Bruce Pearl is set to speak with us at noon as the Tigers get ready to face Texas A&M on Saturday in Auburn Arena.
BRUCE PEARL
- Pearl says you can go online and get your AUTLive t-shirt. His dream is to walk out and see everyone in the building wearing a t-shirt. Even going to provide a shirt to the media. Purchasing all the t-shirts for the students.
- All funds go to cancer patients in the state of Alabama.
- Pearl says they feel fortunate and blessed to have College GameDay in town.
- Texas A&M has won 5 of last 6 against the Tigers. The Aggies have lost seven in a row. Two losses were on the road to Arkansas and Tennessee. Mentions all the margins in the losses have been pretty close.
- Aggies mix up pressure and turn you over a lot by trapping. They do things that too one else in the league does.
- "We turned the ball over too much. Didn't get back in transition as well as we should have ... And we missed too many free throws." - Pearl on Arkansas
- Zep Jasper could potentially play on Saturday
- We need to execute better offensively. "We need to share the responsibility of breaking opponents down on the bounce so we don't depend too much on Wendell."
- We fouled too much against Arkansas and UConn. Common denominators in the two losses.
- "We gave ourselves a chance." - Pearl against Arkansas
- On rebounding margin - "Obviously we have great size on the front line." Says Arkansas didn't send many to the glass so the Tigers ended up giving up some transition baskets. "We rebounded well enough at Arkansas to win the game."
- Doesn't have update on KD after an off game: "He'll be fine. He's a competitor."
- "You could question Wendell's last shot ... He had made the same shot to put us up 5 just a minute earlier. Wendell makes that shot, clean, open, 40% of the time."
- "I want my shooter to shoot. I want my scorers to score. I want my passers to pass. I want my guys to go to their strengths."
And that is the end for Bruce today.
BRUCE PEARL
- Pearl says you can go online and get your AUTLive t-shirt. His dream is to walk out and see everyone in the building wearing a t-shirt. Even going to provide a shirt to the media. Purchasing all the t-shirts for the students.
- All funds go to cancer patients in the state of Alabama.
- Pearl says they feel fortunate and blessed to have College GameDay in town.
- Texas A&M has won 5 of last 6 against the Tigers. The Aggies have lost seven in a row. Two losses were on the road to Arkansas and Tennessee. Mentions all the margins in the losses have been pretty close.
- Aggies mix up pressure and turn you over a lot by trapping. They do things that too one else in the league does.
- "We turned the ball over too much. Didn't get back in transition as well as we should have ... And we missed too many free throws." - Pearl on Arkansas
- Zep Jasper could potentially play on Saturday
- We need to execute better offensively. "We need to share the responsibility of breaking opponents down on the bounce so we don't depend too much on Wendell."
- We fouled too much against Arkansas and UConn. Common denominators in the two losses.
- "We gave ourselves a chance." - Pearl against Arkansas
- On rebounding margin - "Obviously we have great size on the front line." Says Arkansas didn't send many to the glass so the Tigers ended up giving up some transition baskets. "We rebounded well enough at Arkansas to win the game."
- Doesn't have update on KD after an off game: "He'll be fine. He's a competitor."
- "You could question Wendell's last shot ... He had made the same shot to put us up 5 just a minute earlier. Wendell makes that shot, clean, open, 40% of the time."
- "I want my shooter to shoot. I want my scorers to score. I want my passers to pass. I want my guys to go to their strengths."
And that is the end for Bruce today.
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