Auburn Tigers vs Tennessee Volunteers Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 03/12/26

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We move to Day 2 of the SEC tournament, and while the top 4 teams relax one more day, the Tennessee Vols will take center stage in their home state of Nashville against the Auburn Tigers. This is a mid-afternoon tip, and Auburn got a crucial win on Wednesday against Mississippi State. That was a can’t-afford-to-lose game, but the Tigers still have work to do. The key story for the Vols is the health of Nate Ament, the star freshman. Ament missed some time at the end of the season with an ankle injury, but he returned to practice this week and is questionable. We likely won’t know his status until tip time, and that has me staying away from the spread. Whether Ament plays or not though, I love this game as an under. Give me the game total under 148.

The only meeting between these teams this season was in late January in Knoxville, and the Vols won 77-69. I have a hard time seeing the scoring push higher in a tournament game. The pressure of tournaments usually has teams playing slower and more carefully. The Vols are already notoriously one of the slowest major conference teams in the nation, and they have a top 20 defense that stifles the opponent every possession. Auburn is a great offense, but they don’t necessarily play all that fast. Unless we have a ton of live ball turnovers that lead to easy transition buckets, this game will have a hard time getting to this point total. Take the under, whether Ament plays or not.

Auburn vs Tennessee prediction: Under 148 (-110) available at the time of publishing. Playable at that number.