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Auburn’s Bruce Pearl on ESPN: ‘My guards aren’t pussies’

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By ADAM ZAGORIA

Bruce Pearl has never been afraid to speak his mind — and he certainly wasn’t after his team’s latest win.

No. 1 Auburn knocked off No. 8 Ole Miss, 62-57, to reach the SEC Tournament semifinals. National Player of the Year candidate Johni Broome was dominant with 23 points and 15 boards, including a huge bucket over his right shoulder in the paint in the final seconds.

Speaking on the ESPN set after the game, Pearl lauded his bigs for being about to get out and defend on the perimeter — and also praised his guards.

“I’ve got bigs that can get out there and guard guards, and my guards aren’t pussies,” Pearl said. “They’re going to go down there and bang a little bit.”

When Seth Greenberg and the ESPN guys laughed about his comment, Pearl said, “Disney’s not writing my check right now, Auburn is.”

Despite back-to-back losses to close the regular-season the Tigers are the presumptive No. 1 overall seed in the Big Dance and will next face No. 13 Texas or No. 4 Tennessee in the SEC semifinals on Saturday.

“[The SEC Tournament] means a lot to everybody,” Broome said. “We ended the regular season not the way we wanted to so we have a chip on our shoulder coming in here and we’re just looking to win two more games.”

He added: “This tournament, national championship, everything means a lot to us.”

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Cooper Flagg headlines Naismith Award semifinalists

BY ALEJANDRO LOPEZ

The semifinalists for the two most prestigious awards in college basketball have been announced. Here are the names left standing for the Naismith Player and Coach of the Year awards:

Naismith Player of the Year Semifinalists

Johni Broome, Auburn

Walter Clayton Jr., Florida

Cooper Flagg, Duke

Kam Jones, Marquette

Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton

RJ Luis Jr., St. John’s

Mark Sears, Alabama

Braden Smith, Purdue

John Tonje, Wisconsin

JT Toppin, Texas Tech

Naismith Coach of the Year Semifinalists

Dennis Gates, Missouri

Todd Golden, Florida

Tom Izzo, Michigan State

Pat Kelsey, Louisville

Grant McCasland, Texas Tech

Ben McCollum, Drake

Bruce Pearl, Auburn

Rick Pitino, St. John’s

Kelvin Sampson, Houston

Jon Scheyer, Duke

Broome and Flagg have been the season-long favorites for the Player of the Year award as they led their teams to dominant regular seasons. Flagg sustained an ankle injury in the ACC quarterfinals and is expected to miss Friday’s semifinal against rival North Carolina.

Of course, this season’s breakout story was the work done by Pitino and St. John’s.

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The finalists for the Player of the Year award are expected to be announced on March 20, while the Coach of the Year finalists are scheduled to be announced on March 24.

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