Bruce Pearl was a lot more comfortable addressing the media Wednesday talking about basketball than when he acknowledged lying to NCAA investigators a few weeks ago. “It’s my favorite time of the year … (with) the development of the players individually and the challenge of putting them all together and seeing if you can become a competitive, championship basketball team,” Pearl said. Pearl didn’t directly address the NCAA investigation that was made public in September when he revealed he had provided misleading information to investigators. The NCAA was looking into allegations that Pearl improperly hosted a recruit at his home and that he and his staff made an excessive number of phone calls to recruits. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=ap-tennessee-gettingfocused
