Auburn Tigers vs Oklahoma Sooners Prediction, 2/24/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Auburn Tigers vs Oklahoma Sooners

Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Location: Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, OK

TV: ESPN+

The Oklahoma Sooners (13-14) will try to beat the Auburn Tigers (15-12) at Lloyd Noble Center on Tuesday.

The Auburn Tigers played Kentucky and walked away with a win by a score of 75-74 in their last game. Auburn finished the contest having earned a 40.3% field goal percentage (25 out of 62) and converted 5 out of their 19 shots from 3-point land. From the charity stripe, the Tigers converted 20 of their 24 tries for a rate of 83.3%. With respect to getting rebounds, they collected 30 with 11 of them being offensive. They also recorded 12 assists in this matchup in addition to forcing the other team into 13 turnovers and getting 9 steals. In regard to defense, Auburn let their opponent shoot 41.5% from the field on 27 of 65 shooting. Kentucky earned 14 assists and had 7 steals for the game. In addition, Kentucky snagged 37 rebounds (16 offensive, 21 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Kentucky went 82.4% when shooting free throws by converting 14 of their 17 shots. They also made 6 out of their 23 tries from 3-point land. When discussing fouls, the Tigers walked away with 14 and Kentucky totaled 19 fouls.

KeShawn Murphy is one guy who played a role for the matchup. He finished shooting 64.3% from the floor and also earned 1 assist. He played for 24 mins and also grabbed 10 boards. He accounted for 25 points on 9 of 14 shooting.

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Auburn will take the court with a win-loss mark of 15-12 on the campaign. They are losing possession via turnover 10.0 times per contest and as a squad they commit 17.3 fouls per game. As a unit, Auburn is grabbing 36.9 boards per game and has tallied 350 dimes for the year, which ranks 278th in the nation in terms of passing the ball. The Tigers are shooting 33.3% on three-point shots (210 of 630) and 74.7% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 83.7 points per outing (35th in D-1) while going 45.5% from the floor.

Defensively, the Tigers are forcing 11.7 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 20.4 fouls. They are currently ranked 226th in Division 1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 385 relinquished on the campaign. The Tigers defense is allowing a FG percentage of 45.7% (740 of 1,618) and they concede 33.0 boards per game as a team. They give up 36.1% on 3-point shots while they are 318th in the country in PPG allowed (79.3).

For their last game, the Oklahoma Sooners walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 75-71 against Texas A&M. The Sooners pulled down 25 defensive rebounds and 17 offensive boards for a total of 42 for the contest. They also coughed it up 8 times, while getting 3 steals in the matchup. Texas A&M committed 20 personal fouls in the game which got the Sooners to the charity stripe for a total of 24 tries. They were able to bury 20 of them for a clip of 83.3%. Regarding shots from distance, Oklahoma knocked down 11 of their 30 tries (36.7%). When this game wrapped up, the Sooners ended up going 20 for 61 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 32.8%. The Sooners allowed Texas A&M to knock down 27 of their 62 tries from the floor which left them shooting 43.5% for the matchup. They shot 40.0% from beyond the perimeter by shooting 10 out of 25 and walked away from this one shooting 11 of 20 at the free throw line (55.0%). In reference to rebounding, Oklahoma allowed Texas A&M to pull down 33 in total (10 on the offensive side).

Dayton Forsythe was important for the Sooners for this contest. He made 4 of 10 in this contest for a rate of 40.0%, and totaled 1 rebound. He recorded 14 points in his 29 mins of playing time and had 6 dimes in this contest.

Oklahoma has a win-loss mark of 13-14 on the season. The Sooners are responsible for committing 17.6 fouls every game while shooting 74.2% from the charity stripe. Their rate of earning assists is at 14.2 times per contest (161st in college) and they are turning it over 10.1 times per game. Oklahoma has totaled 2,223 points this season (82.3 per game) and they pull in 36.1 boards per game. As an offense, the Sooners are hitting on 46.3% from the floor, which ranks 125th in Division 1.

The Sooners on the defensive end are ranked 294th in the country in PPG given up with 78.0. They are forcing their opponents into 10.3 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 45.1% from the field (245th in Division 1). The Oklahoma defense gives up 34.5% on shots from 3-point land (220 of 638) and their opponents are connecting on 74.0% of their shots from the charity stripe. They allow 13.9 dimes and 35.0 rebounds per game, which has them ranked 225th and 221st in those categories on the defensive end.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Oklahoma

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