bleedingTNorange
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1. Another year without winning that damn tournament, I would like to win it just once and it sure wouldve been sweet to do this year, but big picture hard to be upset. Kentucky is playing their best ball of the season and you cant afford to spot a team that good a 17pt lead, nearly impossible to come back from...add in Schofield injury and definitely no easy task.
2. Defensively we just werent good at all, better 2nd half but allowing a team 50% 44%3pt 83%ft and you arent going to win very often. It was a ball game because we out rebounded them and only had 10 turnovers, but for a team that has been Top 5 defensively in the nation they struggled on that end tonight.
3. Offensively we were pretty good, missed a lot of shots that we usually hit and are good looks but thought we ran some pretty good stuff and for the most part got what we wanted. 2nd half was much better hitting shots, but again cant have a first 15 minutes like we did and put yourself in that kind of hole.
4. Admiral Schofield was once again great, we suffered big time when he went out for that stretch of 5mins and 4secs, if he doesnt go down I think we win that game. Even with those missed minutes he finished with 22pts 10rbds, also though Williams played another good game today not forcing stuff 15pts 9rbds...really everyone except Bowden played pretty well, he struggled today and hunted his shot more than usual even though he wasnt on which I found a little odd.
5. Im not down on the Vols after this game, disappointed because we had an opportunity to really break some streaks with a win and we were right there, but again nothing about this game makes me worry about heading into March. To me Kentucky is one of the Top 10 teams in the country over the last 3 weeks or so, theyre really playing well and we made it a game even though we put ourselves in a 17pt hole early on. Defensively we struggled but I think that was a combination of UK hitting some shots they typically dont and probably our scout gave them a lot of those looks, I think defensively we will be ok.
6. Ok so big picture...unless Cincinnati loses it would seem like a 3 seed is what we are all expecting, and even if Cincinnati were to lose we may still stay at a 3, so my guess is thats where we will be. Does this loss open the door for Michigan or Michigan State to move ahead of us and knock us out of Nashville? I dont think so but it is at least worth watching, never know what the committee is going to do or what theyre thinking. So now we sit and wait, all hoping for a 2/3 seed in Nashville and ideally in the South region where if we won our first 2 in Nashville would then go to Atlanta.
GBO!!!
2. Defensively we just werent good at all, better 2nd half but allowing a team 50% 44%3pt 83%ft and you arent going to win very often. It was a ball game because we out rebounded them and only had 10 turnovers, but for a team that has been Top 5 defensively in the nation they struggled on that end tonight.
3. Offensively we were pretty good, missed a lot of shots that we usually hit and are good looks but thought we ran some pretty good stuff and for the most part got what we wanted. 2nd half was much better hitting shots, but again cant have a first 15 minutes like we did and put yourself in that kind of hole.
4. Admiral Schofield was once again great, we suffered big time when he went out for that stretch of 5mins and 4secs, if he doesnt go down I think we win that game. Even with those missed minutes he finished with 22pts 10rbds, also though Williams played another good game today not forcing stuff 15pts 9rbds...really everyone except Bowden played pretty well, he struggled today and hunted his shot more than usual even though he wasnt on which I found a little odd.
5. Im not down on the Vols after this game, disappointed because we had an opportunity to really break some streaks with a win and we were right there, but again nothing about this game makes me worry about heading into March. To me Kentucky is one of the Top 10 teams in the country over the last 3 weeks or so, theyre really playing well and we made it a game even though we put ourselves in a 17pt hole early on. Defensively we struggled but I think that was a combination of UK hitting some shots they typically dont and probably our scout gave them a lot of those looks, I think defensively we will be ok.
6. Ok so big picture...unless Cincinnati loses it would seem like a 3 seed is what we are all expecting, and even if Cincinnati were to lose we may still stay at a 3, so my guess is thats where we will be. Does this loss open the door for Michigan or Michigan State to move ahead of us and knock us out of Nashville? I dont think so but it is at least worth watching, never know what the committee is going to do or what theyre thinking. So now we sit and wait, all hoping for a 2/3 seed in Nashville and ideally in the South region where if we won our first 2 in Nashville would then go to Atlanta.
GBO!!!
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