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The opportunity is in front of this team. Good news is that our post season guard play has been solid by all the key players and hopefully we can keep that up. If we can just polish up our inside guys to FINISH when at the rim and cut down on our near brain dead live ball turnovers out front we have a shot at everybody in front of us. We have left too many points off the board with both our young and old bigs and supplied points and momentum to our opposition with some unnecessary unforced turnovers. Youth excuses have to be behind us inside.
 
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Really saw some elevation of play by Santi, KC, and JJJ.

Santi: 12.0 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.7 spg, 40% from 3, 90% from FT
JJJ: 14.0 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 3.0 apg, 0.7 spg, 1.3 bpg, 50% from 3, 70% from FT
KC: 14.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 5.0 apg, 1.3 spg, 46.8% from 3, 54.2% from FG

I personally think JJJ should have gotten tournament MVP, but no complaints with it going to KC.
 
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This forum has become so cluttered with random threads, so I'm not really sure where to discuss our draw with some of the regulars, so I'll just post here.

Overall, if you ignore the fact that we got shafted and disrespected on our seeding, the draw itself doesn't seem so bad. It's March, so obviously there is no such thing as an "easy" path if you don't bring 110% every single game, but this is one of the more favorable draws in the first weekend in recent memory.

FIRST WEEKEND:

Round of 64
Longwood....what is there to say other than just don't fall asleep here. Common opponents between the two of us seem to indicate on a "good" night we're 25-30 points better than them. I don't expect us to actually win by that much, but close to it. Longwood is a small team. Their tallest player is essentially the size of Josiah. This is a game our bigs should FEAST in. And, if not, and we have to go small, it's hard to see small ball Longwood competing and staying with Chandler, Josiah, Vescovi, et al.

Warren Nolan Longwood Lancers Stats & Info (Hyperlinked)

Longwood shoots the 3-ball well, but their SOS is 343rd and their non-conference RPI is 313. Yeah, they're 18th in 3-point % but they haven't faced a defense anywhere nearly as suffocating as our defense, so just don't give them wide open shots and they'll struggle.

Round of 32

Colorado State Rams Stats & Info (Hyperlinked)

Michigan Wolverines Stats & Info (Hyperlinked)

Personally, I don't think there is a ton of difference in which team we match up better against. They both shoot the 3-ball at a similar clip (35.8% CSU 34.0% Michigan), albeit the difference in that 1.8% is 70th versus 174th. CSU is a lot smaller than Michigan. They really only have one guy that is 6-10, and he is not one of their primary rotation guys. Teams with length scare me a bit, and Michigan has some big dudes. Hunter Dickinson is a matchup nightmare for us.

CSU relies heavily on guard play, Michigan can spread you out a bit and pound the rock inside. AdjO between the two teams is almost identical (19th, Michigan; 20th, CSU). Neither team plays particularly good defense (83rd, CSU; 91st Michigan).

Really, the teams just aren't that drastically different on paper in difficulty, so I'm looking more at the intangibles. Colorado State is 6th most lucky team in the country, and the game is in Indy so Michigan fans and Kentucky fans will be snatching up all of the tickets. It could be a de facto road game for Tennessee, if CSU were to lose. So, I think I personally will be cheering for CSU. Their SOS is only 61st compared to Michigan's 3rd. If you catch Michigan on a good night, they can be trouble. I guess the flip side is Michigan is also very prone to inexplicable collapses. Guess we'll see how it plays out.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
This forum has become so cluttered with random threads, so I'm not really sure where to discuss our draw with some of the regulars, so I'll just post here.

Overall, if you ignore the fact that we got shafted and disrespected on our seeding, the draw itself doesn't seem so bad. It's March, so obviously there is no such thing as an "easy" path if you don't bring 110% every single game, but this is one of the more favorable draws in the first weekend in recent memory.

FIRST WEEKEND:

Round of 64
Longwood....what is there to say other than just don't fall asleep here. Common opponents between the two of us seem to indicate on a "good" night we're 25-30 points better than them. I don't expect us to actually win by that much, but close to it. Longwood is a small team. Their tallest player is essentially the size of Josiah. This is a game our bigs should FEAST in. And, if not, and we have to go small, it's hard to see small ball Longwood competing and staying with Chandler, Josiah, Vescovi, et al.

Warren Nolan Longwood Lancers Stats & Info (Hyperlinked)

Longwood shoots the 3-ball well, but their SOS is 343rd and their non-conference RPI is 313. Yeah, they're 18th in 3-point % but they haven't faced a defense anywhere nearly as suffocating as our defense, so just don't give them wide open shots and they'll struggle.

