The only good thing about this loss

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vols1215

vols1215

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I almost think i would rather head into the tourney with a loss than say a 9 or 10 game winning streak. How many times have we seen teams enter the tournament on a long streak to see it busted. Losses are inevitable so i'd rather take the L now than say next week..
 
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I absolutely hate this point of view. Not saying it's wrong, but just hate hearing that argument.

Losses don't really tend to be good for anyone this late. Ask Florida how their SEC Tourney losses treated them. Wait....nevermind, they didn't have any.
 
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vols1215 said:
I almost think i would rather head into the tourney with a loss than say a 9 or 10 game winning streak. How many times have we seen teams enter the tournament on a long streak to see it busted. Losses are inevitable so i'd rather take the L now than say next week..
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There is no way you can spin this into a positive. No way...
 
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No doubt a loss always sucks, but the only thing we can do is learn from it.

Nothing else to think about. Just get better and move on.
 
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Nope. This team had been headed down since the Memphis game. The Vanderbilt loss was supposed to wake them up. I hope this one will. But it is not a good sign. At all.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
I absolutely hate this point of view. Not saying it's wrong, but just hate hearing that argument.

Losses don't really tend to be good for anyone this late. Ask Florida how their SEC Tourney losses treated them. Wait....nevermind, they didn't have any.
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It is a very good point. They had none. But when you think about UT since Memphis they needed some bring down to earth.
 
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What's to be good about?

We lost by ONE point to a team we should have put away, and HAD put away most of the 2nd half.

The same team who will probably lose miserably tomorrow in the championship...

With as much Tennessee hate as there is out there, this will really hurt us, seeding and rankings wise, I guarantee it...
 
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CardassianVol said:
Nope. This team had been headed down since the Memphis game. The Vanderbilt loss was supposed to wake them up. I hope this one will. But it is not a good sign. At all.
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Wow, talk about a fatalistic viewpoint. Step away from the ledge, my friend.

Arkansas had a crazy good shooting game and they were a miracle-ish shot away from losing.

We have 29 wins for a reason.
 
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ThatVolGuy said:
Wow, talk about a fatalistic viewpoint. Step away from the ledge, my friend.

Arkansas had a crazy good shooting game and they were a miracle-ish shot away from losing.

We have 29 wins for a reason.
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They had a crazy shooting game the same way South Carolina did yesterday. Spin it positive all you want. It is a pathetic loss.
 
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Hopefully we will learn some defense. The last two games have shown some major breakdowns in the half court.
 
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CardassianVol said:
They had a crazy shooting game the same way South Carolina did yesterday. Spin it positive all you want. It is a pathetic loss.
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LOL, no need to be hostile. I'm just surprised that a one-point loss to a game Arkansas team has you leaning over the edge.

Carry on if you must.
 
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ThatVolGuy said:
Wow, talk about a fatalistic viewpoint. Step away from the ledge, my friend.

Arkansas had a crazy good shooting game and they were a miracle-ish shot away from losing.

We have 29 wins for a reason.
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You do realize we shot better than them, right.

Arky - 55.2% FG
Tenn - 54.5% FG

Arky - 44.4% 3pt
Tenn- 45.8% 3pt

Arky - 64.5% FT
Tenn - 74.1% FT
 
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VolinArizona said:
You do realize we shot better than them, right.

Arky - 55.2% FG
Tenn - 54.5% FG

Arky - 44.4% 3pt
Tenn- 45.8% 3pt

Arky - 64.5% FT
Tenn - 74.1% FT
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I knew it was close, but thanks for the stats.

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed like they couldn't miss down the stretch. I just had a bad feeling every time the ball left one of their shooters' hands.
 
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This was the most dangerous team Tennessee could play in the tournament. They're the fourth tallest team in the nation, and have disgustingly underachieved all year. There's a reason we all want to play Duke (not that that will happen now, with both team's 2 seeds).

We lost because they were taller, IMO. But we were going to lose in this tournament regardless, just like it will take a Lofton miracle to get to the Final Four. We don't have the history or the talent to be as good as we are. Time will confirm this.
 
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To many open looks were they got to set their feet and get a good look. We need to fix that somehow.
 
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i agree with u. I think that the tournament is the only thing that counts! I also think this might have cost our #1 seed though! That is what makes me mad! I dont think we sould always have to depend on lofton with everything! I think it should be on some other people too!
 
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People don't seem to realize that it's not the seed itself that's important, but the matchups that seed provides that are important. For us a #1 seed would have meant that we would not have to play UNC or UCLA until the Final Four at the earliest. Now seeing as we will likely fall to a #2 seed, that means that while we'll possibly be playing closer to home, we are more likely to end up in the same region as UNC, and that's what makes this loss absolutely devastating.
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
People don't seem to realize that it's not the seed itself that's important, but the matchups that seed provides that are important. For us a #1 seed would have meant that we would not have to play UNC or UCLA until the Final Four at the earliest. Now seeing as we will likely fall to a #2 seed, that means that while we'll possibly be playing closer to home, we are more likely to end up in the same region as UNC, and that's what makes this loss absolutely devastating.
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are you kidding me? If they seed us as a two in Charlotte with UNC, I'll kiss whoever is standing near me. As it is, we're likely the top 2 seed and will be paired with the weakest 1 seed. That's an ugly matchup with KU.
 
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Well, no body said it was going to be easy. I suppose our advantage with KU is they've pretty much never played us.
 
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