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...
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.
beat best carried certainly chris great players step team
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.
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.
great job shots sparks takes team teammates threat
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.
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.
advantage both darn georgia guards teams
Georgia is pretty darn athletic. Their guards are terrific. When both teams are fresh, you have to give the advantage to Georgia. ... They were much quicker, much more athletic.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.