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  1. heavyj80 heavyj80 is offline

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    Nov 19th, 2010 (11/19/2010 7:04pm)

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    SEC suspends Tenn. basketball coach Bruce Pearl for eight conference games

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    The Southeastern Conference announced Friday that Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl has been suspended for the Volunteers' first eight conference games this season due to NCAA rules violations that were discovered over the summer.
    Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl has been suspended for his team's first eight conference games this season due to NCAA violations he and his staff committed that were discovered over the summer.


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    By Steven Bridges, for USA TODAY

    Pearl is suspended from all team activities on the dates of the following conference games:
    Jan. 8: Tennessee at Arkansas
    Jan. 11: Florida at Tennessee
    Jan. 15: Vanderbilt at Tennessee
    Jan. 18: Tennessee at Georgia
    Jan. 26: LSU at Tennessee
    Jan. 29: Tennessee at Ole Miss
    Feb. 3: Tennessee at Auburn
    Feb. 5: Alabama at Tennessee
    Pearl was found this summer to have lied to NCAA investigators as they investigated allegations of rules violations by Pearl and his staff. The coach told investigators he didn't know where a photo of a recruit -- who was a high school junior at the time -- had been taken, but investigators already knew that the photo was taken at Pearl's home. Hosting a high school junior at an off-campus site is prohibited by NCAA rules.
    "The suspension from coaching duties has been imposed after a careful review of the facts established during the NCAA's investigation and reported to the SEC office," SEC commissioner Mike Slive said in the news release. "I am extremely disappointed in the nature of the violations involving Coach Pearl and the Tennessee men's basketball program. The penalty applied to this circumstance is significant, which is consistent with the directive approved by the SEC membership in 2010 granting the Commissioner authority to act in such cases."
    On the dates of the games in which Pearl is suspended, he is prohibited from all team activities, which include, but are not limited to practices, meetings, pre- and post-game activities and the game itself.
    "While disappointed in the severity of commissioner Slive's additional punishment, we respect that he is acting on the authority that the league's athletic directors, presidents, and chancellors granted him earlier this year to address matters of his nature,'' UT Athletic Director Mike Hamilton and Chancellor Jimmy Cheek said in a prepared statement. "As we move forward, we are hopeful the Tennessee family will now rally behind Coach Pearl, his staff and particularly our student-athletes as they focus on the 2010-11 season, and we advance toward bringing this matter to conclusion over the next several months.''
    -- Tim Gardner
  2. hldngaflush hldngaflush is offline UT Homer

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    Nov 19th, 2010 (11/19/2010 7:11pm) in reply to heavyj80

    8-0 fuck u slive
  3. kellykip kellykip is offline The Chosen One

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    Nov 19th, 2010 (11/19/2010 7:25pm) in reply to hldngaflush

    2 Wins away from bowl eligibility tho.
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    Nov 19th, 2010 (11/19/2010 7:31pm) in reply to kellykip

    There aren't any Vols fans actually defending Pearl in this, are there?
  5. hldngaflush hldngaflush is offline UT Homer

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    Nov 19th, 2010 (11/19/2010 7:37pm) in reply to tmac456

     
    Originally Posted by tmac456 View Post

    There aren't any Vols fans actually defending Pearl in this, are there?

    He lied to the NCAA, didn't he?
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    Nov 19th, 2010 (11/19/2010 7:38pm) in reply to hldngaflush

    yeah he did and according to Illinois fans, it isn't the first time.

    do fans want him fired? what's the word down there?
    Edited By: tmac456 Nov 19th, 2010 at 07:39 PM
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    Nov 19th, 2010 (11/19/2010 7:41pm) in reply to tmac456

    This sucks obv, and Bruce did a really stupid thing not being honest esp. when it was a nothing secondary violation. With that said, I hope this ends it and he weathers this storm because he's one helluva recruiter and coach.
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    Nov 19th, 2010 (11/19/2010 7:47pm) in reply to BigOrangeFan

    Yeah stupid to lie about something like that. Hopefully he takes a lesson from this, and is a better man for it. He is doing a great job and I hope the NCAA can just let everyone move on without turning him into a constant target of theirs now that they got a little taste of blood in the water.
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