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...
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.
I see a lot of similarities between the ones and twos and between the threes and fours.
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.
blew catch looked terrible tried wrap
I don't want to see that tape. I think I looked bad. I tried to catch him, and he blew me over. I didn't wrap up. It would have been a terrible tackle. Chavis would have substituted for me right away.
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.
emotional honored walk
I can't tell you how honored and emotional I'm going to be to walk on that (Rupp Arena) floor.
coaches fan mean players recruiting relates year
I don't think the ranking is going to mean anything to the coaches and the players as it relates to this team. It's just what it could mean at the end of the year and what it could mean in recruiting and what it could mean in fan support.
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.