The No. 2 seed Auburn Tigers (27-5) and the No. 15 seed Jacksonville State Gamecocks (21-10) will meet in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at 12:40 PM. Auburn is favored by 15.5 points in the contest. Here’s everything you need to know about this 2-15 matchup when filling out your brackets.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Auburn has compiled a 19-13-1 record against the spread this season, while Jacksonville State is 17-12-0. A total of 18 out of the Tigers’ 33 games this season have hit the over, and 14 of the Gamecocks’ 29 games have gone over. The two teams score an average of 152.6 points per game, 14.1 more points than this matchup’s total. Over the past 10 games, Auburn has a 2-7-1 record against the spread while going 5-5 overall. Jacksonville State has gone 5-5-0 against the spread and 7-3 overall in its last 10 matches.
Before watching this matchup, here’s what you need to know about Friday’s college hoops action.
Jacksonville State at Auburn odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Auburn -15.5
- Total: 138.5
- Moneyline: Auburn -1898, Jacksonville State +986
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Jacksonville State at Auburn odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Auburn 79, Jacksonville State 63
Moneyline
- The Tigers have won 86.7% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (26-4).
- Auburn has played in four games as a moneyline favorite with odds of -1898 or shorter and won each of them.
- The Tigers have a 95.0% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- The Gamecocks have been underdogs in six games this season and won three (50%) of those contests.
- Jacksonville State has played as an underdog of +986 or more once this season and lost that game.
- The implied probability of a win by the Gamecocks based on the moneyline is 9.2%.
Against the spread
- The 78.7 points per game the Tigers record are 11.9 more points than the Gamecocks give up (66.8).
- Auburn is 18-7-1 against the spread and 24-2 overall when scoring more than 66.8 points.
- Jacksonville State is 15-8 against the spread and 16-8 overall when giving up fewer than 78.7 points.
- The Gamecocks put up an average of 73.9 points per game, 6.9 more points than the 67 the Tigers allow to opponents.
- Jacksonville State is 12-4 against the spread and 16-2 overall when it scores more than 67 points.
- Auburn is 17-9 against the spread and 24-2 overall when it gives up fewer than 73.9 points.
- The Tigers have totaled 374 more points than their opponents this season (11.7 per game on average), and the Gamecocks have scored 221 more points than their opponents (7.1 per game).
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Over/Under
- The Tigers have an average implied point total equal to their implied total in Friday’s game (77).
- This season, Auburn has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (77) 19 times.
- The average implied point total on the season for the Gamecocks (72.4) is 10.4 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (62).
- So far this season, Jacksonville State has scored more than 62 points in a game 24 times.
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