The Tigers were down a man after starting wing Chad Baker-Mazara was ejected due to a Flagrant 2 foul in the second half. The call was made after a review on a play where Baker-Mazara elbowed Alabama’s Chris Youngblood in the back of the head. Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl was asked after the game about the incident but avoided comment.

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Bruce Pearl on CBM's ejection: "What I'd like is for the first fouls to be called. I haven't seen the play so I can't comment on whatever happened there. Flagrant 2, this is his second time having it. We aren't as good a team without him." Pearl adds, "Chad can't do that."

In the second half of the game, Auburn guard Chad Baker-Mazara was given a flagrant-2 foul after elbowing Alabama's Chris Youngblood in the back of the head underneath the basket. It is the second-most notable ejection of Baker-Mazara's career following his ejection in the early stages of Auburn's NCAA Tournament first round game last season with Yale,