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HOOPS Bruce Pearl/Players quick notes...

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-Zep Jasper says Greenville is right next to his house. He's going to have a ton of family and friends there

-Zep Jasper says he's super grateful to be able to play in March Madness. Grew up watching it and now he finally gets to play in it

-Zep says it's time to flip the script and move on from disappointing loss to Texas A&M... "Everyone is 0-0."

-Zep says he's excited to get to play another in-state team in Jax State in the first round

-Bruce says he knows Ray Harper very well from his time at Southern Indiana and Harper being at Kentucky Wesleyan. They were huge rivals, he says.

-Auburn was 7-3 against the field. Says playing UConn and Loyola Chicago in the Bahamas took confidence in the players to go down there and play in that tournament, now it'll pay off.

-Bruce also notes games at Yale and going down to play South Florida in Tampa. Also talked about the pre-season scrimmage against UAB

-BP says Auburn is very excited about getting to go to Greenville instead of going out West this year

-Bruce says rebounding and offensive execution, specifically shot-making, need to improve going into March

-Bruce says he's disappointed Texas A&M didn't get in, especially after the Aggies win over Auburn and making it to the SEC Tournament title game: "We got outplayed, I got outcoached."

-Bruce says he didn't mention one word about lack of postseason experience going into SEC Tournament. Never got asked about it, so he never talked about it. Says he thinks experience matters a lot in tournament time. Bruce says he's looking for some "on the job" experience for this team as the tournament goes on.

-Allen Flanigan says the team is focused on continuing to work on its shots, knowing teams might dare this team to shoot it like Texas A&M did in the tourney.

-Al Flanigan says the extra rest from losing early in the tournament definitely can be beneficial for this team

-Flanny says he feels like he's at 80-85% of where he was before

-Wendell Green Jr. says it's a blessing to make March Madness. Being a 2-seed is not easy and they don't take that lightly. Calls it a four-game tournament every weekend

-WGJ says he always tells his teammates "great teams don't lose two games in a row." ... "we're ready, we're not going to let one loss take us down."

-WGJ says Auburn didn't want to lose in the first round of the SEC Tournament, but the extra rest will prove beneficial going into March Madness

-WGJ says it did feel good to end the Texas A&M game the way he did personally and gives him some confidence going into the tourney

-Dylan Cardwell compares it to being in the Super Bowl and cannot stop smiling and talking about how excited he is to go

-Dylan Cardwell: "We'll play our best basketball when our backs are against the wall."

-Dylan Cardwell says he feels like Auburn needs to find its hunger again and get back to being "junkyard dogs"

-Dylan says his favorite game from Auburn's Final Four run was against New Mexico State

***THATS ALL***
 
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