There may have been some concerns about the heart and fight of the Auburn Tigers after their first exhibition matchup with Florida State, but it didn’t take them long to prove those concerns to be false. In the Tigers’ second preseason matchup against the Alabama Crimson Tide, tensions flared, resulting in a benches-clearing scuffle between the Tigers and the Tide.

Here’s the altercation between Steven Pearl and Nate Oats just five minutes into the exhibition between Auburn and Alabama.

Both coaches extremely fired up. pic.twitter.com/EuxMHjX9Jm

— Gunner Norene (@norene_gunner10) October 23, 2026

The altercation began just under five minutes into the game after Auburn forward Thomas Dowd and Alabama forward Keitenn Bristow got tangled up on a rebound, resulting in a chippy interaction between the two that spilled over onto the rest of the court.

By the time the referees were able to get things settled down, both benches had fully cleared, with Auburn head coach Steven Pearl and Alabama head coach Nate…