College of charleston

#5
#5
Charleston is a decent team, probably in the neighborhood of Oakland or VCU. All their losses have been close, and all to good teams.

OTOH, they don't really have any good wins. The way things are going, if you're Charleston you have to believe you can steal your first big win at Tennessee on Friday.

They're an experienced team. Just looking at total minutes and not checking every box score, they appear to start 4 seniors.

They're a team with decent size for a mid-major, starting 6-2, 6-3, 6-7, 6-8, 6-8. Actually this might be perfect from Tennessee's perspective: no pesky 5-11 guards snapping at Hopson and Tatum, but also not quite enough size to handle Tobias and Brian in the paint. I like the height range very much.

No depth--they play 7 guys.

Their offense is good. They're above-average on the offensive glass. No one player gets tons of offensive rebounds, but it looks like all those medium-tall guys fly around in there and try to grab some.

Their calling card, though, is making 2-pointers. They shoot the 2 at 55%, good enough for 18th in the country. When a team shoots that well from 2, it tends to mean they're well-coached and getting good shots. 6-2 senior Goudelock is leading them in 2-point attempts, and is shooting them at 55%, so he's carrying their high percentage. He also happens to be leading them in 3-point percentage, and is the shortest guy on the starting team; this leads me to guess they're good from 2 not because of coaching, but because he's beating his man and converting in the paint. But who knows.

The other guy to watch appears to be 6-8 senior Jeremy Simmons, shooting a robust 63% from 2. He's also probably their best offensive rebounder and is leading in FT attempts, so he's doing his damage inside.

The other guys don't shoot it as frequently or as accurately. 6-8 freshman Trent Wiedeman bears watching, though. He's only attempted 41 2-pt FG's the whole year, but he's hit 71% of them and made it to the line 42 times. He appears to be a very efficient player who doesn't yet have a huge part in the offense.

Defensively, they're not very good. They don't foul, and that's their one good statistic on defense. They don't turn teams over, and they allow a halfway decent percentage from 2 and 3. They don't appear to be a stifling half-court D at all.

Bad for them: they're one of the worst teams in college hoops at defensive rebounding, ranked 288th in defensive rebounding percentage. Tennessee is 17th in offensive rebounding percentage, so this is strength vs. weakness.

All in all, it's a good matchup for Tennessee on paper. Goins should, in theory, be able to handle Goudelock. Tobias, Brian, and any other post we trot out there should be able to keep their collection of 6-8-ers in check. We tend to draw a lot of fouls, and that's bad for Charleston because they don't have any depth.

We should destroy them on our offensive glass.

But with all that said--who knows? Tennessee this year is hard to figure.

If I had to predict, I'd say we roll them. Tennessee needs a bounce-back game badly, and this is a solid team that seems to be tailor-made to play to our strengths.

Sorry for the length.
 
#9
#9
They are a good team.....losses by 5, 7, and 1 to major conference teams this year so we can't sleep on them. We are going to have to play better than we have been to get a win
 
#10
#10
I hope that we get our rotation down by at least 2 for this game. Maybe that will help our guys get some type of rhythm. GO VOLS!
 
#11
#11
misplacedfan#1 said:
I hope that we get our rotation down by at least 2 for this game. Maybe that will help our guys get some type of rhythm. GO VOLS!
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Agreed - here's what the rotation should be in IMO with mins. in ():

1) Goins (30) -- Bone (10) (much better defender than Golden)
2) Hopson (31) -- McRae (9)
3) Tatum (28) -- Maymon (12)
4) Harris (32) -- Maymon(4)/Fields(4)
5) Fields (20) -- Williams (20)

I would really like to see Hall play the 4 or 5 and take Williams' minutes like the 2nd half last night, but realize that is unlikely to happen. I also realize Golden is going to get his 12-14 minutes a game, but he is just not ready -- for example: look at his +/- last night. Maymon is more of a 4 I realize, but is still a better option at the 3 than SP has been. Let Golden watch for a year; McBee and Woolridge just aren't SEC caliber players; and SP is an offensive liability -- it's 4 on 5 when he's out there. McBee and SP would be good OVC players, though not great.
 
#12
#12
Is Bobby still @ the helm in Charleston? If so, we'd better shape up quickly. They will be ready.
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#13
#13
They are a well coached team, I have been to a couple of their games down here.

Godlock is a legit scoring threat and could go off on us if we don't play lock down defense on him.

If I were a betting man I would take Charleston in a heartbeat in this one at the moment.
 
#14
#14
I hope that we can come out like we should have last night and just blow these guys out of the gym. I hope that there will be more at TBA since the bowl game will be over and people should be back. And this rotation deal is going to have to get resolved and get resolved quick. The SEC is just 2 games away.
 
#15
#15
CBP better be getting the "rotation" down real soon or one of the assistant coaches will be making that decision since the 8 game "paid vacation" is very close. I'm no basketball wizard, but how do we beat Pitt & Nova and just get by UTM who lost by 60 two nights before??????
 
#16
#16
It is easy to get up for the big boys in college ball. It is hard to get up for the little guys. You think that all you have to do is show up and they will go away. That is not the case with us. Everyone that is out there on our scheduling is looking at us and licking their chops. I would be too. Until we come out and just dominate on both ends of the floor again and throttle someone we are going to keep getting talked about in a negative light.
 
#17
#17
Season ticket holder at the College, StepCross's does a pretty good job of summing up the team. Goudelock is the heart and soul of the team, he can shoot the three as well as anyone in the country, but also excels at beating his man and hitting the pull up jumper. Most games it's not a matter of if, but when he goes on a tear. He should become the all time leading scorer at the college midway through the season...The point is somewhat weak, Simmons can be a force at center, but can be timid around larger players. Charleston lives and dies by the three, if we shoot it well it may be a win, if not UT may run away with it...
 
#21
#21
Looking at the stats on ESPN it appeared Greeneville High Alum Wiggins played well for Charleston, can anyone who saw the game confirm or deny plz?
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