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...
credit game good played second thrilled
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.
good players stronger
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.
chance chris clearly good guys job obviously open players saw shots special tonight turning
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.
becomes compete good hope irritated kentucky team
I hope if Kentucky ever becomes irritated with me, it's because my team is good enough to compete with them.
good guess guys happy sign win
It wasn't very good, but I guess it's a pretty good sign that the guys know that after an SEC win I'm not real happy about how way we played.
arkansas basketball country fight good hard imagine playing talented teams ways
Arkansas is one of the most talented teams in the country and playing really good basketball right now. It's hard to imagine (Arkansas and Alabama) having to fight their ways in as well as they're playing.
fair nice people saw
I think a lot of people thought that was it. We've done everything we could do, and I think that would be a fair assessment. I saw more than I thought we had. It was nice to see it.
beat extremely florida obviously playing team
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.
great half job looks offense pressure score stop time wonderful
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.
bunch great lost rodney
Rodney Carney is a great player, and we lost him a bunch of times, and that was the key.
sweat
I sweat sweet. It's not a stinky sweat.
basketball best confidence playing shook time
We're not playing our best basketball right now and haven't been. I think that for the first time the confidence has to be shook a little bit.
almost major predicted tonight
What Major did tonight was no surprise. I almost predicted it if I could have.
embrace history tennessee tried year
We've tried to do a lot of things this year to embrace the history of Tennessee basketball.