Auburn Men’s Basketball 2025 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 8, 2025 · CSM Staff
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:
| 2024 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Yale |
| 2023 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Iowa |
| 2023 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Houston |
| 2022 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Jacksonville State |
| 2022 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Miami (FL) |
| 2019 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over New Mexico State |
| 2019 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Kansas |
| 2019 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal win over North Carolina |
| 2019 | NCAA | Regional Final win over Kentucky |
| 2019 | NCAA | National Semifinal loss to Virginia |
| 2018 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Charleston |
| 2018 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Clemson |
| 2009 | NIT | First Round win over Tennessee-Martin |
| 2009 | NIT | Second Round win over Tulsa |
| 2009 | NIT | Quarterfinal loss to Baylor |
| 2003 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over St. Joseph’s |
| 2003 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Wake Forest |
| 2003 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to Syracuse |
| 2001 | NIT | First Round win over Miami |
| 2001 | NIT | Second Round loss to Purdue |
| 2000 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Creighton |
| 2000 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Iowa State |
| 1999 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Winthrop |
| 1999 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Oklahoma State |
| 1999 | NCAA | Regional semifinal loss to Ohio State |
*all team stats through 3/9