Round of 32

Colorado State Rams Stats & Info (Hyperlinked)

Michigan Wolverines Stats & Info (Hyperlinked)

Personally, I don't think there is a ton of difference in which team we match up better against. They both shoot the 3-ball at a similar clip (35.8% CSU 34.0% Michigan), albeit the difference in that 1.8% is 70th versus 174th. CSU is a lot smaller than Michigan. They really only have one guy that is 6-10, and he is not one of their primary rotation guys. Teams with length scare me a bit, and Michigan has some big dudes. Hunter Dickinson is a matchup nightmare for us.

CSU relies heavily on guard play, Michigan can spread you out a bit and pound the rock inside. AdjO between the two teams is almost identical (19th, Michigan; 20th, CSU). Neither team plays particularly good defense (83rd, CSU; 91st Michigan).

Really, the teams just aren't that drastically different on paper in difficulty, so I'm looking more at the intangibles. Colorado State is 6th most lucky team in the country, and the game is in Indy so Michigan fans and Kentucky fans will be snatching up all of the tickets. It could be a de facto road game for Tennessee, if CSU were to lose. So, I think I personally will be cheering for CSU. Their SOS is only 61st compared to Michigan's 3rd. If you catch Michigan on a good night, they can be trouble. I guess the flip side is Michigan is also very prone to inexplicable collapses. Guess we'll see how it plays out.
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Agree, don’t think the first weekend matchups should be anything to be concerned about. Would prefer Colorado state as well, as I think we match-up better.

Don’t love the potential rematches with Villanova/Arizona but as a Loyola alumn think they could give Villanova some fits. Arizona scares me more than anyone, but if can somehow make the elite eight I’ll take my chances either way
 
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#11,631
#11,631
TheMookieMonster said:
This forum has become so cluttered with random threads, so I'm not really sure where to discuss our draw with some of the regulars, so I'll just post here.

Overall, if you ignore the fact that we got shafted and disrespected on our seeding, the draw itself doesn't seem so bad. It's March, so obviously there is no such thing as an "easy" path if you don't bring 110% every single game, but this is one of the more favorable draws in the first weekend in recent memory.

FIRST WEEKEND:

Round of 64
Longwood....what is there to say other than just don't fall asleep here. Common opponents between the two of us seem to indicate on a "good" night we're 25-30 points better than them. I don't expect us to actually win by that much, but close to it. Longwood is a small team. Their tallest player is essentially the size of Josiah. This is a game our bigs should FEAST in. And, if not, and we have to go small, it's hard to see small ball Longwood competing and staying with Chandler, Josiah, Vescovi, et al.

Warren Nolan Longwood Lancers Stats & Info (Hyperlinked)

Longwood shoots the 3-ball well, but their SOS is 343rd and their non-conference RPI is 313. Yeah, they're 18th in 3-point % but they haven't faced a defense anywhere nearly as suffocating as our defense, so just don't give them wide open shots and they'll struggle.

Round of 32

Colorado State Rams Stats & Info (Hyperlinked)

Michigan Wolverines Stats & Info (Hyperlinked)

Personally, I don't think there is a ton of difference in which team we match up better against. They both shoot the 3-ball at a similar clip (35.8% CSU 34.0% Michigan), albeit the difference in that 1.8% is 70th versus 174th. CSU is a lot smaller than Michigan. They really only have one guy that is 6-10, and he is not one of their primary rotation guys. Teams with length scare me a bit, and Michigan has some big dudes. Hunter Dickinson is a matchup nightmare for us.

CSU relies heavily on guard play, Michigan can spread you out a bit and pound the rock inside. AdjO between the two teams is almost identical (19th, Michigan; 20th, CSU). Neither team plays particularly good defense (83rd, CSU; 91st Michigan).

Really, the teams just aren't that drastically different on paper in difficulty, so I'm looking more at the intangibles. Colorado State is 6th most lucky team in the country, and the game is in Indy so Michigan fans and Kentucky fans will be snatching up all of the tickets. It could be a de facto road game for Tennessee, if CSU were to lose. So, I think I personally will be cheering for CSU. Their SOS is only 61st compared to Michigan's 3rd. If you catch Michigan on a good night, they can be trouble. I guess the flip side is Michigan is also very prone to inexplicable collapses. Guess we'll see how it plays out.
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Teams that scare me the most are teams like Texas and Ark who play in your face defense that generally push the limit on fouls and bank on the officials not calling them all fouls. Every time someone plays us like that, it gets in our head and we play terrible offense. We also are not a great FT team and those teams are ok with fouls if a lot. That just IMO of what I have seen this year when we struggle the most.

I think we do better against teams with good offense and poor defense, which thankfully is what most of our bracket is made up of.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
This forum has become so cluttered with random threads, so I'm not really sure where to discuss our draw with some of the regulars, so I'll just post here.

Overall, if you ignore the fact that we got shafted and disrespected on our seeding, the draw itself doesn't seem so bad. It's March, so obviously there is no such thing as an "easy" path if you don't bring 110% every single game, but this is one of the more favorable draws in the first weekend in recent memory.

