Did this guy ever watch UT this year?

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#2
I'd deduct points for being so banal about the whole summary, but there's nothing too egregious about what he wrote.
 
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#4
"Lofton can hit just enough three pointers to make defenders come up on him" is kind of like saying Kevin Durant has just enough talent to help Texas win some games.
 
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#6
IDK. I guess if I'm going to waste my time reading an analysts POV on a subject I'd like there some hint that the writer actually watched a game or two instead of looking up the season stats to come up with a summary/opinion.
 
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#7
The writer basically said Lofton is a driver first, shooter second, which is backwards. Lofton is looking to shoot first, pretty much all the time.
 
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#8
No. 4 Virginia Cavaliers – ACC (20-10)

Weaknesses: Virginia likes to play an up-tempo style, but it doesn’t force the turnovers that a team with that identity usually will. The defense has trouble defending the perimeter, as evidenced by opponents’ 34% success rate from behind the arc, and though Singletary and Reynolds are solid distributors, each turns it over too much.

He himself says that Virginia:

1. Doesn't cause as many turnovers as it should
2. Doesn't defend the arc well
3. Guards turnover the ball more than they should

If you add in that Virginia is lacking good big men inside (and they are), any sane person wouldn't pick against the Vols.

After all, Pearl's system is built to exploit the very weaknesses that define Virginia.
 
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#9
The way I see it, the more teams caught off guard by Lofton (and the rest of the team - especially with all our Freshmen), the better. Not that the scout reports care what this guy or others say anyway. But our destiny is in no one's hands but ours now.
 
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#10
I think he missed it a bit on that we turn the ball over a lot. I would say our assist/turnover ratio is pretty good. We've just got to figure out how to play well in the post season. We were 1 and 2 last year and 0 and 1 so far this year. I hope we can get it going and play like we are capable of playing.:yes:
 
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StunnA N' Orange said:
Except believing UVA's backcourt is better than ours, I don't have an issue with what he wrote..
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Their backcourt is better than ours. They have little offensive presence in the paint fared well in the ACC. That says their guard play is pretty good.
 
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#13
BigPapaVol said:
Their backcourt is better than ours. They have little offensive presence in the paint fared well in the ACC. That says their guard play is pretty good.
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I disagree.. I saw them play multiple times and Sean Singletary carries their backcourt.. And they rely on his penetration and shot selection too much when the offense is struggling. J.R Reynolds plays second fiddle to Sean entirely too often.
 
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all in all, i thought it was pretty fair, though i do agree that we should have plenty enough to beat UVA...o/t that, no real hangups with it, pretty accurate.
 
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StunnA N' Orange said:
I disagree.. I saw them play multiple times and Sean Singletary carries their backcourt.. If he's not on his game, they rely on his penetration and shot selection most of the time. J.R Reynolds plays second fiddle to Sean entirely too often.
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Playing second fiddle does nothing to diminish his skills. Both can flat shoot it when healthy and both are very good athletes. We don't have two about which we can say that. Lofton can shoot it and is a decent athlete. JuJuan is a good athlete, but is the streakiest shooter going. Ramar is a terrible shooter, but good slasher. No combination of 2 of ours is as good as the two of them. We can agree to disagree about that 'cause it's little more than opinion.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
Playing second fiddle does nothing to diminish his skills. Both can flat shoot it when healthy and both are very good athletes. We don't have two about which we can say that. Lofton can shoot it and is a decent athlete. JuJuan is a good athlete, but is the streakiest shooter going. Ramar is a terrible shooter, but good slasher. No combination of 2 of ours is as good as the two of them. We can agree to disagree about that 'cause it's little more than opinion.
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Ramar isn't a terrible shooter, why don't you look at his 3 point shooting percentage from the last half of the season.. I agree he isn't real good in that department, but calling him terrible is a stretch. And I didn't know a backcourt's success was solely depended on two people. I'll take Ramar, Jajuan, and Chris, over Singleton and Reynolds anyday of the week.. And I havn't even mentioned backcourt depth in this discussion.
 
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StunnA N' Orange said:
Ramar isn't a terrible shooter, why don't you look at his 3 point shooting percentage from the last half of the season.. I agree he isn't real good in that department, but calling him terrible is a stretch. And I didn't know a backcourt's success was solely depended on two people. I'll take Ramar, Jajuan, and Chris, over Singleton and Reynolds anyday of the week.. And I havn't even mentioned backcourt depth in this discussion.
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OK. Ramar's a very good shooter, I just cringe when he shoots because it's my nature. Backcourt success is not dependent upon two, but the 3 universally considered front court. Put our 3 on the floor with Dane and we have 4 of our 5 that are under 6'3". That's ugly. SingleTARY and Reynolds are better 1 and 2 than any combination than we can put out there, IMO. The article was probably saying the same thing and not debating the merits of our backups and small forwards in making that assertion.
 
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