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Auburn Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Bruce Pearl joins Dan Patrick on The Dan Patrick Show as he is preparing for the SEC Conference Tournament. He talks about some of the biggest losses in his career and the last time he cried after a game. He has some unsolicited advice for Duke phenom Cooper Flagg. And he gets into the influence of the international game and how it affects the NBA and college hoops differently.
Bruce Pearl: “Interest in our game, in the college game has never been better...This is a tremendous regular season in college basketball, even just the SEC. How many ranked teams against ranked teams, and then how many of those games delivered? Like, the last two Saturdays in the SEC; Alabama/Tennessee: overtime, Auburn/Alabama: overtime, and the ratings are really good. I don’t know, I read a little bit about what’s gone on with the NBA but I couldn’t tell you why some of those numbers are down, but our numbers have never been stronger!”