Auburn vs Alabama Prediction & Picks - NCAA Men

Prediction published on 2/13/25, 6:20 PM  by Travis Pulver | Modified on 2/13/25 at 6:23 PM in NCAA Men Picks

If you see one college basketball game this season, it needs to be Saturday’s historic matchup between  No. 1 Auburn and No. 2 Alabama. Tipoff for the game is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, AL. The No. 1 Tigers opened as 1.5-point road underdogs.

Auburn bounced back from its first conference loss of the season last Saturday (90-81 vs. Florida) with an 80-68 victory against Vanderbilt on the road. The Tigers got off to a fast start against the Commodores, scoring the first 15 points of the game. But Vanderbilt was able to pull within a basket by halftime, 34-32. The Commodores briefly took the lead in the second half, 49-48, but Auburn responded with a 12-2 run to take control of the game. Alabama, on the other hand, will take a seven-game win streak into Saturday’s showdown after crushing Texas on Tuesday, 103-80. However, while the Bama offense has been present during the streak (80+ points in every game, 100+ in three), the defense has been lacking. The unit ranks No. 326 in scoring (78.5 points per game allowed). During the streak, five of seven opponents scored over 78.5 points.