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...
chris obviously players saw special tonight
To do special things you need to have special players and special performances. Obviously you saw one tonight from Chris Lofton.
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To do special things you need have special players and special performances. Obviously you saw one tonight from Chris Lofton. We did a pretty good job of getting him open and guys did a pretty good job of turning shots down to get him shots because he (Lofton) clearly had a pretty good chance of making what he put up.
dribble
Everything. Dribble penetration, post-up. When they're 19-for-25, you know.
call capable defending
We're not communicating. We're capable of defending better. I call it having a sense of urgency. You need it this part of the season.
add alabama arkansas five memphis oklahoma physical state
LSU, Alabama and Arkansas are big, physical and athletic. Add Oklahoma State and Memphis -- there are our five losses.
appreciate basketball best people tennessee
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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ESPN called it hideous. I asked Coach Mears for his permission and he gave me his blessing. I plan on wearing it for the Kentucky and Vanderbilt games because they were Tennessee's two biggest rivals when he was there.
capable league parity team wide winning
This thing is wide open. There is a lot of parity in this league and any team is capable of winning it.
florida looks team
Florida looks to me like they're the team to beat.
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This is the biggest win of the year for us. The reason I say this is such a big win is Kentucky, Florida, Vanderbilt and Tennessee are all competing for the Eastern Division title. When you beat one of those three, it counts twice, a win for you and a loss for them.
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Sparks makes that team better because he's so versatile. He's a threat from three, he takes big shots and he does a great job of getting his teammates involved.
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They were extremely prepared and did a really nice job themselves defensively, but when you hold an opponent to 30 percent shooting and force them to turn it over 21 times, I think that says a little something about the effort.
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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.
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Hard work alone won't guarantee success, but without hard work, I'll guarantee you won't have success.