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Auburn University Tigers Men's Basketball
For over a century, the Tigers men's basketball team has been a distinguished presence on the Auburn University campus. The team has appeared in the NCAA Tournament an impressive 12 times, including its first-ever Final Four bow in 2019, and won five regular-season conference championships as well as taking home two SEC Tournament titles. Since 2014, the Tigers have been coached by Bruce Pearl. Auburn plays home games at Neville Arena, a 9,121-seat, multipurpose venue on Auburn's campus that opened in 2010 as a replacement for Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum. The $86 million project offers state-of-the-art amenities for fans — there's a dedicated lobby, entrance and snack area just for Auburn students, who sit in the lower bowl in an area affectionately called the Jungle. And athletes have it good, too: players get access to a 13,970-square-foot practice facility and weight room.
Auburn University Tigers Men's Basketball History
Auburn University fielded a men's basketball program starting with the 1905–06 season. The first team was coached by Mike "Iron Mike" Donahue from inception until 1921. Between 1933 and 1942 (and then the 1945–46 season), the Tigers were coached by Ralph "Shug" Jordan, who is also famous for being a dynamic Auburn football coach. Other notable coaches include Sonny Smith — an Alabama Sports Hall of Fame inductee who took the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament five years in a row, between 1984 to 1988 — and Cliff Ellis, who earned both SEC and National Coach of the Year honors in 1999.
As for players, Auburn's most famous alum is Charles Barkley, the dynamic and outspoken Philadelphia 76ers star who now works as an NBA broadcaster. Other famous players who have passed through the program include the Person brothers, Chuck and Wesley, as well as former NBA players Mike Mitchell and Chris Morris. Auburn has squared off against in-state rival Alabama since 1948, and the winner of their matchup wins the Foy-ODK Sportsmanship Award. Major Auburn competitors include Georgia (their rivalry dates back to 1908) and UAB.
We have a wheelchair bound 15yo son. Walking into the BJCC Arena a little lost between parking, walking to the arena and trying to find our seats. BJCC staff came to us to suggest handicap seating options so we can all sit together as a family. What a thoughtful staff!! Thank you so much.
Wish we would of know seats we chose had awful view due to railing and also a lot of traffic flow people going up and down stairs that prevented our best view of the courts
Everything was well run and I got my tickets with no problem. Two thoughts for improvement 1. The insurance option that pops up when buying the tickets is unclear as to what is being insured. It felt like a scam 2. I bought premiere parking but there was no info as to where it (the lot) was located
Awesome game! Great event for the game of basketball and also increased awareness for Prostate Cancer Research.
We had such a great time at the Auburn game! Our seats had a nice view of the court and it was great to get to cheer on our Tigers in Birmingham.
