2019 – 20 Auburn Tigers men 's basketball team will represent Auburn University during the 2019 – 20 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season as a member of the Southeastern Conference . The team 's head coach will be Bruce Pearl in his 6th season at Auburn . The team will play their home games at Auburn Arena in Auburn , Alabama . The Tigers finished the 2018 – 19 season 30 – 10 , 11 – 7 in SEC play . As the No. 5 seed in the SEC Tournament , the Tigers defeated Missouri , South Carolina , Florida , and Tennessee to win the tournament championship . It was Auburn 's second SEC Tournament championship and first since 1985 . The Tigers received the conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 5 seed in the Midwest Region . There , they defeated New Mexico State and Kansas to advance to the team first Sweet Sixteen since 2003 . In the Sweet Sixteen , they defeated No. 1-seeded North Carolina to advance to the Elite Eight . There they defeated No. 2 seed Kentucky to advance to the program 's first Final Four . In the Final Four , they suffered a controversial loss to eventual national champion Virginia
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2019 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
2019–20 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team