I am indisputably Turner's #1 fan, but I do have to complain about those 2 charges. I like that he's not afraid to drive it, but maybe he just needs to make better decisions. I'll chalk it up to rust for now. I'm glad he's back too. I think the fact that he swished that wide open 3 is a sign that his head is right nowI'm so glad to see Turner out there again, playing well. This team is amazing.
The Lofton/Pearl era teams were great too but this is just different and really special. GBO.
I remember watching his freshman year and thinking he may never be much of a player, but it goes to show you what a good kid with good coaching and good teammates can accomplish. You can see progress in these kids year to year from the coaching, something we didn't always see in the past.Kyle Alexander is playing like a grown a$$ man and that makes this team exponentially harder to beat.
Agree, I loved those teams, lots of fun raining 3s and a bunch of great wins. However, they could get bogged down in grind out games, especially in tournaments.
This team doesn’t have any significant weakness. I suspect we will do better in the post season tourneys.
Something else that stood out in this game and the last couple games is it appears Pons has regressed a bit. I hoped that inserting him in the starting lineup would make him blossom, but hasn't happened yet?
I'd still much rather play this team than a healthy 2008 squad. This team plays well together and is supremely good. That team played well together and had all time great talent on top of guys who were just as tough as Admiral or Williams (and anyone who thinks otherwise can go get a few chemo treatments and see how they feel.)
I've said it repeatedly and people don't like the reality of it, but until this team gets beyond an elite eight it really doesn't matter, and its likely nothing we do will ever top that #1 vs #2 game with Memphis either, but thats not their fault as it requires an elite opponent as well. Gonzaga and Kansas both have been good. That Memphis squad was all time good.
I've said it repeatedly and people don't like the reality of it, but until this team gets beyond an elite eight it really doesn't matter
They challenged him prior to SEC play and he has responded. If he keep this up... watch out...Something has happened to Alexander. He has become a possessed, violent rebounder with attitude to match in the past week. Whatever it is, I hope he never snaps out of it. Dude is playing for draft spot right now and the effort is unrecognizable.
Speaking of possessed...Jordan Bowden, wow. Where did the aggression towards the basket and midrange game come from?!?!? Man, I hope he keeps up that same level of confidence.
Bone...I have maintained that he might be a consistent jumper away from this being his last year at Tennessee. That feeling grows with every game, and the jumper may not matter with his play in every other category, even though he has seemingly improved the jumper a bit.
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