tennesseety
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So when did you anticipate them having a 10 minute tea party to determine who covered the ball on a 3-on-2 in the < 3 seconds it took for Tatum to go the full length of the court?
Do you still think highly of him? I know Ole Miss isn't the greatest, but how can they be this weak so far into his tenure?1. The SEC should ask ESPN to move league weekend games to Friday night. At least then they wouldn't have every other power conference in America on at the same time drawing attention to how bad the league is right now.
2. Any road win in conference play is a good one. If you doubt that, look at some of the teams who didn't get one today.
3. Tennessee did a reasonable job of keeping their composure. They failed to do that in the previous two trips to Oxford.
4. The Ole Miss interior players are disgraceful. The Rebs should just play five perimeter guys and take their chances.
5. UT's ballhandling continues to amuse. The Hopson-Tatum abortion of a fastbreak at 46-45 might be the funniest thing I've seen on the court since Wade Houston departed.
6. Brian Williams did exactly what he should against a team completely bereft of an inside presence. Tobias Harris was sound on the glass, too.
7. Cameron Tatum offset an othwerwise awful performance with the two threes that blew the game open. Take what you can get.
8. Chris Warren is this year's Devan Downey. He has no meaningful help.
9. Andy Kennedy should get out while he still can. Ole Miss is headed off the cliff.
10. A win Thursday night is imperative. You can't give away games against the SEC Worst.
They'd be considerably better off if their two best inside players weren't now at LSU and South Carolina because of family issues. Terrico White leaving a year early didn't help, either. Ole Miss doesn't seem to be terribly concerned about their basketball program having the resources to compete.Do you still think highly of him? I know Ole Miss isn't the greatest, but how can they be this weak so far into his tenure?
No, we expect something like that from the vols. our church leagues know how to handle 3 on 2's or 3 on 1's:loco:
Ha! My church league team jacked a 3-on-1 Monday.
The guy leading the break tried to be all clever and throw a low bounce pass with english on it around the one defender. Took the wing an extra step to get a handle on it, and then he was too far under the board and missed the layup.
Oddly, though, neither guy hung his head and pouted about it...they just got back and played defense (despite the fact that the whole team was making fun of them loudly for a few).
If this team finshes 8-8, they should be embarrassed. The SEC isn't significantly better than C-USA or the Valley.
I'd like to know who these elite teams are in the SEC. Nonconference RPI is in great part tilted by who can afford the best buy games. The SEC will always have an advantage over, say, C-USA in that regard. However, if you think the SEC would do significantly better than .500 if they played C-USA in a series of neutral court games, you're sadly mistaken.I was with you on most of what you have reported except for this comment. The SEC is head and shoulders ahead of the Valley and much better than C-USA.
Using collegerpi.com as an impartial reference, the Valley's average team rank is 241 compared with 98 for the SEC. And, the SEC has 8 teams ranked higher than the Valley's highest ranked team.
C-USA is much better than the Valley with an average ranking of 121, but the SEC still has 5 teams ranked higher than C-USA's highest ranked team (Memphis). A 23 point difference in average is considerable. While averages are just that...averages, conferences are judged in part on the elite teams in the conference. C-USA simply does not have ANY elite teams. Credit is generally not given to conferences with a bunch of mediocre teams like C-USA. They must have some great ones.
The SEC is SIGNIFICANTLY better than either of these conferences.