Peyton Berry
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The Good:
- this team is rebounding much better than I thought they would, esp to be as small as we are. A lot of rebounding is effort, and we have that.
- This team is playing better team defense than I expected. The defense has been good lately, esp the last 2 games
- They are a good free throw shooting team, which will win a lot of games, like it did today. I think they were 15 of 16 today, which is excellent.
• In summary, Barnes preaches rebounding and tough man to man D, and this years team has those qualities. I expect these will at least maintain and should even improve as the year goes own. FT % is very important and hopefully this team can keep that up.
The bad:
- Turnovers are absolutely killing this team. They beat us against FSU, and almost did against VCU. Yes those were two very good defensive teams, but they have been a problem all year and oddly, especially with our senior guards. They seem to be struggling with being the main handlers and facilitators of the offense, and still getting use to not having a dominant post player.
- This goes along with the first one in a way, but our overall offensive flow, movement, and even sets needs to improve. Which I think is a big cause of a lot of the turnovers.
- We are not a deep team so far and are playing players a lot of mins. I consider Barnes an excellent coach and hopefully he will be able to build some depth by SEC play. If not, fatigue will be a big factor in some games, especially towards the end of the season. Foul trouble is a big concern also. Any injury would really hurt right now.
In Summary: All 3 of these things are things that are very improvable. With Lamonté not being a true PG, the team learning each other/working in the Freshman, and getting use to not having the big 3 from last year there seems to be a big learning curve for them. I think eventually JJJ gets more time at PG and may even become the leader in mins there. And I think Gaines is showing a lot of potential and will be able to help. He was by defenders a couple times tonight with his quick first step, then would not keep going and pass it off. Overall, I think this team will continue to improve, even more so than Barnes teams usually do with all the factors mentioned above. I think, barring injury, they’ll make the tourney and possible even make the second week or further depending on how much they improve. GO VOLS!!!
- this team is rebounding much better than I thought they would, esp to be as small as we are. A lot of rebounding is effort, and we have that.
- This team is playing better team defense than I expected. The defense has been good lately, esp the last 2 games
- They are a good free throw shooting team, which will win a lot of games, like it did today. I think they were 15 of 16 today, which is excellent.
• In summary, Barnes preaches rebounding and tough man to man D, and this years team has those qualities. I expect these will at least maintain and should even improve as the year goes own. FT % is very important and hopefully this team can keep that up.
The bad:
- Turnovers are absolutely killing this team. They beat us against FSU, and almost did against VCU. Yes those were two very good defensive teams, but they have been a problem all year and oddly, especially with our senior guards. They seem to be struggling with being the main handlers and facilitators of the offense, and still getting use to not having a dominant post player.
- This goes along with the first one in a way, but our overall offensive flow, movement, and even sets needs to improve. Which I think is a big cause of a lot of the turnovers.
- We are not a deep team so far and are playing players a lot of mins. I consider Barnes an excellent coach and hopefully he will be able to build some depth by SEC play. If not, fatigue will be a big factor in some games, especially towards the end of the season. Foul trouble is a big concern also. Any injury would really hurt right now.
In Summary: All 3 of these things are things that are very improvable. With Lamonté not being a true PG, the team learning each other/working in the Freshman, and getting use to not having the big 3 from last year there seems to be a big learning curve for them. I think eventually JJJ gets more time at PG and may even become the leader in mins there. And I think Gaines is showing a lot of potential and will be able to help. He was by defenders a couple times tonight with his quick first step, then would not keep going and pass it off. Overall, I think this team will continue to improve, even more so than Barnes teams usually do with all the factors mentioned above. I think, barring injury, they’ll make the tourney and possible even make the second week or further depending on how much they improve. GO VOLS!!!
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