Auburn men’s basketball did its part Saturday to clinch a Southeastern Conference regular season championship, beating Kentucky 94-78 inside Rupp Arena.

That win clinched a share of the title for Auburn, but the Tigers needed a Tennessee win over Alabama to clinch the SEC regular season championship outright.

Auburn got just that Saturday evening, as Tennessee took down Alabama at home on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Tennessee’s Jahmai Mashack. Tennessee is also the former school of Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl, and he took to X (formerly Twitter) to celebrate the occasion.

The acronym “VFL” stands for “Vol for life,” a term used by Tennessee fans. Pearl was the head coach at Tennessee from 2005-2011, before getting fired due to a recruiting scandal. He became the head coach at Auburn in 2014.

Peter Rauterkus covers Auburn sports for AL.com. You can follow him on X at @peter_rauterkus or email him at [email protected]m