Fans rose to their feet, jubilant. Dylan Cardwell and J.T. Thor got airborne for a high-five at center court. Bruce Pearl danced. Fans and players held up signs celebrating the coach's 600th career victory.
Saturday was a weird day inside Auburn Arena, and that's saying something during a season played amid a pandemic. It was the final day of the regular season, but there was no senior day ceremony (the Tigers don't have any) or SEC tournament seeding implications (the Tigers aren't going). The season is over. Sharife Cooper missed a fourth straight game because of injury.
But despite all that, Auburn got to have a little fun.