Controversial college basketball analyst: ‘There is no loyalty anymore’
Hubert Davis' ouster at UNC has this analyst fired up
Bruce Pearl is upset again. This time, it’s over North Carolina’s decision to part ways with Hubert Davis. The former Tennessee and Auburn coach-turned polarizing college basketball analyst spoke out against Davis’ dismissal at UNC after the Tar Heels’ stunning collapse in a first-round loss to No.
11-seed VCU in the NCAA Tournament last week. “I just hate hearing the words, ‘Hubert Davis is fired at UNC,’” Pearl said Thursday before the Sweet 16 kicked off. ”That sentence right there bothers me to my core.
That’s why I’m sitting here guys. That’s part of the reason why I’m sitting here. There is no loyalty anymore.
" Pearl, likely, is referring to the volatile state of college athletcis in the NIL era, where hundreds of players enter the portal every season. The longtime coach was fired from the University of Tennesee in 2011 amid controversy. He landed at Auburn three years later before retiring in 2025.