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- Before losing to Arkansas last week, Auburn danced on their opponent’s logo at half court.
- After a big commotion was made about the pregame dance, the Tigers threw shade at the Hogs on Saturday.
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Auburn basketball is the nation’s top-ranked team and deservedly so. The Tigers reached their program’s first-ever No. 1 ranking earlier this month after going 22-1 to start the year but dropped their second game of 2022 to Arkansas last week.
Prior to the game, Auburn danced on the Razorbacks’ logo at half court. After the huge upset win at home, Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman kept his promise and partied shirtless with the students who stormed the court.
He also gave an electric interview about Auburn’s pregame dance. He and his team took notice of the disrespect.
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A few days later, Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl was asked about the pregame dance. He saw nothing wrong with it and fired shots at Arkansas.
Re: Auburn's dancing on the logo at Arkansas, Bruce Pearl defended his players last night on Tiger Talk: "Have you seen that logo? It's almost the entire court. Where would you like my team to dance? … I think it's fun. These are student-athletes."
— Nathan King (@NathanKing247) February 11, 2022
His comments were ironic, seeing the difference in logo size between his school and that of the Razorbacks.
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— Clutch Sports: Arkansas (@ClutchSportsArk) February 11, 2022
After all of the hullabaloo was made about the pregame dance, Auburn threw shade at Arkansas on Saturday. Prior to their home game against Texas A&M, the Tigers gathered on their home logo and did the same dance.
Here’s Auburn dancing on their own logo during warmups. How dare them. pic.twitter.com/1cD8Fa5sDr
— Justin Hokanson (@_JHokanson) February 12, 2022
Auburn is dancing on its own midcourt logo, so disrespectful pic.twitter.com/v70ytdFcUw
— Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) February 12, 2022
Whether this is something that Auburn has done before every game all season, home or away, it doesn’t really matter. Dancing on an opponent’s logo, although Pearl is right about college kids having fun, is objectively disrespectful. Thus, Musselman’s comments were fair. Something can be both fun and disrespectful.
Dancing on their own logo before Saturday’s game, however, was petty.