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1. YAY! A road win! Thank God. Can we play South Carolina for our first SEC road game next year please? Same thing happened last year. I don't know if it will lead to anything, but UT now has that confidence that they've done it.
2. I've criticized Martin lately, but I'll give him some praise here. I like the decision to go to the corners and feed Jarnell there. It worked really well. South Carolina took it away with the zone, but UT got three 3's late because USCe was so concerned with the post. Nice work Coach.
3. Tennessee's D was much better today. That should have been a bigger win had the refs actually would call a charge for UT. I think there were four that should have been called and they forgot over the back. But anyways, Richardson's ball pressure up front on Ellington again made a huge difference, and I thought UT's bigs did better coverage.
4. Speaking of coverage, I thought Jarnell's D was a big difference today. He had four blocks and altered five or six more. Just a beautiful job by him and good job by the guards funneling the USCe guards into the help. Stokes moved his feet today and it paid off.
5. Trae Golden, very nice to have you back. 8-10 from the free throw line, shot 50% from the field, and only had two turnovers. I thought he did a good job attacking the paint and made two huge and-1 plays for UT. Despite his struggles and inconsistency, UT is a better team with him. It's just a fact.
6. Nice to see D'Montre Edwards and Quinton Chevious today. Edwards didn't do much, but Q played good defense on Carrera, I thought the best out of anyone. Interesting to note, Kenny Hall only got 11 minutes and really wasn't in foul trouble. I wonder if Coach Martin is going more towards stretch fours and have Edwards/Chevious/Reese battle for the minutes, while Hall plays sparingly.
7. Bernard King Player of the Game: Jarnell Stokes. He shot 66% from the field, hit eight free throws, grabbed ten rebounds (five offensive), four blocks, two assists, and made the three biggest plays of the game: Those two offensive rebounds and the block on Richardson on a drive that got UT the ball with under 3:00 to go. Not only that, South Carolina was so concerned with stopping him, that UT got to spread out their offense. He's playing like the second best big in the SEC right now.
8. Skylar McBee has been bad this year, but he played his best game so far. His D was solid, and he hit two big three's. Good game from him.
9. 17 turnovers...it's just a part of this team's identity sadly. It's not going to get fixed.
10. However, UT won a road game, got off the losing streak, and won an SEC game. Right now every game counts to get a better seed in the SEC tourney and hopefully get a bye. They played better today and it's a nice win. UT has a big opportunity to get Vandy on the road and start a winning streak. Wednesday could be a big game for UT.
Go Vols!!! :hi:
2. I've criticized Martin lately, but I'll give him some praise here. I like the decision to go to the corners and feed Jarnell there. It worked really well. South Carolina took it away with the zone, but UT got three 3's late because USCe was so concerned with the post. Nice work Coach.
3. Tennessee's D was much better today. That should have been a bigger win had the refs actually would call a charge for UT. I think there were four that should have been called and they forgot over the back. But anyways, Richardson's ball pressure up front on Ellington again made a huge difference, and I thought UT's bigs did better coverage.
4. Speaking of coverage, I thought Jarnell's D was a big difference today. He had four blocks and altered five or six more. Just a beautiful job by him and good job by the guards funneling the USCe guards into the help. Stokes moved his feet today and it paid off.
5. Trae Golden, very nice to have you back. 8-10 from the free throw line, shot 50% from the field, and only had two turnovers. I thought he did a good job attacking the paint and made two huge and-1 plays for UT. Despite his struggles and inconsistency, UT is a better team with him. It's just a fact.
6. Nice to see D'Montre Edwards and Quinton Chevious today. Edwards didn't do much, but Q played good defense on Carrera, I thought the best out of anyone. Interesting to note, Kenny Hall only got 11 minutes and really wasn't in foul trouble. I wonder if Coach Martin is going more towards stretch fours and have Edwards/Chevious/Reese battle for the minutes, while Hall plays sparingly.
7. Bernard King Player of the Game: Jarnell Stokes. He shot 66% from the field, hit eight free throws, grabbed ten rebounds (five offensive), four blocks, two assists, and made the three biggest plays of the game: Those two offensive rebounds and the block on Richardson on a drive that got UT the ball with under 3:00 to go. Not only that, South Carolina was so concerned with stopping him, that UT got to spread out their offense. He's playing like the second best big in the SEC right now.
8. Skylar McBee has been bad this year, but he played his best game so far. His D was solid, and he hit two big three's. Good game from him.
9. 17 turnovers...it's just a part of this team's identity sadly. It's not going to get fixed.
10. However, UT won a road game, got off the losing streak, and won an SEC game. Right now every game counts to get a better seed in the SEC tourney and hopefully get a bye. They played better today and it's a nice win. UT has a big opportunity to get Vandy on the road and start a winning streak. Wednesday could be a big game for UT.
Go Vols!!! :hi: