Texas A&M Aggies head coach Bucky McMillan had an enlightening appearance on The Next Round Live this week. What he said on the air may have absolved Steven Pearl and his failures with the Auburn Tigers during the 2025-26 season.
Of course, when we say “failures,” we’re not taking anything away from the team’s resilient NIT Championship run. The fact that the Tigers were in that tournament, though, and not March Madness, is a good symbol for Steven’s first season being far from ideal.
As McMillan explained, though, the SEC is a player’s league, unlike the Southern Conference, where he previously coached the Samford Bulldogs in Homewood. Per McMillan, “When I coached at Samford in the SoCon, of any league I’ve coached in, that was the most you better be on it tonight league, in my opinion, even more than the SEC… In the SEC, it’s a player’s game.”…