Auburn Is Favored to Take Down the Visiting Crimson Tide
The Alabama vs Auburn Game Preview Has The Host Tigers As the Favorite
Alabama Eyeing For Its Fourth Straight Win Against Auburn
They play more than football in the state of Alabama with Alabama and Auburn both nationally ranked as they meet for the second time in two weeks. The Alabama vs Auburn game preview has Auburn favored to win the clash of the SEC rivals.
Alabama has won the last three meetings against Auburn, including an eight-point win the last time the Crimson Tide played at Auburn. The Crimson Tide is looking for four straight wins against their biggest rival for the first time in more than a decade.
Auburn is listed by the NCAA basketball odds as the 3.5-point favorite. The Tigers are priced at -209 to win the game outright, with the Moneyline at +174 for the visiting Crimson Tide.
Auburn moved up four spots to No. 12 in the Associated Press poll and went from 16th to 11th in the USA Today coaches poll. Alabama went from 24th to 16th in the AP poll and moved from 22nd to 16th in the coaches poll.
Alabama is 10th at +2200 in the odds of winning March Madness with Auburn well back at +8000 in the championship odds. The Crimson Tide lead the way in the odds of winning the SEC title with the +150 odds, just ahead of Tennessee (+200) and Auburn (+225).
When it comes to making NCAA picks today, keep on reading for more on the matchup between Alabama and Auburn.
Alabama vs Auburn 
Records: Alabama 16-6 at Auburn 18-4
Location: Neville Arena, Auburn, AL
Day/Time: Streaming: ESPN2
Crimson Tide Dialing Long Distance
The win over Auburn began the current four-game winning streak. In the last three games, Alabama averages 98 points per game while shooting 50% from the field and connecting on 37 3-pointers. Keep that in mind when it comes to the Alabama vs Auburn game preview.
Alabama already has seven players with at least 20 3-pointers. Leading scorer Mark Sears has six 3-pointers over the last two games as he has topped 20 points in five straight games. Latrell Wrightsell and Rylan Griffen each have 12 3-pointers during the four-game winning streak as Alabama has taken over the top spot in the SEC standings.
In the Crimson Tide’s lone SEC loss, Alabama was just 4 of 21 from 3-point range.
Alabama covered against the NCAAB odds in seven of its last eight games.
Tigers Working the Portal
With the loss of two of the top four scorers from last year’s team, Auburn continued to dip into the transfer portal to remain relevant in the SEC.
Leading the way is Chad Baker-Mazara, who last played at San Diego State during the 2021-22 season. FIU transfer Denver Jones, and former Division II star Chaney Johnson are other transfers in the rotation for an Auburn team that is tied for second in the SEC standings.
Auburn had 56 points in the second half the last time out against Ole Miss and got 36 points off the bench. That could play a role in the Alabama vs Auburn game preview.
In Auburn’s loss to Alabama, scoring depth was an issue as the other four starters combined for four fewer points than Johni Broome.
The total went under in five of Auburn’s last six games.
Last Meeting
Alabama erased an eight-point lead on the way to the 79-75 win on Jan. 24. Mark Sears had 22 points, and his two foul shots with nine seconds left to play enabled the Crimson Tide to cover as 3.5-point favorites.
After three of the previous four games between the Crimson Tide and Tigers went over the total, that matchup fell short of the 162.5-point total.
Alabama vs Auburn Betting Preview
It isn’t often that first place in the SEC is on the line when Alabama and Auburn square off on the basketball court.
Alabama and Auburn are both 7-2 against the spread in conference play. They are tied for second behind South Carolina for the best record (14-8) against the Las Vegas odds this season.
Auburn has covered in seven of the 11 games as a home favorite.
The Tigers have a record of 18-3 as the favorite this season, while Alabama has lost four of its last five games as the underdog.
The total went over in five of the last seven games played by the Crimson Tide.
The total has gone over in seven of the last nine games when Alabama played at Auburn. The total is set at 162 for this matchup.
This feels like a game that will come down to the final possession or two, and that is enough to roll with the visiting Crimson Tide to cover as 3.5-point underdogs.
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