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...
sweat
I sweat sweet. It's not a stinky sweat.
bunch great lost rodney
Rodney Carney is a great player, and we lost him a bunch of times, and that was the key.
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.
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.
both decisions met
I am disappointed in some of the decisions that Jemere has made. We have a set of expectations for our student-athletes, both on and off the court, and he has not met them.
error focus intense kentucky margin night played playing second terrific
I am very disappointed, but Kentucky played a terrific second half. We must focus on playing better. Every night we have had intense games, and there is no margin of error for this team.
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.
best few last remember traveling
I don't remember the last few days. I don't remember traveling to Lexington. I don't even remember traveling home. I remember the game. ... That is the best we've played.
adhere both expect standards tolerate
We set standards that we expect our student-athletes to adhere to both on and off the court. We will not tolerate anything less.
call capable defending
We're not communicating. We're capable of defending better. I call it having a sense of urgency. You need it this part of the season.
add alabama arkansas five memphis oklahoma physical state
LSU, Alabama and Arkansas are big, physical and athletic. Add Oklahoma State and Memphis -- there are our five losses.
almost major predicted tonight
What Major did tonight was no surprise. I almost predicted it if I could have.