{"id":101258,"date":"2025-06-15T23:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T23:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/101258\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T23:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T23:15:09","slug":"auburns-bruce-pearl-calls-for-major-change-in-college-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/101258\/","title":{"rendered":"Auburn\u2019s Bruce Pearl calls for major change in college basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post Auburn\u2019s Bruce Pearl calls for major change in college basketball<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Auburn basketball<\/a> coach Bruce Pearl<\/a> is calling for one major change in NCAA basketball<\/a>. Pearl wants the men\u2019s game<\/a> to go from halves to quarters, per Andy Katz\u2019s show The Sideline.<\/p>\n

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\u201cQuarters,\u201d Pearl said. \u201cJust like everybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NCAA is calling for power 4 conferences to form a working group that would probe changing the men\u2019s college format to quarters. There are several people other than Pearl who have also called for this change, including NBA star Kevin Durant. Women\u2019s college basketball already follows a quarters format.<\/p>\n

This coming men\u2019s college basketball season, the game will continue to be played in two halves unless the NCAA changes the rules swiftly. The NCAA recently announced there are some other new rules<\/a> coming to the men\u2019s game, including coach\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n

The college basketball season begins this fall.<\/p>\n

Bruce Pearl is hoping for another strong year at Auburn<\/p>\n

Pearl just completed his most successful season at Auburn<\/a>. He led the Tigers to the NCAA tournament, as the no. 1 overall seed in the field.<\/p>\n

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Auburn finished the year making the Final Four, for the second time in Pearl\u2019s tenure there. The Tigers coach picked up 32 victories before losing in March Madness to Florida.<\/p>\n

Auburn basketball is hoping for more big things this coming season<\/a>. The Tigers have a solid recruiting class, with the highlight being four-star freshman forward Sebastian Williams-Adams.<\/p>\n

The Tigers also have a top 10 transfer class<\/a>, per 247 Sports. Auburn basketball has four incoming transfers including four star guard Kevin Overton, from Texas Tech. Last season, Overton averaged 7.8 points and 3.7 rebounds a game.<\/p>\n

It won\u2019t be easy for the Tigers, since they are losing their best player from last season in big man Johni Broome. Broome is headed to the NBA Draft, after averaging a double-double last season for the Tigers. Broome scored more than 18 points a game, and averaged 10.8 rebounds a contest.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJohni Broome wasn\u2019t the best player in college basketball last year and the [NBA] Draft will probably point that out in terms of being a pro prospect, but nobody had a year in college basketball like Johni Broome,\u201d Pearl said on Katz\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

Auburn basketball\u2019s 2025-26 season includes non conference matchups with Arizona and North Carolina State in the ACC\/SEC Challenge.<\/p>\n

Related: Sue Bird credits Geno Auriemma, UConn women\u2019s basketball coaching staff for Hall of Fame honor<\/a><\/p>\n

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