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Auburn should be a -8 favorite versus Miami this weekend in the 2nd round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament. Be sure to claim your free cash bonus (max bonus $2000) - Just a 5X rollover requirement. Jazz Sports has been serving the betting public since 1994. 18 and up.
Freshman Jabari Smith scored 21 points, transfer K.D. Johnson had 18 and No. 5 Auburn won the championship outright with an 82-71 victory over South Carolina on Saturday.
The Tigers (27-4, 15-3 SEC) secured the No. 1 seed for next week's league tournament in Tampa, Florida, after entering the day one game up on No. 7 Kentucky, No. 13 Tennessee and No. 14 Arkansas.
Since 2016, Auburn is an impressive 69-11 Straight Up (86.3%) in non-conference games.
As a favorite they are 115-24 Straight Up (82.7%) since 2016.
The Hurricanes lost 76-80 to Duke in their final game of the season.
The Hurricanes played a solid offensive game, but shot 6 for 12 from the line.
“We normally are a 70-75% free-throw shooting team and we missed some early. That obviously made a difference,” Miami coach Jim Larranaga said. “But our guys played as hard as they possibly can."
Against ranked opponents Miami has gone 8-34 Straight Up since 2016.
We will be on Auburn here -8 or better.
- Alistair Prescott, Gambling911.com
