Did Bruce Pearl Pull A Butch Jones Yesterday?
By Cody McClure
Auburn had a tremendous college basketball season.
The Tigers and head coach Bruce Pearl were 27-2 at one point and locked up the regular season SEC Championship easily.
That’s in a league where everyone has gushed all season about how historically good it is, too.
Auburn seemed to be a tier above all of the conference’s other teams.
So, what happened over the past couple weeks.?
The Tigers have now lost three of their past four games, including Saturday’s semifinal of the conference tournament in Nashville vs. Tennessee.
And despite Auburn earning the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, many are now questioning whether they’ll be an early exit.
But hey, at least Auburn won the regular season national championship. That’s what Pearl said yesterday:
Regular season national champion. It sounds very Butch Jones-like.
Five-star hearts. Champions of life. You remember.
Not saying Pearl is Butch but if I was an Auburn fan I’d feel doomed right now.