WATCH: Bruce Pearl Dresses Up As Auburn Football Coach Gus Malzahn

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Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl and the entire basketball program treated students to the start of a preseason tradition on Thursday with an event simply dubbed "Pearl Jam."

The former Tennessee head basketball coach has energized the team's fan base since his hire. He also energized them on Thursday with an absolutely hilarious impersonation of Auburn football coach Gus Malzahn:

http://youtu.be/8gSWVRWUvI8

Malzahn currently has the football program sitting in 3rd in the inaugural College Football Playoff rankings. Pearl, with a little bit of help from Malzahn's fashion sense, hopes to bring that sort of success to a basketball program starved for meaningful March Madness games.

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