Basketball Vols lose for the first time in Europe

#27
#27
BigPapaVol said:
are you serious? you think those so called "Dream Teams" loaded with no-shootin driver first swing men lost because of the tenacious D being played by the Euros. Please, the Euros zoned them up like every respectable coach with the opportunity would. Our lack of D and pathetic shooting doomed us. UT can shoot the 3 and against those slow footed zones, I would expect an athlete like Chism to offensive board almost at will. Don't know the particulars, but just don't like a stat line that shows 4 points from our "middle presence" when we're scoring 100 per game.
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Argentina-Not in Europe.
 
#28
#28
I'm not at all concerned about this. Tyler Smith will elevate the level of this team's defense. I wish we had been able to hold off this trip until after school started, like USC and some other schools have done. That way, Smith, Prince, and Tatum could have played.
 
#29
#29
UTLCA said:
It won't be hard at all.
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I'm not sure about that. I remember when TB opened, and I think it was a mediocre opponent (ETSU? MTSU?) and it was a sellout, I believe. The renovated Tommy should be more hyped up and draw more interest than that.

The place is going to be buzzing. I see no reason why UT won't set an attendance record this upcoming season, even with fewer seats in the arena.
 
#30
#30
hatvol96 said:
I wish we had been able to hold off this trip until after school started, like USC and some other schools have done. That way, Smith, Prince, and Tatum could have played.
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Agreed - I don't know how far in advance they have to plan these things, so it might have been difficult to know if an impact player like Prince or Smith (esp. Smith) was going to be ineligible for the trip at the time.

Seems the main purpose is experience for the kids and bonding (trite but true). Would be nice for Tyler, JP and the frosh to join them.

What's the NCAA's logic on that rule anyway? Seems dumb.
 
#31
#31
dblackwe said:
So it looks like he's got a job out of college playing in europe with his buddy bradshaw
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By the time Pearl graduate, Dane will already be retired from European BB and will be back here in K town still trying to pedal his book.
 
#32
#32
wbarron said:
Agreed - I don't know how far in advance they have to plan these things, so it might have been difficult to know if an impact player like Prince or Smith (esp. Smith) was going to be ineligible for the trip at the time.

Seems the main purpose is experience for the kids and bonding (trite but true). Would be nice for Tyler, JP and the frosh to join them.

What's the NCAA's logic on that rule anyway? Seems dumb.
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The NCAA takes the position that a player should have to attend their first game before they compete. How attending a week of class, then going to Mexico, is better than a European trip that occurs during the summer is lost on me. However, anytime my logic is in conflict with the 'AA's, I feel good about my position.
 
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