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Auburn Tigers basketball

Auburn Tigers
2016–17 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team
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University Auburn University
First season 1906
All-time record 1,310–1,186–1 (.525)
Conference SEC
Location Auburn, AL
Head coach Bruce Pearl (3rd year)
Arena Auburn Arena
(Capacity: 9,121)
Nickname Tigers
Student section The Jungle
Colors Navy Blue and Burnt Orange
         
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
Home
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Away jersey
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Team colours
Away
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Alternate jersey
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Team colours
Alternate
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
1986
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1985, 1986, 1999, 2003
NCAA Tournament appearances
1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2000, 2003
Conference tournament champions
1985
Conference regular season champions
1960, 1999

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 coached by Bruce Pearl.

Auburn has won two SEC championships and one SEC Tournament championship. Auburn has appeared in the NCAA Tournament eight times, making it as far as the Elite Eight in 1986. 11 Auburn players have been named All-Americans and Auburn has had 87 All-SEC selections. Auburn has produced 29 NBA Draft picks, including Chuck Person (1986) and Chris Morris (1988), both of whom were selected with the 4th 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.


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