Bruce Pearl talks consistency in approach, best players rising up, working through adversity as SEC play begins

AUBURN -- Entering his 16th season of SEC basketball, Bruce Pearl says he'll treat preparation for Auburn's game at Arkansas the same way he'll treat any other game. "It’s exactly the same. It’s not superstition, I just like the routine of what we do and how we do it," Pearl said. "One of the reasons why I coach the same way and practice the same way, and I don’t change, so they don’t see me any more excited to play Arkansas than Arkansas State. They just don’t, I’m the same. I want them to be. I want them to be excited about playing every opponent." More from Pearl on needing his best players to rise up, working through adversity and more inside...