His loss to Arkansas tonight ended all hope of an NCAA tourney. He's now 43-52 (15-37 sec) at auburn. Pearl has recruited just as well as us and maybe better bc he has 2 5*s (heron and wiley). Pearl's first time in the sec, he won at a 70.4% and made the NCAA tourney all 6 years he was there. Before coming to auburn, pearl coached in D1 10 years (4 at Milwaukee and 6 at tenn) and made the postseason 9 of 10 years (8 NCAA and 1 NIT) and made the sweet 16 4 times. Bruce pearl was a very decorated coach and has recruited excellent, yet he loses... a lot. I'm not gonna lie... pearl's struggle is concerning to me bc great talent and a big name coach doesn't seem to guarantee success