The Section 103 Postgame Report - Belmont

#78
#78
hatvol96 said:
1. Belmont is Butler South. Tennessee will not play a team all year that has a better understanding of how their coach wants things done.
2. When Sherron Collins sees the tape of Alex Renfroe using Bobby Maze as a turnstile, he's going to need a bib to keep the drool off his shirt.
3. Josh Tabb made the three biggest plays in the game. Tennessee doesn't win without him.
4. Bruce should be very thankful that Dotson didn't go to Vanderbilt. He would fit their system perfectly.
5. Kudos to the crowd for a nice applause when Coach Byrd's dad, legendary Knoxville Journal columnist Ben Byrd, was shown on the video board.
6. Georgia is the worst 7-3 team in the history of college basketball. If they win 5 SEC games, the league should be stripped of its automatic NCAA bid.
7. The "Arizona is going to be OK" talk can stop now. UNLV smacked them back to reality.
8. Huge win for Minnesota. Now, they have a nonconference win that will resonate with the Selection Committee.
9. Tom Izzo never stays down for long. The Spartans going into Austin and winning today bodes poorly for the rest of the Big Ten.
10. VCU-Oklahoma tonight should be worth watching. Jeff Capel going up against the guys he recruited.
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Hat, I was busy doing family stuff and couldn't watch. I know the family of the Dansby kid from Belmont, the family is pretty athletic he has a cousin that plays somewhere in Texas. Question is what did you think about him he wears #2?
 
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#79
#79
Owlbino said:
Hopson airballed a free throw. That pretty much just bumped the whole team from Elite Eight Consideration right there.
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Memphis airballed plenty of free throws last season. I believe Dorsey lead the team with 3. That didn't stop their trip to San Antonio.

Don't read too much into a single shot.
 
#84
#84
TennNC said:
Kinda like how they took UNC to the wire in the ACC championship game "down the stretch" last season.
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What's your point? Maryland beat UNC last season. It isn't indicative of a season. Clemson has a track record of starting hot with a ridiculously easy schedule then faltering in conference play. Oliver Purnell is an average coach.
 
#86
#86
TennNC said:
Hmmmm. Seems there's another orange-clad team who has faltered down the stretch the past few seasons.
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Uh? How is winning 31 games, and 24 games and reaching the sweet 16 two seasons in a row faltering? Winning the SEC, and SEC east...

Meanwhile we have a Clemson team who started the season 17-0 two seasons ago and missed the NCAA tourney. And went 1-1 last year.
 
#87
#87
dickens821 said:
What's your point? Maryland beat UNC last season. It isn't indicative of a season. Clemson has a track record of starting hot with a ridiculously easy schedule then faltering in conference play. Oliver Purnell is an average coach.
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You went to the well twice - two too many times. And I noticed.

All evidence (including the analysis of NCAA coaches) right now indicates that if UT were in the ACC, they would get a fight from Clemson.

Bring evidence to the contrary, or take your medicine and get well soon.
 
#88
#88
UT has two wins better than Clemson to this point. Three of our opponents have been against teams than Clemson has played so far.
 
#89
#89
dickens821 said:
Uh? How is winning 31 games, and 24 games and reaching the sweet 16 two seasons in a row faltering? Winning the SEC, and SEC east...

Meanwhile we have a Clemson team who started the season 17-0 two seasons ago and missed the NCAA tourney. And went 1-1 last year.
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If you don't think we faltered down the stretch the last three seasons, then your orange-colored glasses are a much stronger tint than mine (and I do own some).
 
#90
#90
TennNC said:
If you don't think we faltered down the stretch the last three seasons, then your orange-colored glasses are a much stronger tint than mine (and I do own some).
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With our talent level we overperformed actually. The fact that we overperformed during the season is the only thing that made us look as if we faltered in the tournament. But I'm sure you think most teams with 6'2 SG's and no PG play should win 31 games.
 
#92
#92
dickens821 said:
UT has two wins better than Clemson to this point. Three of our opponents have been against teams than Clemson has played so far.
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you must've cleaned this up while I was replying.

And yet I still don't really get your point. "2 wins better"? Take it up with the coaches.

Whether UT is ranked higher or lower than Clemson, it's laughable for you to think it's laughable that Clemson could challenge UT for a 4th spot in the ACC.
 
#94
#94
TennNC said:
you must've cleaned this up while I was replying.

And yet I still don't really get your point. "2 wins better"? Take it up with the coaches.

Whether UT is ranked higher or lower than Clemson, it's laughable for you to think it's laughable that Clemson could challenge UT for a 4th spot in the ACC.
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UT would be 3rd in the ACC.
 
#95
#95
dickens821 said:
With our talent level we overperformed actually. The fact that we overperformed during the season is the only thing that made us look as if we faltered in the tournament. But I'm sure you think most teams with 6'2 SG's and no PG play should win 31 games.
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Agreed, you can't look at any of the last 3 teams and say they did not overachieve. On paper, Pearls 1st team should have been .500 at best.

We were playing with players that outside of the OVC, nobody wanted.
 
#97
#97
dickens821 said:
With our talent level we overperformed actually. The fact that we overperformed during the season is the only thing that made us look as if we faltered in the tournament. But I'm sure you think most teams with 6'2 SG's and no PG play should win 31 games.
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This discussion has nothing to do with how well UT's teams played during the regular season the past three years.

It has everything to do with your inaccurate, probably immature and hasty post mocking a call that has just been backed up by the Coaches' Poll.

You want to continue that, or do you want to talk about how much of a UT bball fan I am and how much I love Bruce's teams? I really don't think that's an interesting discussion, but since I'm just sitting here watching NC State (an ACC bottom-dweller) battle the Marquette team we beat last week, I'm game for it.
 
#98
#98
You do realize the coaches poll is always the worst of the two, right? Half the coaches don't even vote themselves. The people who actually watch the games (the media) aren't the coaches. But if I remember correctly Clemson was ranked ahead of us at this point 2 years ago. We all remember how that ended.
 
#99
#99
dickens821 said:
UT would be 3rd in the ACC.
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That's your assessment.

I don't know how they'd finish in the ACC - I'd be shocked if they didn't get creamed by UNC and lose to Duke. I think that right now, Wake also would beat them.

So, I'd say 4th in the ACC is fair to fairly optimistic, and it's not out of range to think that Clemson could pass them too.

I also do think it'd be a whole lot more difficult to play UNC, Duke, Wake, Clemson, Ga Tech, and Maryland than the teams the SEC has to offer this season.
 
#100
#100
TennNC said:
You went to the well twice - two too many times. And I noticed.

All evidence (including the analysis of NCAA coaches) right now indicates that if UT were in the ACC, they would get a fight from Clemson.

Bring evidence to the contrary, or take your medicine and get well soon.
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:ermm:

no
 
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