Auburn and Houston will face off in a battle of top basketball programs Saturday, but it looks like one team got a little too rowdy a little too soon.

Reports say a pilot returned Auburn’s plane 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 minutes after the pilot said “a bunch of basketball players were fighting “.

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Neville Arena before a game between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Auburn Tigers, Feb. 14, 2024, in Auburn, Ala. (Michael Chang/Getty Images)

The station reported that staff requested an emergency landing in Montgomery, but the plane landed in Auburn 40 minutes after takeoff.

The university did not immediately respond to a request for comment or confirm the incident.

Another report said there were no hits they were thrown, but “the boys got in front”.

FlightAware shows a “deviant” flight. left Auburn airport at 2:50 pm local time and landed at 3:30 pm. The website says the final flight from Auburn to Houston on Friday was scheduled to depart at 6:55 pm and land an hour and 53 minutes later.

Auburn Tigers head coach Bruce Pearl during a game against the Texas A&M Aggies. (Michael Chang/Getty Images)

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Three other flights on the same route earlier in the day went as planned, according to FlightAware.

Auburn is ranked 11th in the country, too Cougars are number 4.

The Tigers were eliminated in the first round of 2024 March Madness tournament as seed no. 4 of issue 13 Yale. Houston was the No. 1 seed last year and fell to No. 4 Duke in the Sweet 16.

An Auburn Tigers logo on a pair of shorts during the second half of the Legends Classic against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish November 16, 2023 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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In 2023, the Cougars, a No. 1 seed, knocked off No. 9 Auburn in the second round.

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