Auburn ended up winning the 169th edition of the "Iron Bowl of Basketball" just eight days after the university's 169th birthday, 'Auburn Tigers' equals 169, and 'Bruce Pearl' equals 169 (Auburn Basketball's head coach). See, 169 is 13 squared, 'City of Auburn' equals 169, this matchup took place 13 days after the anniversary of the 'City of Auburn' being incorporated, 'Alabama' equals 13, and 'AL' (the abbreviation of the state that this city/school is in) equals 13 and 41, the latter is the 13th prime number. In addition, the final score was 94-85, making the total amount of points scored in the game 179, which is the 41st prime number, and again, 41 is the 13th prime number.
With Auburn's win, Bruce Pearl stayed on 220 career losses, 220 of course is a number resembling 22 (with the valueless zero removed, it would be 22), Alabama is the 22nd state of the United States, 'University of Alabama' equals 79, 'Auburn Tigers' equals 79, 'Iron Bowl of Basketball' equals 79, and 79 is the 22nd prime number. Furthermore, the city of Auburn was incorporated in 1839 on 2/2.
Alabama's loss put their record to 21-4, 'University of Alabama' equals 214, and 'Iron Bowl of Basketball' equals 214.
The last matchup between these two schools in football was 77 days before this matchup of theirs in basketball, 'Auburn' equals 77, and 'Auburn University' equals 77.