Bruce Pearl
Bruce Pearl
Bruce Allan Pearlis an American college basketball coach, and the head coach of the Auburn Tigers men's basketball program. He previously served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Volunteers men's team, among others. He is a graduate of Boston College, where he obtained his first position as an assistant basketball coach. He was the first coach to lead the Volunteers to a national #1 ranking. Pearl also served as the head coach for the Maccabi USA basketball...
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I told him I wanted his permission and his blessing to bring out the orange jacket for the Vanderbilt and Kentucky games. He fully approved of it.
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That was a game of two completely different halves. I was thrilled with the way we played in the first half. I was very disappointed by the second half. Give Auburn credit - they have not packed it in. They are well coached, and they will be good down the stretch.
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It seems the more tired Chris Lofton got, the better he shot.
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Great players are going to have to step up if you're going to beat the best team in the country. Certainly Chris carried us.
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People that have been around Tennessee basketball said it was one of the best environments they have ever seen. I can't tell you how much I appreciate the support.
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And he looked at me, and he put the whistle in his mouth like I was coaching and he was going to give me a technical. I said, 'What, are you going to throw me out?' And he ran over to security. Before anything could happen, I just left the gym and went to the concession stand.
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It's certainly a huge part of any offensive or defensive game plan. You must be able to shoot it and defend.
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I think it's very wide-open. I think LSU is obviously the team to beat as SEC (regular-season) champion. I think Florida comes in playing extremely well, as does Arkansas.
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The players have had a good fall. I say that by my standards, it's been a good fall. We're stronger and we're bigger. ...We're going in the right direction.
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We couldn't stop them in the half court. They did a wonderful job of executing. They got great looks and made shots, which put too much pressure on our offense to score every time down the floor.
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This thing is wide open. There is a lot of parity in this league and any team is capable of winning it.
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I've made mistakes, I clearly did, but what I was hoping for was that some other dumbass would get on the front page and take me off the hook. I miss Lane Kiffin.
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Hard work alone won't guarantee success, but without hard work, I'll guarantee you won't have success.
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We set standards that we expect our student-athletes to adhere to both on and off the court. We will not tolerate anything less.