Bruce Pearl said on Monday to thank God for the blessing he and the men’s basketball team Auburn Tigers received when he thought of talking Edan Alexander -The man-American-American hostage kept the terrorist Hamas in Gaza.
Pearl became viral on Saturday night when he spoke during the press conference of the team of the team after winning against Creighton to advance to Sweet 16 of NCAA Male Basketball Tournament.
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Chief coach Auburn Bruce Pearl talks to the media during the NCAA tournament in the first round of training at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, March 19, 2025. (Pictures Aaron Doster-Hagn)
He explained why he decided to speak during his appearance at Fox & Friends.
“I went to a press conference and talked about the game, but I walked the hall with my players and came to me,” ” he Said. “I thanked God for the blessing we had. And in some way he talked to me. He said,” Remember where you came from. Take this opportunity. ”
“So, I asked the guys,” guys, if it’s okay if I take away on behalf of Edan Alexander. The only American we believe is still alive, held as a hostage. “They said, ‘The American kept hostage.
Pearl explained that he believes that Jewish people in the United States are a quiet majority, which breaks their hearts to see protests in favor of Hamas.
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The then Former President Donald Trump was seen posing with a photo of Edan Alexander on October 7, 2024 in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
“It breaks the hearts of the Israelites when they see protests in our country and people who support Hamas and support this terrorism,” he said. “We are so close to peace in the Middle East with some wonderful Arab peoples who want to support Abraham’s agreements. But there is a population segment that, since the existence of Israel, wanted the Jews dead from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River and invite intifads. It is just a clear and muscle.
“And so, I simply feel like there is so much of our success in Auburn, because we are praying first. We thank God for, you know, for the blessing. And, I am grateful that I am a state of citizens and be a Jew. We must call the difference between this good and this evil.”
Alexander, a 21-year-old Israeli-American solider, is one of 59 hostages in Gaza. It is believed that more than half of the hostages holding Hamas’s terrorists are dead.
Hamas said he would release Alexander and the bodies of four hostages who were held there from their terrorist attack on October 7, 2023 if Israel returned the fire interruption agreement again.
“They asked me a lot how this basketball program has become so competitive in the last eight years,” Pearl said on Saturday. “But for me, I believe that God’s plan is to give this success, success beyond what we deserve. To give us this platform. To give us the opportunity to briefly start this conference and remind the world that Edan Alexander still has hostages in Gaza. The American has kept hostage, and there is not enough people in this country, knows his name.”
Chief coach Auburn Tigers Bruce Pearl invites his team during the first half against the State Hornets Alabama in the first round of the NCAA tournament at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, March 20, 2025. (Jordan Prather-Imagn Pictures)
Pearl wondered why he felt the need for speak about hostages.
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“October 7th was the worst day of the Holocaust for the Jewish people, and they say they want to do it over and over again. We currently have American hostages in Gaza, and that is unacceptable,” Pearl said. “And President Trump called it and said that if they only release hostages, the murder would stop. Release hostages, and the murder will stop, which is on Hamas.”
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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