REACTION: Auburn Tigers, Steven Pearl BLASTED by Purdue Boilermakers
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Locked On Auburn - Daily Podcast On Auburn Tigers Football & Basketball
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Another one. Another really tough game. Auburn loses to Purdue.
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Oh, man. Yes. Welcome on in to Lockdown Auburn, your daily Auburn Tigers podcast. I'm your host, Zach Blackerby, and thank you so much for making Lockdown Auburn your first listen every single day. Daryl Daprich joining us. I'm Zach Blackerby.
What were the main highlights of the Auburn vs. Purdue basketball game?
This is Lockdown Auburn reacting to Auburn's 88-60 loss to Purdue. Not quite 30. It could have been whatever number Purdue wanted, though, down the stretch. And so when you couple this... with their performance against Michigan and their performance against Arizona. When Auburn plays elite teams, this is kind of what we need to expect to happen, I guess. If you have any sort of a post presence, if you have any sort of way to attack the basket or consistently shoot from deep, Auburn's going to have trouble, whether it's leaving guys wide open around the perimeter or not having any sort of post presence defensively. This is what it looks like, Daryl.
Yeah, there's a specific blueprint for teams that are going to give Auburn a ton of problems. It's not a secret. It's not rocket science. First of all, elite teams. I understand getting beat by teams that are probably three of the teams that Auburn got beat. And you could throw in Houston all Final Four caliber teams. Other than Houston, you just didn't show up. I mean, you got blasted. Now this game, it looked like Auburn was going to keep it close. And then Purdue's bench, I mean, Purdue's bench, give them credit to Harris' kid that came off the bench and hit four threes. You know, the size was a problem, like we thought. If you look statistically, they shot 56%. from the field, which was a lot. Five players scored double digits.
Yeah. And they, I mean, 56% around, around the, you know, from the field is, is really good, but they shot 46% from three. So they, they are, they are the epitome. And then the, the Kaufman Ren guy went off. I mean, he had 18 points and he was unstoppable on the block. Braden Smith is as advertised, only had 11 points, but he did whatever he wanted. He found guys wide open. 14 assists. Yeah, facilitated, distributed. Auburn gets to the line, what, 16 times, only makes 11, 69%. So, I mean, they actually got their free throw line more than Purdue. The problem is Purdue didn't miss.
Yeah, the thing that's frustrating me most about this team is is I think some of this is fixable. Some of it is this is what the roster is. And we can have discussions on why the roster is this way and all of that. And I really do think that's on Bruce, not on Steven. And there's a lot of people upset with Steven, and that's fine. And I don't think Steven is perfect by any stretch of the imagination. But I think some of the issues... that are going to hinder Auburn's ceiling, because I think this team has a fairly low ceiling. And we knew that going into the season. I think it's a little bit lower probably than most of it's expected based off of play so far, because we liked the upside of Tahad, and we liked the upside of Keyshawn, or yeah, Keyshawn Hall, and then maybe another guy could step up.
And tonight that was Kevin Overton. He was great offensively. But to me, it's just if you have any sort of post presence, Auburn's probably not going to win that basketball game.
Well, I 100% agree. I mean, and there's no depth. Not only are you probably outmanned with the bigs you have, to make matters worse, you go too deep with your bigs. Because of Emeka being shut down the rest of the year, it's Jovic, who's undersized as a big, and Murphy, who looks to be a little bit injury prone.
How did Auburn's performance against elite teams affect their strategy?
That's it. That's what you have.
Yeah, I just question how effective he is. I mean, this is a guy who couldn't start at Mississippi State. And then he came over. And I think we brought him over to be a piece. And we're asking him to be the guy. And I don't think that's his fault. To be 100% clear, I think we are asking him to do something that is too much for what he was up to this point.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:44
2
What were the main highlights of the Auburn vs. Purdue basketball game?
0:44–4:21
3
How did Auburn's performance against elite teams affect their strategy?
4:21–12:13
4
What specific challenges does Auburn face with their current roster?
12:13–14:32
5
How effective is Steven Pearl's coaching compared to Bruce Pearl?
14:32–25:34
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