Tennessee Is A Solid Pick to Take Down Auburn in Key SEC Clash
No. 4 Tennessee Is Favored According to Auburn vs Tennessee Betting Trends
Availability of Auburn’s Jaylin Williams Could Be Key in SEC Matchup
A pair of title contenders will be meeting up in Knoxville when Auburn hits the road to face the Tennessee Volunteers. The Auburn vs Tennessee betting trends have the host Volunteers listed as the favorite.
This is the first meeting between the teams since host Auburn won 79-70 as a 2.5-point favorite in the final game of the regular season during the 2022-23 campaign. The home team has won each of the last four meetings between the Volunteers and the Tigers.
Tennessee is priced as a 6.5-point favorite as the Volunteers have been favored at home against Auburn in every game dating back to 2000. The Volunteers are priced at -275 to win the game outright with Auburn at +225 on the moneyline.
When looking at the men’s college basketball rankings, Tennessee moved up one spot to No. 4 in both the Associated Press and USA Today coaches poll. Auburn moved up three spots to No. 11 in both national polls.
Tennessee is fifth at +1500 in the odds of winning the national title while Auburn is eighth at +2000 in the odds of winning March Madness.
Despite a 5-5 record in Quad 1 games, Tennessee is fifth in the NCAA NET rankings. Auburn is seventh in the NCAA NET rankings with a 19-0 record in non-Quad 1 games. Keep on reading for more on the matchup between Auburn and Tennessee.
Tigers vs Volunteers 
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Records: Auburn (10-4 in the SEC)/Tennessee (11-3 in the SEC)
Location: Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, TN
Streaming: ESPN2
Tigers Look to Roar on the Road
It has been all or nothing for Auburn over the last four games. The Tigers defeated then-No. 11 South Carolina by 40 points and won by 19 points on the road against Georgia. However, Auburn has also lost to unranked Florida by 16 points and fell by 11 points at home to Kentucky to fall a game out of the lead in the SEC standings.
The top three scorers for Auburn (Johni Broome, Jaylin Williams, and Chad Baker-Mazara are averaging fewer points on the road than at home. Keep that in mind when it comes to the Auburn vs Tennessee betting trends.
In the road loss to Florida, the Tigers missed 14 of their 17 3-point attempts and committed 15 turnovers.
Auburn is currently just 4-4 on the road this NCAAB season. The Tigers are 10-4 against the spread in their last 14 games.
Volunteers Starting to Roll
Since a stunning 16-point loss on the road to an unranked Texas A&M team, Tennessee has picked things up.
During its current four-game winning streak, Tennessee is averaging 84.5 points per game to move into a tie with Alabama atop the SEC standings. Keep that in mind when it comes to the Auburn vs Tennessee betting trends.
Dalton Knecht continues to lead the Volunteers with 10 NCAAB games with at least 20 points over the last 13 games. However, he has been getting plenty of help.
Jonas Aidoo is averaging 16.5 points and 9.5 rebounds during the four-game winning streak while Zakai Zeigler had 14 assists in his last game.
Tennessee has covered in five of its last seven games.
Last Meeting
Wendell Green had 24 points and Jaylin Williams flirted with a triple-double with 13 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists as Auburn topped Tennessee at home as a 2.5-point favorite as the Tigers covered for the eighth time in the last nine games against Tennessee.
The game went over the 130.5-point total on a basket by Auburn’s Allen Flanigan with 3:14 left to play. It was the ninth time in the last 11 games between Tennessee and Auburn to go over the total.
Each of the last four games between the Tigers and the Volunteers have been decided by single digits.
Auburn vs Tennessee Betting Preview
It doesn’t get much bigger than this matchup with Auburn and Tennessee are among the four college basketball teams separated by just one game at the top of the SEC standings.
Tennessee is 16-1 in its last 17 home games and 6-1 in the last seven games.
Tennessee is 13-1 as a home favorite this season. The Volunteers are 9-4-1 against the spread in those games.
This is just the second time this season that Auburn is listed as a road underdog.
The Volunteers are 20-3 as a favorite this season. Tennessee has covered in nine of its 14 home games with Auburn 4-4 against the spread on the road.
There are plenty of NCAAB players on both sides who could be among today’s best college basketball bets.
Six of Auburn’s eight road games have landed under the total. The total is set at 152 points.
The total went over in four of Auburn’s last six games. However, six of the Tigers’ last eight games on the road finished under the total.
Keep an eye on the status of Auburn guard Jaylin Williams as he is questionable with a knee injury.
The KenPom rankings have Auburn sixth in defensive efficiency and 15th in offensive efficiency while Tennessee is second in defensive efficiency and 21st in offensive efficiency.
It’s hard to go against Tennessee as the Volunteers are facing an Auburn team that has struggled at times on the road.
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