bleedingTNorange
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1. Another workmanlike performance, wasn’t the cleanest of games by any stretch but it’s another conference win and you don’t take those for granted. At time when we get up 15+ and look like we are going to run away we almost look as if we get bored and lose guys defensively and get sloppy offensively, that’s not a great quality but what does it look like if they play a full 40?
2. That’s it, Jordan Bowden has done it enough lately and consistently that I’m fully declaring he has arrived, I’m not hoping that’s what we get anymore I’m expecting it. I’m also going to say he’s the next guy that starts to get the national attention, it may not be tomorrow, it may not be next month, it might be next year...but the recognition is going to start coming, the Josh Richardson comparison is pretty accurate and he will play in the NBA imo.
3. We outrebounded SC by 8, Barnes threatened the guys with about 14 minutes left and from that point on they went about rebounding at a different level...the good news is that obviously the ability is there, the hard part now is getting them to do that from the tip and for a full 40 minutes. This team likely won’t ever become a great rebounding team but just being average on both ends will go a long way.
4. South Carolina went 14/23 from deep, 61%, and still lost by double digits...I’mnot sure if that’s more impressive by SC or Tennessee to be able to win handily while allowing an opponent to absolutely shoot the lights out from deep. At this point too many team are having success from 3 to call it a coincidence, we are shutting down the paint and daring teams to essentially hit 15+ three’s, it’s a bold strategy and sometimes frustrating, but if it keeps resulting in wins then it’s all good.
5. This team is ELITE offensively, they are pretty much neck and neck with Gonzaga for best offense in the country...you look at tonight and GW gives you 8pts, but he adds in 9rbds and 7asts. Alexander gives you 10pts, Bowden 16pts, Schofield 21pts, there is simply no way you can scout to shut that many guys down, 50%fg 45%ft 100%ft, 22ast to 10to’s, good luck...what scares me come March is we hear about teams having an off night and shots not falling, this team doesn’t ONLY rely on their offense, but I would like to see just a touch more consistency defensively.
6. Alright well here we are, it seems like about 5-6 weeks ago I started looking ahead to 2/16/19 and threw out the possibility of heading to Rupp at 23-1(11-0), and that is exactly where things stand. This isn’t a must win by any means for Tennessee, to me I’m viewing this as a barometer game for Tennessee, they haven’t played a ranked team since Gonzaga over 2 months ago...so where do we stand? Are we legitimately #1? More like Top 5? Can the defense play a full 40 minutes when it needs to, can this offense travel to a hostile environment against a team full of athletes? In my opinion this game will answer a lot of questions, I haven’t been this excited for a game in a really long time and it’s awesome knowing that all of the country will be talking about this game and looking forward to it; reminds me of the Memphis game that was 1 vs. 2, I’ll take a similar result.
GBO!!!
2. That’s it, Jordan Bowden has done it enough lately and consistently that I’m fully declaring he has arrived, I’m not hoping that’s what we get anymore I’m expecting it. I’m also going to say he’s the next guy that starts to get the national attention, it may not be tomorrow, it may not be next month, it might be next year...but the recognition is going to start coming, the Josh Richardson comparison is pretty accurate and he will play in the NBA imo.
3. We outrebounded SC by 8, Barnes threatened the guys with about 14 minutes left and from that point on they went about rebounding at a different level...the good news is that obviously the ability is there, the hard part now is getting them to do that from the tip and for a full 40 minutes. This team likely won’t ever become a great rebounding team but just being average on both ends will go a long way.
4. South Carolina went 14/23 from deep, 61%, and still lost by double digits...I’mnot sure if that’s more impressive by SC or Tennessee to be able to win handily while allowing an opponent to absolutely shoot the lights out from deep. At this point too many team are having success from 3 to call it a coincidence, we are shutting down the paint and daring teams to essentially hit 15+ three’s, it’s a bold strategy and sometimes frustrating, but if it keeps resulting in wins then it’s all good.
5. This team is ELITE offensively, they are pretty much neck and neck with Gonzaga for best offense in the country...you look at tonight and GW gives you 8pts, but he adds in 9rbds and 7asts. Alexander gives you 10pts, Bowden 16pts, Schofield 21pts, there is simply no way you can scout to shut that many guys down, 50%fg 45%ft 100%ft, 22ast to 10to’s, good luck...what scares me come March is we hear about teams having an off night and shots not falling, this team doesn’t ONLY rely on their offense, but I would like to see just a touch more consistency defensively.
6. Alright well here we are, it seems like about 5-6 weeks ago I started looking ahead to 2/16/19 and threw out the possibility of heading to Rupp at 23-1(11-0), and that is exactly where things stand. This isn’t a must win by any means for Tennessee, to me I’m viewing this as a barometer game for Tennessee, they haven’t played a ranked team since Gonzaga over 2 months ago...so where do we stand? Are we legitimately #1? More like Top 5? Can the defense play a full 40 minutes when it needs to, can this offense travel to a hostile environment against a team full of athletes? In my opinion this game will answer a lot of questions, I haven’t been this excited for a game in a really long time and it’s awesome knowing that all of the country will be talking about this game and looking forward to it; reminds me of the Memphis game that was 1 vs. 2, I’ll take a similar result.
GBO!!!
