom were selected with the fourth 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 five head coaches selected as SEC Coach of the Year a total of seven 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.