2019 Vols vs 2022 Vols

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Who wins at TBA? Both went undefeated at home.

2021-2022 Vols vs 2018-2019 Vols

On paper, I would take the Schofield, Bone, Williams team but when you really look at the metrics and whatnot, I think it’d be extremely close.

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TennVols12 said:
Who wins at TBA? Both went undefeated at home.

2021-2022 Vols vs 2018-2019 Vols

On paper, I would take the Schofield, Bone, Williams team but when you really look at the metrics and whatnot, I think it’d be extremely close.

Thoughts?
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I think the difference between that team and this one is the time at which they’re peaking. That team peaked in late January/early February and was on a little bit of a downward trajectory as opposed to this one which is peaking right now.
 
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TennVols12 said:
Who wins at TBA? Both went undefeated at home.

2021-2022 Vols vs 2018-2019 Vols

On paper, I would take the Schofield, Bone, Williams team but when you really look at the metrics and whatnot, I think it’d be extremely close.

Thoughts?
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Defensively, this years team is better. Because of that i would lean toward them winning.
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2018-19 Vols beat this team by double digits. We have no one inside to shutdown Williams. This years team continues to go on 5-7 minute scoring droughts also.
 
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mtvols said:
2018-19 Vols beat this team by double digits. We have no one inside to shutdown Williams. This years team continues to go on 5-7 minute scoring droughts also.
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Not saying that team doesn’t win but idk about this reasoning, what opposing big men have really hurt/exposed us this year? Tschiebwe didn’t have much luck in 2 tries, Kessler didn’t do much at all, Bacot from UNC didn’t.
 
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Larkin said:
Defensively, this years team is better. Because of that i would lean toward them winning.
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I agree on the D...1-5 positions are strong...w/ good relief. It's really a good question by OP. For one game, I'd probably go w/ 2019 b/c of Grant/Admiral leadership intangibles, but if they played 10 times, I could see it close to 5-5 split. On the face of it, it does seem this team is peaking at the right time...and frosh aren't playing like frosh any more.

It almost seems the BH and Aidoo came from the shadows when ON got hurt, and would also be interested to see if they would have progressed as much if ON were healthy.
 
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Big question is how our 3pt defense was in 18-19. That would tell a lot.

I'm taking the 18-19 squad solely because of the inside game. Imo Bone and Turner match up well with KC and ZZ as far as athleticism goes. I just don't see this years team being able to get off enough 3s.

Butttttt Bone/Turner vs KC/ZZ would be fun to watch.
 
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I would take that 2018-2019 team and put it against almost any team in recent memory. They had multiple leaders on that team and even though this year’s team plays elite defense, I’m not sure anyone is sticking Grant. That team was special and it’s unfortunate their season ended on a BS call.
 
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Yep, Fulk started for KA who had back problems in the Chicago-Loyola loss. Just saw where Loyola won their tournament and the Nun/sister was there think she's got to be over 100 years old. Be ironic if we drew them again.
 
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Great question—I’d lean 2019 just bc they were more consistent offensively. It would be a slugfest at the guard position though. Zz/KC/SV vs Bone/LT/Bowden. I think GW would eat down low though.
 
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I would take the 18-19 team, mainly because there were 3 guys on that team that you could give the ball to and they could go get you basket to win a game or put a game away in Scofield, Williams and Turner. Right now, we just don't have anyone that I'd put above those 3 in an end of game situation where we need a basket like that. This year's team is probably a little better on the defensive end overall, but the 18-19 team I think was more balanced overall.
 
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TennVols12 said:
Who wins at TBA? Both went undefeated at home.

2021-2022 Vols vs 2018-2019 Vols

On paper, I would take the Schofield, Bone, Williams team but when you really look at the metrics and whatnot, I think it’d be extremely close.

Thoughts?
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This team is better defensively but they don’t have a go to guy like Grant or Admiral. The 2018 team would have made the FF of Alexander hadn’t got hurt. They’d slammed Sister Jean with Kyle inside.
 
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I think the 2019 team had a better, more experienced senior laden 6 man rotation than this year's team. The weakness with that team though is that once Grant or Kyle Alexander or whomever got into foul trouble, there was a steep drop off in our depth guys.

This year's team has more depth. Even with ON getting injured we have been receiving solid production from our young bigs. Our reserve guards are better too. While Victor Bailey and Powell may not get much playing time they are much better than Jalen Johnson or anything else the 2019 team had on the bench.

With that said. I'd certainly give the edge to the 2019 team at home since foul trouble is less of a factor. At full health on a neutral site, I'd still likely give the 2019 the edge, but would be very concerned if they got into early foul trouble.
 
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mtvols said:
2018-19 Vols beat this team by double digits. We have no one inside to shutdown Williams. This years team continues to go on 5-7 minute scoring droughts also.
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Agree: This year's team might play better defense--but that '18/'19 team had Williams, who could get us a basket when we really needed it, using his big body in the paint. That's a big deal. This team has shot the 3 quite well in the last month, after a stretch when they had shooting problems, and that, of course, has been a big factor in our success in the last half of the season. Problem is, teams can easily have shooting issues from deep, and if that happens we've got problems. True for all teams. How you shoot the 3 is a huge factor in most games.
 
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TennVols12 said:
Who wins at TBA? Both went undefeated at home.

2021-2022 Vols vs 2018-2019 Vols

On paper, I would take the Schofield, Bone, Williams team but when you really look at the metrics and whatnot, I think it’d be extremely close.

Thoughts?
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Who would've thought back in January that we'd end up seriously considering this question?
 
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CornbreadVol said:
I think the difference between that team and this one is the time at which they’re peaking. That team peaked in late January/early February and was on a little bit of a downward trajectory as opposed to this one which is peaking right now.
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2019 was a clearly better team (weren’t they #1 in country for several weeks?) although lacked depth especially in the backcourt which is where 2022 is strong. They had 6 guys who could get you double figures in any given game and had clutch players (Williams, Turner and Admiral in order) and multiple guys who could get you a bucket when it mattered. Just overall a consistently very VERY good team…and potential Final 4 quality team even though Purdue ended that dream. They were more mature, extremely efficient offensively and perhaps better on the offensive end than any team the 2022 squad has faced all year. Averaged more blocks per game, fewer turnovers per game and played like men. Probably would turn 2022 group into a one dimensional perimeter oriented offense.

if the 2022 was shooting well from perimeter they may keep it close but if not and had one of those 5 minute offensive lapses that we have seen often, they may lose by 15. The most interesting match-up would be Josiah guarding Admiral followed by Turner vs Ziegler. 2022 would have no answers for Grant as he may foul out our entire frontcourt. Bowden and Turner would create problems guarding Vescovi in my opinion and the points in the paint scoring would be very lopsided. Only way 2022 could win in my opinion would be if 2019 was turning the ball over at a high rate and they were making a bunch of 3s. 2022 misses entirely too many point blank shots at the rim and doesn’t shoot great from the FT line. 2022 is definitely better defensively but I think 2019 group just had too many answers and could score at every level. Low post, high post, midrange and even a reasonable 3 pt shooting team based on %.

interesting to think of however and a testament to Barnes as the makeup of each team is very different. If they played a 7 game series it would be 2019 winning in comfortable 5 or 6. I would give this 2022 team the edge over our 2018 team however and is Barnes‘ 2nd best team since he has been at UT.
 
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That depends on whether it's a home or away game. If it's a home game, I'm picking 2021-2022. If it's an away game, I'm picking 2018-2019.
 
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