A sign being held up by an Auburn fan making an apparent reference to a capital murder charge against former Alabama men’s basketball player Darius Miles was shown Saturday on ESPN.

“Bama has more players in court than on the court!,” the sign read.

The network’s “College Gameday” program, airing from Auburn before Saturday afternoon’s game against Alabama, showed an isolated camera shot on the sign. The network aired that shot along with those of a few other signs before it cut to the beginning of an interview with Tigers coach Bruce Pearl.

Miles, a junior forward now dismissed from the team, was charged Jan. 15 for his alleged role in the shooting death of Jamea Harris in Tuscaloosa. Prosecutors say Miles admitted to providing the gun that witnesses say Michael Davis, also charged with capital murder, used to shoot Harris after an argument on the city’s bar strip.

Miles is set to appear for a preliminary hearing later this month.

Alabama coach Nate Oats said days after Miles was charged that he hoped visiting fans would respect the severity of the situation and not make joking references to it.

“I’ve talked to our team about that,” Oats said Jan. 20. “Basically I told them this: if people want to be ignorant, and say things that are completely out of line — and in this case, I would think, this isn’t a case where somebody got into some trouble. These are serious matters. There’s a five-year old, Kaine, that doesn’t have a mother anymore.

“This is not, to me, something that students should be joking about. If somebody does happen to say something, I just told our guys, you’ve got to be strong enough, tough enough. We’re here to play basketball. We know who we are, what we’ve done. We’re not — if they’re yelling things at us, they’re completely out of line. Ignore them. Move on. For those guys that will be in the pros, some fans say outrageous stuff to professional athletes at times.

“I hope it doesn’t happen anywhere. I hope people have enough decency to recognize — I mean, we have talked to our guys, though, about just ignoring it. Let’s focus on the task at hand. Let’s focus on what we can control.”

The next day, after Alabama played a road game at Missouri, Oats said a fan was removed from the student section in Mizzou Arena after making a comment toward visiting Tide players about Miles.

“They got him out of there,” Oats said Jan. 21. “Sometimes college students don’t understand the severity of things. For the most part, it was fine.”

Mike Rodak is an Alabama beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mikerodak.