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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.