While walking through the tunnel after the game, Pearl said the environment was just like Auburn's Neville Arena. Auburn fans did not have to drive very far to reach the Sweet 16 in Atlanta.

Auburn basketball is headed home, sort of, for Sweet 16 in Atlanta. Tigers want to make NCAA Tournament site like Neville ...

Auburn basketball played its Sweet 16 win over 5-seed Michigan less than two hours from campus. That wasn't lost on the ...

ATLANTA — You could have mistaken the Sweet 16 matchup between Auburn and Michigan for a game at Neville Arena. The top-seeded Tigers turned State Farm Arena into their home away from home ...

I'm excited to see how the Auburn fans travel and how loud it's going to be. It's going to be electric." State Farm Arena, let alone Atlanta, is a place with which the program is quite familiar.

Auburn will now face Michigan in the Sweet 16, with the game taking place in Atlanta. The team is familiar with State Farm Arena, having played a neutral site game there for the past five seasons.