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...
against game great meant played type win
This is a great win for Tennessee. This game meant a lot to us. We hadn't played against this type of competition.
season second talked
All season we've talked about getting better. I thought we got better in the first half, but in the second half, we didn't. How much that is a setback, I don't know.
coaching concession gym left looked mouth ran throw whistle
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.
both check exhausted gut physically teams
It was a real gut check for both teams. Both teams were physically exhausted at the end of that game.
behind overwhelm physically points three wear
We've come from behind three times from 9 points or more, so we know we can come from behind. We're not going to physically overwhelm people, we're just not. We've got to wear them down.
best few last remember traveling
I don't remember the last few days. I don't remember traveling to Lexington. I don't even remember traveling home. I remember the game. ... That is the best we've played.
I see a lot of similarities between the ones and twos and between the threes and fours.
again depends
We'll look at it again when we get started and see where he is. It really depends on him.
both decisions met
I am disappointed in some of the decisions that Jemere has made. We have a set of expectations for our student-athletes, both on and off the court, and he has not met them.