Tennessee vs the Sweet 16

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Fwiw, by my count, Tennessee played nine games this year versus teams currently in the Sweet 16.

11/21/16 Wisconsin L, 74-62
11/22/16 Oregon L, 69-65 (OT)
12/11/16 North Carolina L, 73-71
12/18/16 Gonzaga L, 86-76
01/07/17 Florida L, 83-70
01/11/17 South Carolina L, 70-60
01/24/17 Kentucky W, 82-80
02/14/17 Kentucky L, 83-58
02/25/17 South Carolina L, 82-55
 
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Freak said:
Fwiw, by my count, Tennessee played nine games this year versus teams currently in the Sweet 16.

11/21/16 Wisconsin L, 74-62
11/22/16 Oregon L, 69-65 (OT)
12/11/16 North Carolina L, 73-71
12/18/16 Gonzaga L, 86-76
01/07/17 Florida L, 83-70
01/11/17 South Carolina L, 70-60
01/24/17 Kentucky W, 82-80
02/14/17 Kentucky L, 83-58
02/25/17 South Carolina L, 82-55
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In how many of those games did we have a double digit lead?
 
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BigZiti09 said:
In how many of those games did we have a double digit lead?
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No idea, but just to be clear, my point is about schedule strength, not to knock the team's record.

I don't know how it compares to other teams around the country but that seems like a lot of games against Sweet 16 teams.
 
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Freak said:
No idea, but just to be clear, my point is about schedule strength, not to knock the team's record.

I don't know how it compares to other teams around the country but that seems like a lot of games against Sweet 16 teams.
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Very tough schedule.
 
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One thing I do like about Barnes, he's not afraid to schedule tough competition. It's great for our young guys to get experience in tough games.
 
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Beat unc and Oregon and we might be dancing right now. (Who knows if the collapse would've still happened)
 
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Glad we played some tough competition. Should help our guys out in the long run.
 
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VolFreakJosh said:
One thing I do like about Barnes, he's not afraid to schedule tough competition. It's great for our young guys to get experience in tough games.
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aren't schedules decided upon years in advance? Barnes would have very little to do with this past schedule
 
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Otis07 said:
aren't schedules decided upon years in advance? Barnes would have very little to do with this past schedule
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No, basketball is largely decided the season/offseason before with the exception of home/away series. Barnes is responsible for the UNC home/away, GT home/away and the Gonzaga home/away (both neutral site games) though. UNC was scheduled last season, Gonzaga and GT the summer before last IIRC.

Football is different.
 
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VolFreakJosh said:
One thing I do like about Barnes, he's not afraid to schedule tough competition. It's great for our young guys to get experience in tough games.
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He's just following a tradition a decade ago when RPI became a factor. Barnes isn't doing anything ground breaking there.

I do truly like his tough talk at the end of the year. About how losing needs to matter more.

It's a chicken and egg thing though right? You've got to find the players who have that trait....or generate it through your technique.

I also believe he was talking about our ho hum "give it 5 years" "our history is mediocre so we should accept it" fanbase.
 
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