Auburn HC Pearl wants people to 'get over' missed double-dribble call

Although officials missed a crucial double-dribble call on Virginia's Ty Jerome in the final seconds of Saturday's Final Four, Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl isn't blaming the referees for robbing his team of a title shot.

"The biggest point I want to make, and I'm sincere in this, I'm not just saying this because it's politically the right thing to say," Pearl said Monday on ESPN's "Get Up." "There is human error involved in the game. Kids make mistakes, coaches make mistakes. Yes, officials will make mistakes. That's part of the game. Get over it."

Pearl was especially proud of his players for the way they handled such a heartbreaking moment.

"Sometimes they're going to go your way, sometimes they're not going to go your way," Pearl said. "Are we going to give God less glory because we lost and ... only because we win? Stop. Grow up, this is part of the game. These kids taught us, I think, in many, many ways how to handle defeat. And that's a difficult thing to do for these young kids. And I'm proud of them."

This was Auburn's first-ever appearance in the Final Four after the school reached the Elite Eight in 1986. The Tigers defeated some of college basketball's traditional powerhouses - Kansas, North Carolina, Kentucky - along the way.

Auburn captured its second SEC Tournament title in school history in March and finished the season 30-10 overall.