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...
runs
Those runs that we went on, they got us in range. If we had been in range, those runs could have got us close.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I wanted them to learn to not take any possessions off, just trying to be as intense as we can. We try to play eight or nine people, keep people fresh so we can be as disruptive defensively as we can.
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It was off the charts. Terrific. People that have been around Tennessee basketball said that it was one of the best environments they've ever seen, which is wonderful to hear in our first year.
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It seems the more tired Chris Lofton got, the better he shot.
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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.
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It was a real gut check for both teams. Both teams were physically exhausted at the end of that game.
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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 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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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.