Photo gallery: Auburn basketball hosts College GameDay for the third time
AUBURN — The first of two rivalry meetings between Auburn (17-7, 7-4 SEC) and No. 3-ranked Alabama (21-3, 11-0 SEC) kicks off on Saturday at 1 p.m., before a nationally-televised audience live from Neville Arena. Tents have been pitched as a student camp out line began outside of the venue on Thursday night, to watch the Tigers and Crimson Tide tussle for early state bragging rights.
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Alabama is the first Top 5-ranked team to visit The Plains since then No. 2-ranked Kentucky (L, 53-68) on Feb. 11, 2012. This is the 17th time Auburn will face the No. 3 team in the country (1-15) in program history. The Tigers last beat No. 3 North Carolina (W, 97-80) in the NCAA Sweet 16 on March 29, 2019 in Kansas City, Mo.
AU holds a 33-28 advantage in the rivalry series when the game is played on its home court. The Tigers last defeated the Crimson Tide, 100-81, during its three-consecutive week stretch as the No. 1 team in the land on Feb. 1, 2022 at Neville Arena.
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For the third time in program history, Auburn will host ESPN’s College GameDay on The Plains.
Auburn and Duke are the only two basketball schools to host College GameDay the last three seasons of the show in 2020, 2022 and 2023. The show did not air during the 2020-21 COVID season.
The Tigers are 2-0 in their previous College GameDay campus visits which include victories over then No. 13-ranked Kentucky (W, 75-66) on Feb. 1, 2020, and Texas A&M (W, 75-58) on Feb. 12, 2022, as the No. 1 team in the land.
All photos credited to Auburn Live photographer Matt Rudolph.
