What Sets Johni Broome & Auburn Stars From Other NCAA Tournament Players
Many college basketball stars are hoping to get their one shining moment during March Madness. Obviously, only a handful of them are ever going to get that glory. However, the Auburn Tigers led by Coach Bruce Pearl and Johni Broome are doing everything in their power to capture lightning in a bottle. What are they doing very differently?
Well, it is immediately setting their egos aside and trusting the Auburn basketball system despite their doubts. This is because, whenever Johni Broome, Chad Baker-Mazara, or anyone else in Coach Bruce Pearl’s system acts out of line, they immediately get called out.
Baker-Mazara knew that he had a bad game against the Creighton Bluejays and the Auburn star immediately took his coach’s criticism to heart, via Peter Rauterkus of AL.com.
“You just have to sit down and listen to what your coach has to say. When he calls you out like, something’s not going right,” the Auburn star said.
What were the words said exactly? Well, it was Coach Steven Pearl who expressed his frustration with Baker-Mazara and Broome.
“Johni and Chad have to be better. They have to be better in all aspects of the game. If they are not, we will not win. They didn’t bring it tonight and I have no idea why. No idea,” he declared.
Broome only scored eight points against Creighton while Mazara had a fairly inefficient outing despite his 17 points. Will they be able to bounce back as Auburn faces the Michigan Wolverines in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16?
