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Team Scoring Offense Scoring Defense
Tennessee 72.3 (130th) 61.4 (17th)
Michigan 74 (81st) 64.6 (49th)

Players PPG RPG FT%
McRae 18.6 3.4 80.1
Stokes 15.2 10.7 69.7
Richardson 10.1 2.9 79.3
Maymon 9.9 8.3 68.4
Barton 7.7 2.3 68.9
Starter Total 61.5 27.6 73.3

Stauskas 17.4 3.1 82.2
Lavert 13.1 4.5 78
Robinson 13.1 4.4 75.2
Walton 8.1 2.9 78.6
Morgan 6 5 61.7
Starter Total 57.7 19.9 75.1

What do ya'll think? Sorry, I tried typing it separately and put in a spreadsheet both. It's aligned in my preview but not the post. The totals indicate that our starters outscore and outrebound Michigan's but lag in free throw shooting.
The pressure is on Michigan and it will only grow larger if they fall behind. Let's look at the reasons why. Michigan is a #2 seed playing a #11 seed. Tennessee is not only an 11 seed but a team Michigan beat in the tournament by 30 points three years ago. They won't beat this team by 30 points. They are the Big Ten champions. They can't lose to fourth place team from the lowly SEC. The Big Blue has had a cakewalk in their first two games. How do they respond if they are actually contested? What is it they say? Live by the 3 and die by the 3. They are playing in a huge domed football stadium which gives a totally different background perspective. I know this has an effect by watching teams come into the ETSU minidome, an original domed football stadium, and having trouble with their shooting. Lucas Oil Stadium is the ETSU minidome on steroids. If their 3's don't fall especially with Richardson and McRae guarding two of their top three, the pressure could be excruciating. Tennessee is built for the last ten minutes and wearing teams down in at that time just like the football team. If Tennessee is leading in the toward the end of the game, the pressure cooker bursts!
 
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I hope Free throws aren't the difference. Their starters are better at shooting them than us
 
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It's no secret, I think our 5 are probably as good as just about any 5 out there. When we go to 6,7 and 8 is where there's a big drop off compared to most our opponents.
 
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We've been shooting free throws so much above our normal level. With Stokes getting to the line so much, his knocking them down has been huge. I hope that keeps up in the new shooting environment. I'm glad for the rest too, we've been playing the starters major major minutes. Hopefully the bench can be effective on defense when they're in and not turn it over. Any true scoring we get from them is just a bonus.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
We've been shooting free throws so much above our normal level. With Stokes getting to the line so much, his knocking them down has been huge. I hope that keeps up in the new shooting environment. I'm glad for the rest too, we've been playing the starters major major minutes. Hopefully the bench can be effective on defense when they're in and not turn it over. Any true scoring we get from them is just a bonus.
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I hope Len Elmore isn't on the announcing team. I was so ticked at the end of the Iowa game when he praised Stokes for knocking down his FT's and then he promptly missed one. Iowa went down and tied the game.

I know he had nothing to do with it but it was bad timing.
 
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The pressure is on Michigan and it will only grow larger if they fall behind. Let's look at the reasons why. Michigan is a #2 seed playing a #11 seed. Tennessee is not only an 11 seed but a team Michigan beat in the tournament by 30 points three years ago. They won't beat this team by 30 points. They are the Big Ten champions. They can't lose to fourth place team from the lowly SEC. The Big Blue has had a cakewalk in their first two games. How do they respond if they are actually contested? What is it they say? Live by the 3 and die by the 3. They are playing in a huge domed football stadium which gives a totally different background perspective. I know this has an effect by watching teams come into the ETSU minidome, an original domed football stadium, and having trouble with their shooting. Lucas Oil Stadium is the ETSU minidome on steroids. If their 3's don't fall especially with Richardson and McRae guarding two of their top three, the pressure could be excruciating. Tennessee is built for the fourth quarter and wearing teams down in the last quarter just like the football team. If Tennessee is leading in the fourth quarter, the pressure cooker bursts!
 
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Love the message, but there are no quarters in college basketball.

Go Vols!
 
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SeniorDrill said:
The pressure is on Michigan and it will only grow larger if they fall behind. Let's look at the reasons why. Michigan is a #2 seed playing a #11 seed. Tennessee is not only an 11 seed but a team Michigan beat in the tournament by 30 points three years ago. They won't beat this team by 30 points. They are the Big Ten champions. They can't lose to fourth place team from the lowly SEC. The Big Blue has had a cakewalk in their first two games. How do they respond if they are actually contested? What is it they say? Live by the 3 and die by the 3. They are playing in a huge domed football stadium which gives a totally different background perspective. I know this has an effect by watching teams come into the ETSU minidome, an original domed football stadium, and having trouble with their shooting. Lucas Oil Stadium is the ETSU minidome on steroids. If their 3's don't fall especially with Richardson and McRae guarding two of their top three, the pressure could be excruciating. Tennessee is built for the fourth quarter and wearing teams down in the last quarter just like the football team. If Tennessee is leading in the fourth quarter, the pressure cooker bursts!
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What football team are you talking about?
 
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Hayezb said:
What football team are you talking about?
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High school teams play by quarters. What's the difference? That's much easier than saying the last 10 minutes of the second half? Still got those BBB people out there criticizing Martin's progress. He is about to bypass Bruce, buddy!
 
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Fun Fact:

Michigan's last 4 losses are by a combined 56 points, or average of 14 points.

In those games, they shot a combined 24-77 from 3pt range, or 31%.

So, this tells me, if they aren't shooting the 3 ball well, they're done most nights. Gotta shut down that 3 point line.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Fun Fact:

Michigan's last 4 losses are by a combined 56 points, or average of 14 points.

In those games, they shot a combined 24-77 from 3pt range, or 31%.

So, this tells me, if they aren't shooting the 3 ball well, they're done most nights. Gotta shut down that 3 point line.
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Gotta hope the "dome factor" is in full force.
 
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zansdad said:
Gotta hope the "dome factor" is in full force.
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I looked so long the other day for stats to support this, but the sample size is still too small.. I think there is some legitimacy to it.

I think it can really hurt teams at the beginning of the game. You can get depth during warm ups, but that's without the crowd and the noise.

If the "dome effect" can let meeechigan start slow maybe we can dictate tempo and put our foot on their throat early.
 
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I like Tennessee's chances if we play loose, as we have since the iowa game. They've only got one big who will guard Stokes (with help, yes); if we can get him in foul trouble, Vols will have their way in the paint.
 
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