FIRST WEEKEND:

Round of 64
Longwood....what is there to say other than just don't fall asleep here. Common opponents between the two of us seem to indicate on a "good" night we're 25-30 points better than them. I don't expect us to actually win by that much, but close to it. Longwood is a small team. Their tallest player is essentially the size of Josiah. This is a game our bigs should FEAST in. And, if not, and we have to go small, it's hard to see small ball Longwood competing and staying with Chandler, Josiah, Vescovi, et al.

Warren Nolan Longwood Lancers Stats & Info (Hyperlinked)

Longwood shoots the 3-ball well, but their SOS is 343rd and their non-conference RPI is 313. Yeah, they're 18th in 3-point % but they haven't faced a defense anywhere nearly as suffocating as our defense, so just don't give them wide open shots and they'll struggle.

Round of 32

Colorado State Rams Stats & Info (Hyperlinked)

Michigan Wolverines Stats & Info (Hyperlinked)

Personally, I don't think there is a ton of difference in which team we match up better against. They both shoot the 3-ball at a similar clip (35.8% CSU 34.0% Michigan), albeit the difference in that 1.8% is 70th versus 174th. CSU is a lot smaller than Michigan. They really only have one guy that is 6-10, and he is not one of their primary rotation guys. Teams with length scare me a bit, and Michigan has some big dudes. Hunter Dickinson is a matchup nightmare for us.

CSU relies heavily on guard play, Michigan can spread you out a bit and pound the rock inside. AdjO between the two teams is almost identical (19th, Michigan; 20th, CSU). Neither team plays particularly good defense (83rd, CSU; 91st Michigan).

Really, the teams just aren't that drastically different on paper in difficulty, so I'm looking more at the intangibles. Colorado State is 6th most lucky team in the country, and the game is in Indy so Michigan fans and Kentucky fans will be snatching up all of the tickets. It could be a de facto road game for Tennessee, if CSU were to lose. So, I think I personally will be cheering for CSU. Their SOS is only 61st compared to Michigan's 3rd. If you catch Michigan on a good night, they can be trouble. I guess the flip side is Michigan is also very prone to inexplicable collapses. Guess we'll see how it plays out.
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I think we match up much better against Michigan for 1 reason. They are 335th in forced TO% in the country. If we don't turn the ball over, we're golden. They don't shoot the 3 particularly well, and they don't defend it particularly well. They are 100% about Hunter Dickinson which we can manage.
 
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golfballs said:
I think we match up much better against Michigan for 1 reason. They are 335th in forced TO% in the country. If we don't turn the ball over, we're golden. They don't shoot the 3 particularly well, and they don't defend it particularly well. They are 100% about Hunter Dickinson which we can manage.
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That’s a great point. I didn’t dive deep enough into the numbers so I overlooked that important tidbit. Turnovers and free throws are our Achilles heels. I agree that if we don’t turn the ball over we’re extremely tough to beat. You’ve convinced me. Go Wolverines!
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
That’s a great point. I didn’t dive deep enough into the numbers so I overlooked that important tidbit. Turnovers and free throws are our Achilles heels. I agree that if we don’t turn the ball over we’re extremely tough to beat. You’ve convinced me. Go Wolverines!
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This is a case where I think we match up better w Michigan, but I also think Michigan is overall the better team. So maybe it is kind of a wash.
 
#11,644
#11,644
golfballs said:
I also want revenge for that horrific charge call against Stokes when we played them in '14, also in Indy
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Getting ahead of myself but I’d also like revenge on Ohio St for the ‘07 S16 game, also in San Antonio. Though I guess we've beaten them since.
 
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berryvol said:
This is absolutely crazy. Read the entire thread. NCAA gets more trash by the second.
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And people think our admin don't care.

"I’ve also been told Tennessee opted to acquire its own charter and will be flying on its own schedule and own jet to Indianapolis — not relying on the charter plane that was booked for the Vols by the NCAA."
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
And people think our admin don't care.

"I’ve also been told Tennessee opted to acquire its own charter and will be flying on its own schedule and own jet to Indianapolis — not relying on the charter plane that was booked for the Vols by the NCAA."
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More likely that the administration trusts the NCAA about as far as they can throw them, at this point.
 
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Me thinks winning the SEC tourney after 43 years has some perks for these Vols! Glad to see the school showing their appreciation instead of trying to go the cheaper route
 
#11,649
#11,649
Damn big high and now I read Schwartz is leaving. Hopefully he's staying on staff for the tournament?

Wonder where we go next...
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Damn big high and now I read Schwartz is leaving. Hopefully he's staying on staff for the tournament?

Wonder where we go next...
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Are you really worried CRB won’t land a top assistant to replace Schwartz? CRB appears to have more basketball connections and is more respected than almost anyone in the sport. I’m not worried at all, he’ll land a winner. Heck, I’d prefer we just have him hire his own replacement when he retires as opposed to our administration to be honest. Could we make him the assistant AD over basketball when he quits coaching?
 
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