07/05/2024

Flames are seen through the windows and coming out under the eaves of this house fire. This was a training fire event with the fire set and controlled by a fire department on a house that was donated for the purpose of being used to train local volunteer fire fighters.

According to Pearl, who just finished his 10th season on The Plains, Auburn’s upcoming non-conference slate are the fruits of the Tigers’ labor in recent years.

“It’s where we’ve worked so hard to try to get to,” Pearl said during an Auburn Ambush stop in Hoover on Tuesday. “It’s like, look, be careful what you wish for now. So, right now, we’re able to be in touch with some of the best programs in college basketball, and they’re actually interested in playing us now. Now, if we go back to their town, their fans think it’s a big game.”

So far, there are just two confirmed non-conference games on Auburn’s 2024-25 schedule: a trip to Hawaii in November to compete in a stacked Maui Invitational, and a trip to Cameron Indoor, where the Tigers will take on the Duke Blue Devils as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge.

However, Pearl hinted on Tuesday that there’s another big non-conference addition is in the works — one that brings the Tigers back to Birmingham.

“I don’t think we’re in any position to make any kind of announcement about a game in Birmingham yet,” Pearl said Tuesday. “But I can tell you, we’ve got potential for a big game in Birmingham in December. We’re working on it. Contracts, I don’t think, are quite done. It’ll be a game and an opponent that we could actually sell the building out.”

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