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March Madness: Auburn vs Jacksonville State Odds, Predictions, & TV Channel

By Andrew Hughes

Auburn basketball begins its March Madness run against Jacksonville State. Mandatory Credit: The Montgomery Advertiser
Auburn basketball begins its March Madness run against Jacksonville State. Mandatory Credit: The Montgomery Advertiser /
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Auburn basketball has disappointed lately, but that doesn’t matter now. It’s March.

The Madness has begun with the First Four concluding Wednesday night, with Rutgers and Notre Dame giving us some 2OT drama after the first three games were decided by eight, nine, and 11 points.

But now, it kicks into high gear. After the Tigers disappointed out of the gates in the SEC Tournament as a nine-point favorite–bowing out to the #8 seed Texas A&M in their first and last game in Tampa–they face a controversial auto-bid from the ASUN, Jacksonville State in the Big Dance.

The Gamecocks are in Greenville for the Round of 64 because ASUN Tournament Champions Bellarmine were ineligible after recently making the jump to Division I from the D2 ranks.

Now, they have the opportunity of a lifetime as they aim to take down the top team in the state of Alabama, and a team that owned the #1 spot in the AP Poll for several weeks, Auburn basketball, as a #15 seed in NCAA March Madness’ Midwest Region.

Fly War Eagle has the odds, a prediction, and TV information for the first-round matchup from the Bon Secours Wellness Arena:

Auburn basketball vs Jacksonville State Odds: Spread, Over/Under

The Midwest Region #2 seed Tigers take on the 21-10 Gamecocks Friday at 12:40PM EST on truTV. WynnBET has the Tigers as 15.5-point favorites (bet $110 to win $100) while the over-under is set at 139.

Auburn vs Jacksonville State Prediction

Fly War Eagle is going to suggest something controversial to the Auburn family.

With Bruce Pearl’s ex-Great Lakes Valley Conference foe Ray Harper on the JSU sidelines, a -15.5 point spread feels like a tough ask of the Tigers against a highly athletic outfit that knocks down 38.8% of their 3-point attempts…on a neutral site…especially given their recent postseason experience in Tampa.

Let’s emotionally hedge the first game of a potentially historic Auburn basketball run by taking Jacksonville State +15.5 (-110). The hope here is that if the Tigers don’t eliminate any and all worry with a healthy blowout, the family can at least profit.

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