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[QUOTE="Eric15, post: 4705933, member: 676"]
I'm going to play Devil's Advocate re: Bruce Pearl. I know his personality rubs some the wrong way, but he's an excellent coach.

He's been successful everywhere he's been. Started out at D2 Southern Indiana in the 90s, made the tourney every year, and won a national title there.

Then he goes to Milwaukee, a program that never made the tourney in its history, and gets them to the tourney two out of his four years there, including a Sweet 16 berth in his final year in 2005.

Then he goes to Tennessee. In the four years before he arrives, zero tourney appearances. In his six years there, tourney every single year including an Elite 8.

Then he goes to Auburn in 2015, a program whose last tourney game was the 2003 Sweet 16 against us, and proceeds to turn them into a national contender. They were extremely unlucky in that 2019 Final Four game against UVA. A very controversial foul call at the end. If that goes their way, they are in a strong position to win a title.

Honestly, if anything, Pearl is rated too low.
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