The Downtown Grill & Brewery Postgame.

[hatvol96]

1. Any win in Tuscaloosa is great win. 47 feet at a time suits this team.
2. It's time to thank Renaldo Woolridge for his play while the team was shorthanded, then cut his minutes. He's back to the same old, same old.
3. Kenny Hall gets it. He's not strong enough to bang yet, so he runs the opposing bigs ragged.
4. Scotty Hopson was the difference. He's becoming more aggressive, but I can't believe Alabama wasn't more physical with him.
5. Wayne Chism has to stop benching himself with silly fouls early. Tonight's game wouldn't have been competitive if he had been available for most of the first half.
6. The SEC West is pathetic. They're lucky they get to play each other.
7. Anyone who wonders why Mark Gottfried was fired only needs to look at the team on the floor tonight. That is an incredibly poorly constructed roster.
8. Bobby Maze doesn't need to be taking 11 shots. He's a facilitator, not a scorer.
9. Steve Pearl tries hard. Cam Tatum needs to take all of his minutes immediately.
10. Saturday will be another streetfight. Georgia will want a tempo similar to tonight's.

[ridethelightening]

Would like Kenny Hall a lot more if he learned to block out. How did Pearl say we rebounded well tonight? What game did he watch?
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[MikeHamiltonFan]

I enjoyed this read.

[Oldblood]

Interesting to note that while we miss a lot of free throws as a team we have two 80%+ free throw shooters (Maze and Chism) that we can get the ball to late in games.

[Oldblood]

Thanks for the report as always, Hat. I actually wasn't able to see the whole game, but I did have two questions: Why has Tennessee improved so much on defense? What (if any) are the solutions to the putrid half court offense?

[VolSwaff]

Ever see a team as bad behind the arc and still not physical inside as the BAMA team tonight?

[hatvol96]

Originally Posted by Oldblood

Thanks for the report as always, Hat. I actually wasn't able to see the whole game, but I did have two questions: Why has Tennessee improved so much on defense? What (if any) are the solutions to the putrid half court offense?

The defense is better because they realize it has to be and they aren't trying to press, which they are awful at.

The offense is pretty much a case of what you see is what you get. I'd steal from the NBA and run some wing isolation for Hopson and some old Hubie Brown Hawk sets to try and get Wayne the ball coming weak side to strong, but it's just not a team with guys whose skills translate to quality halfcourt offense.

[zjcvols]

Even though Hall can rebound offensively very effectively, he can get outmuscled on the defensive end with rebounds. Without Chism, we are not a very good rebounding team.

And Kenny Hall is going to be an All-SEC caliber player. Why Williams was getting all his minutes is beyond me.

[hatvol96]

Originally Posted by VolSwaff

Ever see a team as bad behind the arc and still not physical inside as the BAMA team tonight?

Alabama is just flat mediocre.

[Heebs]

Originally Posted by ridethelightening

Would like Kenny Hall a lot more if he learned to block out. How did Pearl say we rebounded well tonight? What game did he watch?
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Not saying I disagree because I wasn't able to pay too much attention but he did have a double double.

[zjcvols]

Anthony Grant has that program on the right track though

[Oldblood]

Originally Posted by hatvol96

The defense is better because they realize it has to be and they aren't trying to press, which they are awful at.

The offense is pretty much a case of what you see is what you get. I'd steal from the NBA and run some wing isolation for Hopson and some old Hubie Brown Hawk sets to try and get Wayne the ball coming weak side to strong, but it's just not a team with guys whose skills translate to quality halfcourt offense.

Without the halfcourt offense improvement and with Tatum, Goins, and Williams back, what is the ceiling for this team?

[hatvol96]

Originally Posted by Oldblood

Without the halfcourt offense improvement and with Tatum, Goins, and Williams back, what is the ceiling for this team?

I'd be stunned if this team gets any deeper than the Sweet 16.

[Oldblood]

Originally Posted by hatvol96

I'd be stunned if this team gets any deeper than the Sweet 16.

Unfortunately, I agree with you. At least the defense gives them a chance if Hopson or Chism can go off against a good team in the tourney, and the crappy SEC should lead to an impressive record and good seed. It's disappointing to see Maze have two bad games following his two good ones.

[phowell23]

After this game TN should have the top defense in the SEC. Before this game we were #2.