Auburn and Houston will face off in a battle of top basketball programs Saturday, but one team apparently got a little too rowdy a little too early.
Reports say a pilot turned Auburn’s plane around due to an altercation between players.
WBRC in Birmingham said a plane that appeared to be carrying the Tigers’ men’s basketball team, traveling from Auburn to Houston, was diverted to Auburn several minutes into the flight after the pilot said there were “a bunch of basketball players fighting.”
The outlet reported that staff requested an emergency landing in Montgomery, but the plane instead landed in Auburn 40 minutes after takeoff.
The university did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did it confirm the incident.
Three other flights with the same route earlier in the day went on as planned, according to FlightAware.
Auburn is ranked 11th in the country, and the Cougars are No. 4.
The Tigers were knocked out of the first round of the 2024 March Madness tournament as a No. 4 seed by No. 13 Yale. Houston was a No. 1 seed last year and fell to No. 4 Duke in the Sweet 16.
In 2023, the Cougars, a No. 1 seed, knocked off No. 9 Auburn in the second round.
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