College basketball analyst Seth Greenberg took a subtle dig at Bruce Pearl after voicing support for Auburn following its SEC tournament loss to Tennessee. Greenberg joined the Don Patrick Show on Friday to analyze Pearl’s take on Miami (OH)’s NCAA tournament bid vis-à-vis Auburn’s SEC tournament loss.
The Tigers lost 72-62 to the Volunteers on Thursday, crashing out of the SEC tournament.
Pearl criticized the officiating in a post he made on X.
“There’s Rim Protection, and there’s what’s been allowed to happen in the last 10 minutes,” he wrote.
Greenberg noted Pearl’s bias for Auburn in his analysis, stating that he’s fueled by an agenda.
“He’s kind of walked back a little bit. You know, Bruce, I love him to death, but we also know he has a little bit of an agenda. I mean, his son is right on that bubble. He wants to see his son get into the tournament.”
The former Virginia Tech coach went on to blame Bruce Pearl for his son’s struggles coaching the Tigers, especially with the roster he left behind.
“Bruce Pearl, and I love him to death, but he screwed his own son when he left,” he said. “And then the schedule he left with, and a totally new roster. … You don’t lose a Johni Broome; you don’t lose the players that they lost and then all of a sudden hand it to your son and say, ‘… go ahead and go out and win 20 games, go to the Sweet 16, go to the Elite Eight.”
Weighing Miami (OH)’s NCAA tournament chances following Bruce Pearl’s take
Miami (OH) suffered its first loss this season in a Mid-American Conference tournament game on Thursday against UMass. The Minutemen handed the RedHawks an 87-83 loss at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
Despite the loss, the RedHawks, who finished the regular season undefeated (31-0), are expected to feature in the NCAA tournament. On the other hand, Auburn’s slim chances of making the national tourney got even slimmer with the loss to Tennessee on Thursday.
Thursday’s loss made any case for Auburn’s berth in the NCAA tournament more difficult, as it marked its 16th defeat of the season. With only a game above .500, the Tigers would have the most losses ever for an at-large team if selected. No team with more than 15 losses has ever been included in the NCAA tournament.
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Edited by Kayode Akinwumi
