SAN ANTONIO — Bruce Pearl and Todd Golden go way back, which is why they don't exactly look forward to the days when one of them has to beat the other. That's what makes Saturday's SEC Final ...

Pearl and Golden have stayed close as they climbed through their playing and, now, coaching careers. It’s easier to remember the days they don’t connect, at least briefly. So it was hard for ...

“We’re just kind of giggling,” Golden said. “It’s pretty incredible. Come a long way.” Eons, in fact, since their days playing together in the 2005 World Maccabiah Games, akin to the ...