re: Auburn: You ready to pay Saban/Calipari money for a bb coach?

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Auburn does have a high ceiling in basketball and Pearl has a good thing going there but so do quite a few other SEC schools Pearl is competing against. Kentucky is a given of course while Arkansas, LSU, and even MSU are more than capable of being thorns in his side each year. That's not to mention Alabama either. I know some have rightfully had fun with our struggles the last month or so but Oates did just sign a Top 5 recruiting class and will be a factor in the SEC most years. Pearl would have a much easier road year to year at Louisville than Auburn will in the SEC. I'd say the same about Oates leaving if Louisville comes hard after him

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I was taking about the strength of other SEC teams in football in which AU is trailing in recruiting and overall momentum.

Bruce has Auburn at the top or close to the top of the SEC 4 out of the last 5 years. He has an established recruiting pipeline in addition to having the best eye for under-recruited talent. He’s as established as one can be right now in the SEC.