Here's the thing

[ptclaus98]

They also hit free throws down the stretch.

 

[Fullfillmer]

But that has no relevance at all.

If we switched Hopson for Kobe, we'd go undefeated.

See, I can do it too.

So if we played against Kobe would you say Bruce your coaching is bad and our half court defense is weak or would you say Kobe is athletically more gifted than Maze or Hopson and it is as much a function of superior athletes being matched up against inferior ones than it is a flaw in our half court defense.

So in football was our defensive scheme against Mississippi solely responsible for our problems or was it a combination of scheme and superior athletes on one side and a lack of speed and less skilled athletes on the other side.

 

[lylsmorr]

I don't see the point on half court defense. Our defense is lightyears better than last years. Hummel got about 20 but he'll do that to anyone. The SEC is loaded this year with their backcourts so we should be ready come tourney time. Now our half court offense is a different story.

Saint Joseph's disagrees with you...just saying. GBO.

 

[Hardwood_fanatic]

Championship teams have two essential ingredients:

1) they play good half-court defense, and

2) they play good half-court offense.

This is the first game I have watched this year, but this team looks a lot like every Pearl team--they lack those ingredients. To go deep in a tournament, UT is going to have to play teams with guards good enough to break a press and who play good defense. Without significant improvement, we are not going to consistently beat teams who can do those things.

I like Bruce. He has brought excitement to the program, and he has stocked Tennessee with talent. But my first impression is that this team suffers from the same flaws that caused each of his others to bow out before the round of 16 was over.

We lost to a very good Purdue team tonight on a neutral court, and there is no shame in that. The problem I see is that I didn't notice anyting that would lead me to believe we can beat multiple good teams in a row. We are athletic and undisciplined. Individually, we caust match-up problems with anybody we face. But to have success at tournament time, UT must do things that I did not see tonight.

I can't really fathom any way that someone could argue with these posts.

Other than the admitted misspelling of cause, which is always allowed when TWD. (typing while drinking)