Auburn Holds Off Arkansas Despite Poor Shooting Night

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00:00So, number one, Auburn held off Arkansas.

00:02We had the Hogs last night with the points and they covered.

00:06It was at the Neville, Auburn's bench outscored the Hogs bench 33-8, Broom at 16, 13 boards

00:13the double-double, Mazzara, Baker Mazzara at 15, Chaney Johnson 14.

00:19Auburn won despite shooting 17% from downtown.

00:23Here's Bruce Pearl after the game.

00:27You know, our offense left a lot to be desired tonight.

00:30Our execution wasn't very good.

00:33I don't think our shot selection was great.

00:35When you only have 11 assists and 12 turnovers, I don't think we shared it as well as we have

00:40been.

00:43But our guys competed.

00:44They did not let the fact that we weren't making shots and playing well offensively

00:50affect their defense.

00:51I think Arkansas to 60 points is significant.

00:55At the same time, I'm sure John, they had a bunch of good looks.

01:00They had some open shots that if they go down, it's a different outcome.

01:04Yeah, listen, it's simple.

01:05If you're going to shoot 17% from the arc in the NCAA tournament, you're going down.

01:11You're going to lose.

01:12You can't expect to hold every team to 60 points.

01:16There's no denying Auburn is legit number one.

01:19There's no denying they're tough to beat.

01:21There's no denying they're great defensively.

01:23But if you have a horrible shooting night, that is exactly how you lose in the NCAA tournament

01:29when you can't put the ball in the hole.

01:31Here's Calipari talking about the conference.

01:34When I first got in the league, there were three teams getting in the tournament.

01:39In those first four or five years, I was begging for seven, eight teams and I was full of crap.

01:46But I was saying we deserve this.

01:48We don't.

01:49And now you're talking about this league deserving 12.

01:52Well, you can't do that.

01:55Well, don't build all these big leagues then for the money.

01:59Don't do that because now you've got a bunch of us in one league and it may not be us.

02:05It may be us.

02:07But this league, I haven't seen one like this, especially because they're 16.

02:14Now I can remember back the Big East or the ACC, but they didn't have as many teams.

02:22Yeah, he's right.

02:24He's right.

02:25I agree.

02:26I still think, you know, and they keep losing games.

02:30Arkansas keeps losing.

02:32So anyway, you slice it, a loss is a loss.

02:34I know they're against great teams.

02:37Cry me a river.

02:38You're in the conference and you wanted the job.

02:40You took the job.

02:41You went to Fayetteville.

02:42You left Lexington.

02:44You left Rupp.

02:45You left those animal fans in Kentucky.

02:48And now you're down in Fayetteville and you're losing.

02:51So I mean, they're going from every day they lose, they're going like to be a higher seed.

02:56They're going to be, you know, it's just getting worse to the point where if they keep losing,

03:02they're going to have to do something dramatic in the conference tournament just to get into

03:06the NCAA tournament.

03:08At some point, you can't just lose every game and get into the NCAA tournament because you're

03:14in a great conference.

03:16If you don't win the games, you don't deserve to go.

03:19Like Indiana, they don't win.

03:21They don't deserve to be in the NCAA tournament.

03:23They're in the Big Ten.

03:24They lose all the games.

03:26If you lose all the games, you don't deserve to be in the tournament.

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