Photo: Cat Wofford/Auburn Athletics
By Greg Ostendorf
AuburnTigers.com
AUBURN, Ala. – Patrick Keim still remembers his first meeting with Bruce Pearl. Keim was a freshman at Auburn. The former standout at Mountain Brook High School turned down scholarship offers to come to Auburn with no expectations to play basketball or even make the team. Pearl had just become the new Auburn head basketball coach.
Pearl told Keim that he treats walk-ons the same way he treats his players, which meant Keim wasn’t going to be cut any slack just because he wasn’t on scholarship.