Recent content by volball57

Being eligible and realistic options are two different things. Some players might be ready to explore their professional options or are just done with school. Mashack and Zeigler are who they are. Gainey could have more to gain from an extra season. Also, just because someone is eligible for an...

Steve Kerr got the opportunity to play with 2 of the best NBA players at their position in Jordan and Duncan resulting in multiple championships as a player. He was also coached by 2 of the most respected coaches in Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich. As a coach he was fortunate enough to have...

The only player I forgot about during the time frame I picked my team would've been Josh Richar

PG - CJ Watson SG - Dalton Knecht SF - Tobias Harris PF - Grant Williams C - Charles Hathaway Zakai Zeigler Chris Lofton Vincent Yarbrough Tyler Smith Marcus Haislip Wayne Chism Jarnel Stokes Ron Slay Walk-Ons Jeronne Maymon JaJuan Smith Hathaway was the player that made me a UT fan when I...

You can't fault any coaches for over looking him. They had absolutely no way of knowing that officials were going to turn a blind eye to all his fouls.

Just because we can retire someone's jersey doesn't necessarily mean we should just to retire a jersey. It'll be a while before another number is retired.

Bruce recruited the rankings. There was "almost" always a red flag with the player. character/attitude/work ethic/their entourage/health/or something lacking basketball skill wise that made the recruit less desirable to the bigger programs. Chism was from TN but he also had asthma. (In all...

If officiating is your profession it doesn't seem too unreasonable. 2.5 hours of work at the game and let's say 6 hours of fly time to the next destination. It seems like it'd be hard to be away from home that long, but it shouldn't effect their ability to do their job. Some refs are just terrible.

If you haven't learned by now, Barnes has always had a plan that fills the roster out. Most years everyone panics and then we end up with a roster that is arguably better than the previous year. It would be nice to already know and get excited about the future, but the staff has proven their...

I'm fairly positive Admiral said that his HS did it and he wanted to do it at UT. Like you said, we weren't the creators, but through marketing and playing other big time programs we helped start the trend.

This and the fact that Tennessee had moved on from him for the better of the program longterm. Developing Aidoo and Awaka and bringing in Estrella and Phillips was more important than giving an inconsistent player minutes. He'd be guaranteed minutes leaving as a recruited transfer. Same went for...

I remember Admiral Schofield getting in the doghouse and wasn't allowed to play early in the season. He was still out there with the team on the court cheering and supporting the team on in warm-ups. Whatever it was Admiral was being punished for he got, the message, accepted the coaching, and...

DJ Burns was the only player that came close to fitting that description, from what I remember.

I thought about that too. He "could be" a top 20 recruit, but still 8/9th at his position in his class. It just seems very unrealistic for one of the top 40 Freshmen to be considered as a top NBA draft pick. That ranking doesn't include Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors, G-League, or Foreign players...

This seems like very unrealistic expectations. Didn't he tryout for the U19 team that Awaka made? For Freddie to really be that high you would think he would've made the team too.