The Auburn Tigers are in the midst of what might just be their best basketball season in program history.
Since Auburn hired Bruce Pearl a decade ago the program has gone from downtrodden and unsuccessful, struggling to generate interest from students and fans, to one of the best in the nation with a devoted fanbase.
Auburn’s Neville Arena provides arguably the best homecourt advantage in all of college basketball. A major reason for that is the environment the students create at games.
Getting into the arena isn’t easy, however, and students are displaying a new meaning of fanatical with an ever-growing popular trend of camping out in tents outside the arena to secure their place in line.
Pearl and others shared pictures of what the scene looks like outside the arena this week ahead of the huge top-ten matchup against Florida. The students are showing out:
This is what an everything school looks like! @AuburnU pic.twitter.com/8DLlMTp0KP
— Bruce Pearl (@coachbrucepearl) February 7, 2025
𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲 📈
Current tent count has now surpassed 120 lined up along Thach Concourse.
Can’t wait for Saturday in Neville!#WarEagle pic.twitter.com/Eyha1g1iFU
— Rhett Hobart (@RhettHobart) February 7, 2025
The Jungle is going to be absolutely rocking as usual when the 18-3 No. 6 Gators come to town looking to end Auburn’s undefeated in-conference streak. The Tigers have been dominant at home all season and will be fighting to continue that trend on Saturday afternoon.
Michael Brauner is a Senior Sports Analyst and Contributing Writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @MBraunerWNSP and hear him every weekday morning from 6 to 9 a.m. on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5, available free online.
