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TNR 3/5/26 - Hour 2 | Bruce Pearl a Little Too Honest About Auburn?

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🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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ESPN's Dan Wetzel joins the show The Auburn Tigers visit the Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday in the final SEC regular season game. The importance of a win for Auburn Basketball can’t be overstated. The Tigers are in desperate need of resume helping wins and Alabama would be a Q1 win for the Tigers. Speaking of Auburn, former head coach Bruce Pearl did an interview with Dan Dakich yesterday, was he a little too honest? Our daily 4 Downs! PLUS, Tyler's Viewing Menu presented by Michelson Laser Vision! SUBSCRIBE: @NextRoundLive - / @nextroundlive FOLLOW TNR ON RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/c-7759604 FOLLOW TNR ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zlofzLZht7dYxjNcBNpWN FOLLOW TNR ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-round/id1797862560 WEBSITE: https://nextroundlive.com/ MOBILE APP: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-next-round/id1580807480 SHOP THE NEXT ROUND STORE: https://nextround.store/ Like TNR on Facebook: / nextroundlive 267,216 Follow TNR on Twitter: / nextroundlive Follow TNR on Instagram: / nextroundlive Follow everyone from the show on Twitter: Jim Dunaway: / jimdunaway Ryan Brown: / ryanbrownlive Lance Taylor: / thelancetaylor Scott Forester: / scottforestertv Tyler Johns: /TylerJohnsTNR Sponsor the show: sales@nextroundlive.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Jim Dunaway, Lance Taylor, Ryan Brown, live from the Birmingham Racecourse Casino Studios.

0:10.0

The next round, presented by Bud Light, is on now.

0:19.0

The only thing more exciting than early round Sunbelt Women brawls in basketball,

0:27.0

Brawls, B-R-A-W-L-S, not bras.

0:29.8

Brawls.

0:30.4

Yeah, heavy on the W.

0:31.4

Is Dan Wetzel, who can talk about anything in college athletics, and man, he's got a lot to talk about.

0:36.9

He's ESPN senior writer

0:38.3

dan wetzel he is with us now we don't think the ref i don't think anybody made contact dan

0:42.7

lance called it a soccer flop yeah i i was trying to figure that out she might have got

0:49.4

clipped off the top there um but i i definitely was analyzing that thing like it was the Kennedy film. Back and forth, right, whatever. Nothing. Look at it. Sometimes you get in that sunbelt, women's torment. You just got to throw hands. You just got to throw hands. Hey, I've been to Pensacola before, man. It can be a rough place. That was not the first fight.

1:11.5

That was not the first cat-fought in Pensacola. I promise you that. It could be a tough place. Hey. So, Dan. Nothing wrong with a little scrap. That's okay. Dan, for the record, I don't think Miami of Ohio is any good, but they are 30. They're 30 and O. And my thing is, if they lose one of those three days,

1:30.4

you know, when they're playing for their conference championship, I still think they should get in.

1:33.9

We have seen a million 17, 18 win teams on the bubble so boring each and every year. When we get

1:41.3

some of these mid majors in, sometimes they make noise. I think it's more exciting. What is the regular season if you go 30 and O you and you can't get

1:49.0

in the NCAA tournament with how mediocre a lot of those teams on the bubble are? Do you agree?

1:54.4

I 100% agree. I mean, also, like college sports, I mean, I love, I love them, but how miserable are we?

2:04.0

Like, do you go to the casino and root for the dealer?

2:08.2

Do you, like, what?

2:11.4

I'd have a better, I'd have a better chance.

2:15.3

They're 30 and oh, they're winning all these games.

2:18.1

Like, can we just have a little fun?

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