Auburn’s Bruce Pearl accidentally punched his own player in the face

You can make the case that Auburn is the single most surprising team in college basketball this season. While every other school involved in the FBI scandal has struggled to meet expectations to some extent, the Tigers have thrived. After beating LSU on Saturday, Auburn sits alone a top the SEC at 19-2, 7-1. That they’ve done this without star center Austin Wiley and starting forward Danjel Purifoy makes this even more remarkable.

Now that you have some context on Auburn, please: Appreciate this video of Tigers head coach Bruce Pearl accidentally punching his own player in the face. Point guard Jared Harper did not know what hit him.

This happened during Auburn’s win over LSU, a game in which Harper had 11 points and eight assists. His most memorable sequence of the night was still getting hit in the face by his coach.