I think Tennessee is about as close to a perfectly balanced team as I’ve ever seen.
You’ve got absolutely dominant leadership in Williams and Schofield, who give you power and speed, and shooting.
Speedy and great passing guard in Bone.
Speedy and great 3 point shooting in Turner.
Athletic swing man in Bowden.
Offensive rebounding machine in Alexander.
And Pons is a defensive lock em down specialist.
This Tennessee team is going to win the NCAA tournament, and I think we’d win the tournament 8 times out of 10.
Duke would win the other 2.
Tennessee is the best team in college basketball.
Please pass whatever you are smoking. Tennessee was exposed last night for the very things I have been saying for the last 3 months. They've run their record of 19 straight versus mediocre and bad teams, or as Pat Forde said on Yahoo, versus NIT teams.
They were exposed to what will happen when the run up against teams with legit NBA players, you know, ones with length and talent. They are too small and not talented enough to keep up. They now are about to play a bunch of teams that are actually capable of beating them. My prediction: they lose at least 2 more games before the SEC tournament.
The only way UTK makes the Final Four, much less wins it all, is if they do not have to play any of the following teams in the tournament - Duke, UK, UVA, Gonzaga, Nevada, or UNC. Even teams like Nova, Louisville, KU, Michigan, Texas Tech, LSU, and Michigan State will give this Vol team fits.
And just stop with the "win 8 out of 10 times." They are good enough to win it 1 time, if they get a good draw and stay healthy. It's hard to do 1 time. This Vol team ain't close to the level of 91 UNLV, 2015 UK, 82-84 Phi Slamma Jamma, or 1985 Georgetown and none of those teams won it once after actually being dominant for a period of time.