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...
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.
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This is the biggest win of the year for us. The reason I say this is such a big win is Kentucky, Florida, Vanderbilt and Tennessee are all competing for the Eastern Division title. When you beat one of those three, it counts twice, a win for you and a loss for 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.
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Half of them were very well-defended and contested. Those are the ones that just sort of take your breath away and take the wind out of the opponents' sails. That's what makes him so special.
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This is a great win for Tennessee. This game meant a lot to us. We hadn't played against this type of competition.
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I love his passion and his energy. He's a one-man press. You talk about the one-two-one-one, he's just the one in front of that press with his length. He compares favorably with a lot of the big men in this league.
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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'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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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.
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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ESPN called it hideous. I asked Coach Mears for his permission and he gave me his blessing. I plan on wearing it for the Kentucky and Vanderbilt games because they were Tennessee's two biggest rivals when he was there.
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Florida looks to me like they're the team to beat.
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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.