Auburn vs South Carolina Prediction
Auburn vs South Carolina Game Information
| What: | Auburn vs South Carolina Prediction 1/11/2025 College Basketball Picks |
| When: | Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 1:00 EST/10:00 PST |
| Where | Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, South Carolina |
| Auburn vs South Carolina Line: | Auburn -16.5 |
| Total: | 146.5 |
| TV: | SEC Network |
Auburn vs South Carolina Preview
No. 2 Auburn (14-1, 2-0 in SEC) heads to South Carolina (10-5, 0-2 in SEC) to Auburn on Saturday in an SEC showdown from Colonial Life Arena in Columbia. In their last 5 games, the Tigers are a perfect 5-0, defeating Georgia State by 41 (100-59), Purdue by 18 (87-69), Monmouth by 29 (87-58), Missouri by 16 (84-68), and Texas by 5 (87-82). In their last 5 games, the Gamecocks are 3-2, beating rivals Clemson by 3 in OT (91-88), Radford by 26 (74-48), and Presbyterian by 10 (69-59), and then losing to Mississippi State by 35 (85-50) and Alabama by 20 (88-68). Online sportsbook DraftKings currently has Auburn at 6/1 to win the 2025 NCAA Basketball Tournament and the co-Favorites (Duke) with South Carolina sitting at longshot 250/1 odds.
No. 2 Auburn Poised to be New No. 1 Next Week
After getting blown out at Florida, current No. 1 Tennessee will give up the ratings ghost to the future top-ranked team, Auburn (10-5-0 ATS, 9-6-0 O/U) who have won 7 straight games after losing at Duke in the ACC/SEC Challenge (the ACC went a mind-boggling 14-2 SU in that competition) last month at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Tigers (-2,200 Moneyline) are 2-0 in SEC play with Wins over Mizzou and Texas and have already dusted off the likes of No. 4 Houston, No. 5 Iowa State, No. 9 North Carolina, Memphis, and Ohio State. What have you done lately? (I still haven’t taken out the garbage.) Auburn is led in scoring by stud F Jonhi Broome (18.7 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 3.4 APG), G Chad Baker-Maraza (13,0 PPG, 3.6 RPG), G Tahaad Petiford (11.0 PPG, 2.8 APG), G Miles Kelly (10.0 PPG, 2.8 RPG), G Denver Jones (10.9 PPG, 2.9 APG), F Chaney Johnson (10.1 PPG, 5.4 RPG), and F Jahki Howard (7.1 PPG, 4.5 RPG).
Auburn Betting Trends
- Auburn is 0-3-0 ATS in its last 3 games overall
- The Tigers are 9-1-0 SU their last 10 games
- The Over is 6-3-0 in the Tigers last 9 games
- Auburn went 21-14-0 ATS last season (60%)
- Auburn has now been a Favorite 8 straight games (counting this game)
- The Tigers are 6-4-0 ATS in their last 10 games overall
South Carolina is Winless in its Last 7 vs Auburn
South Carolina (6-9-0 ATS, 6-9-0 O/U) hasn’t defeated Auburn since March of 2019 and the Gamecocks (+1,100 Moneyline) come in here Huge Home Underdogs and at a price you seldom see facing a team with 10 Wins and SC’s pedigree. It’s not that the Gamecocks are bad, but more about how freakishly deep the SEC is now and how good this Auburn team really is. South Carolina is led by star F Collin Murray-Boyles (15.1 PPG, 8.3 RPG), G Jamari Thomas (12.3 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 3.3 APG), F Nick Pringle (10.6 PPG, 6.4 RPG), G Zachary Davis (9.6 PPG, 3.9 RPG), G Jacobi Wright (9.5 PPG, 2.4 APG), G Morris Ugusuk (5.7 PPG), and G Myles Stute (5.4 PPG, 2.7 RPG). The Gamecocks average 73.4 PPG (#244 while allowing 68.4 PPG and average 36.3 RPG (#197) and 13.7 APG (#223). South Carolina had won 7 straight before losing at Mississippi State two games ago.
South Carolina Betting Trends
- South Carolina is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games overall
- The Gamecocks are 0-3-0 ATS in their last 3 games
- The Under is 4-0-0 in the Gamecocks last 3 games
- The Under is 8-2-0 in South Carolina’s last 10 games overall
- South Carolina has lost by 35 and 20 points its last 2 games (average -27.5 PPG)
Auburn vs South Carolina Prediction
This series has been dominated by Auburn in the last 10 meetings with the TIgers going 9-1 and winning the last 7 in a row and going a profitable 7-3-0 ATS, covering the last 3 meetings. The Over has also been the play, also going 7-3-0 over that span and clicking in 5 of the last 6 series meetings with the lone Under—the last meeting—going Under by only 3 points. In their last meeting, Auburn rolled to an 86-55 win (+31) at a Neutral Site in the SEC Tournament in March of 2024 in a game that saw the Tigers leading by 20 at Halftime (46-26). In the 7-game Win Streak vs SC, Auburn has won by 31, 40, 15, 9, 15, 23, 14, and 9 points. This Auburn vs South Carolina NCAAB pick will ride the horse in the direction he is going and take the prolific visitors to win by 20 or more and probably be up around 20 after the first 20 minutes in the Palmetto State on Saturday afternoon. Pass the donuts.