![]() ![]() Iowa assistant coach Matt Gatens got his coaching start under Pearl at Auburn. Tom Davis, and I still have some great, great friends there,” Pearl said of his time with the Hawkeyes. A really important time for me as an assistant coach under Dr. ![]() I think people in Alabama, here in the South, would share a lot of things with the people in Iowa in the Midwest. “Now, our first opponent in Iowa: I would be absolutely remiss if I didn’t start a press conference talking about how special it was for me to be at Iowa as an assistant for six years. ![]() The pair combined for five tournament trips and eight tournament wins during their time together in Iowa City, including an Elite 8 run in 1987 and a Sweet 16 trip in 1988.Īfter the draw was announced, Pearl reflected on what his time in Iowa meant to him and his familiarity with the Hawkeyes. Pearl served as an assistant coach under longtime Iowa head coach Tom Davis from 1986-92. While it’s the first-ever meeting between the two programs, Auburn head men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl is intimately familiar with Iowa City and the Hawkeye men’s basketball program. Either way, there’s a subplot at work in the first-round March Madness battle between No. ![]() Maybe the NCAA Tournament selection committee had a storyline up their sleeve, or maybe it was just genuinely pure coincidence. ![]()
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