Barnes has done everything that Pearl did here, but without cheating, save for making the elite eight (which would’ve happened had the basketball gods not decided to give Steph Curry powers to Ryan Cline for one night). Barnes has more wins over Kentucky in 4 years at UT than Pearl had in 6. There is no reason for Vol fans to pine for the Auburn coach.
The one thing he has improved on since leaving Tennessee is that for whatever reason he gets tons of calls. His guys maul people and get away with everything at home.Meh. They haven’t really been dominant. They’ve just lucked out a lot of close wins. I don’t think we win today, but I also don’t understand why so many of our fans think this game is unwinnable. If Auburn can lose to Georgia and Missouri, they can lose to anyone. Believe it or not folks, Bruce Pearl doesn’t walk on water.
Barnes wants a more up tempo team too. It’s just that the unexpected loss of Bone to the draft and Turner to injury left us with too little depth to do it this year. That won’t be an issue next year.I love Barnes system but I have to say those 1st 4 years of Pearl-ball are still my favorite teams. The run and gun, deny inbound pass, non-stop full court press style of play, as underdog, was a lot of fun. After that he tried to create a half court defensive type team, requiring 5 star players and not only did it fall apart, the style of play was boring.
You mean a loss doesn’t hurt us because we don’t have much to lose? A win puts us in the discussion about how another win would put us in ncaa discussionsThis win vaults us into the ncaa discussion and a loss doesn’t hurt us. Huge resume building opportunity today that would erase the Texas a&m loss. I think we beat them at Knoxville but today is going to be tough. Hopefully the early tip off time works in the vols favor.
I love Barnes system but I have to say those 1st 4 years of Pearl-ball are still my favorite teams. The run and gun, deny inbound pass, non-stop full court press style of play, as underdog, was a lot of fun. After that he tried to create a half court defensive type team, requiring 5 star players and not only did it fall apart, the style of play was boring.
Meh. They haven’t really been dominant. They’ve just lucked out a lot of close wins. I don’t think we win today, but I also don’t understand why so many of our fans think this game is unwinnable. If Auburn can lose to Georgia and Missouri, they can lose to anyone. Believe it or not folks, Bruce Pearl doesn’t walk on water.