Auburn basketball Bruce Pearl after UK win: 'We're a football school but we're also an everything school'
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Following Auburn basketball win over Kentucky on Saturday, coach Bruce Pearl had a bold claim for the state of the Tigers athletics.
"Well look at the kids, look at the students, look at our players," Pearl said postgame on CBS. "That's what it's all about right there.
"What I'm so excited about is I know this happens at North Carolina, I know it happens at Kansas. This is happening in Auburn, Alabama. We're a football school but we're also an everything school."
"We're a football school BUT WE'RE ALSO AN EVERYTHING SCHOOL."
Bruce Pearl and @AuburnMBB are enjoying this one 😂 pic.twitter.com/UNyOdbiHeP— CBS Sports CBB (@CBSSportsCBB) January 22, 2022
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