Tony White

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Remember when Doug Roth flipped the bird to LSU? Not sure if thats a good or bad thing to be remembered for! :finger3:
 
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jimallvol said:
Anytime I think of TN basketball, Tony White and Dyron Nix always come to mind. I remember watching Tony play when I was young and just starting to understand the game. Tony had one of the sweetest and smoothest looking jumpshot I can remember. Happy Bday Tony! And thanks for being a VOL!
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I thought that his jump shot was a little odd. He'd lean a bit forward. IMO the smoothest were Allan Houston and Michael Brooks. Chris Lofton's was kind of the opposite of White's... he'd lean slightly backwards. Lofton's was effective at preventing defenders from blocking his shot. White's would draw fouls or put defenders on their heels trying to avoid getting whistled for fouls. Both White's and Lofton's were very effective.
 
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VegasBaby! said:
"Len", not "Lynn". Len was a senior when Ernie Grunfeld was a freshman ('73-'74). Bernard did not arrive until the following year. If only.....


Len Kosmalski To Be Honored As SEC Legend - University of Tennessee Official Athletic Site
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I had forgotten that Kosmalski played one year with Grunfeld. His sophomore year he was also on the 1972 SEC Co-championship team that featured Mike Edwards, John Snow, and Larry Robinson, among others. That was a great Tennessee team.
 
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esarmstrong said:
I had forgotten that Kosmalski played one year with Grunfeld. His sophomore year he was also on the 1972 SEC Co-championship team that featured Mike Edwards, John Snow, and Larry Robinson, among others. That was a great Tennessee team.
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Pretty decent lineup with Edwards perimeter shooting and Kosmalski's physical play inside. Trying to remember who was playing forward opposite Larry Robinson. I think that Lloyd Richardson was in the same class with Don Johnson, Jimmy England, and Dickie Johnston.

Edit: It was Lloyd Richardson. I guess he was in the class with Edwards and Robinson that was two years behind the other three. Jim Woodall was in the England/Johnson/Johnston class.
http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/tennessee/1972.html
 
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Freak said:
Those are a couple of great blasts from the past. Tony Harris played on some pretty decent teams.
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Great talent. but he will always be remembered for coming off the bench when he was supposedly injured during a scuffle. I think it was against Florida, but that's a guess
 
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vols 30 said:
Great talent. but he will always be remembered for coming off the bench when he was supposedly injured during a scuffle. I think it was against Florida, but that's a guess
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Actually, that scuffle came to my mind when I saw his name.
 
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livefaith said:
I'm a Moc alum and remember going to SAC to see the Vols play UTC. Think it was @ 1982-85. Mocs were at there pinnacle then. I just remember Tony White raining 25 footers from all over that night. Not sure if 3pt line in at that time. Unstoppable he was. Anyone remember that game? I was torn the whole time. Cheering for my hometown Mocs, yet against the Vols in SAC where I had listened to dozens of John Ward announced games on the radio. I wasn't sure how to act.

My only other trip to Stokely was to see that unreal 1983 Philly 76ers team play the Celtics(?) in a pre-season game. Anybody else remember that too? (Without derailing the thread btw)

BTW, doubt I get the "you seem younger" comment after those posts. LOL!
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Gerald Wilkins and Willie White.
The Roundhouse was rockin!!
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Tony White and Fred Jenkins arrived together and were kind of a combination point guard pair. After they got the ball across mid court, the offensive strategy was usually to get the ball into Tony's hands. Jenkins was an outstanding defender.

Others that played with Tony White:
Tyrone Beamon (came in paired with Michael Brooks)
Willie Burton
Dan Federmann
Rob Jones
Kirk Naler
Kevin Woods
Anthony Richardson
Dyron Nix
Elvin Brown
Doug Roth
Mark Griffin
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Federmann and Burton, man I use to get so frustrated at their play.
 
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SlyStone said:
Federmann and Burton, man I use to get so frustrated at their play.
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Yes, But Burton drained that long buzzer beater to beat LSU at home when we really weren't a very good team. That one moment is what I always remember about him.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Lots of Derek Reese level of talent been getting the minutes over the last 30 years.
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TGO - you summed it up. Recruiting has got to get better. Hoping Barnes will make that difference. As for Burton draining a game winning shot, wished he could have done that a helluva lot more. It just always seemed like he and Federmann were outmatched by the other teams BIGS. Also, someone mentioned Snodgrass. He was billed as a diamond in the rough. Devoe was never able to develop the kid.
 
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ZZ13 said:
Yes, But Burton drained that long buzzer beater to beat LSU at home when we really weren't a very good team. That one moment is what I always remember about him.
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I was just going to mention the Willie burton shot,,,,,, Michael Brooks would have been an amazing 3 point shooter ,,,,,, Dyron Nix,,,,, Griffin could hit a 3,,,,,. But Tony White and Dale Ellis are my all time favorites
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Michael Brooks and Tony Harris. I wish we could get guards like those two out of Memphis on a regular basis.
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What I remember about Brooks was that he was a deadly long range shooter when we didn't have the 3 point line back then. Defensively he was a liability, not extremely quick. Tony Harris was super quick but was a volume shooter at times. Discipline was always an issue for him.
 
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SlyStone said:
What I remember about Brooks was that he was a deadly long range shooter when we didn't have the 3 point line back then. Defensively he was a liability, not extremely quick. Tony Harris was super quick but was a volume shooter at times. Discipline was always an issue for him.
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Brooks was an amazing shooter. He was a liability on defense and Devoe was married to the man-to-man defense as a Bobby Knight disciple... couldn't hide him.

I'd like to find, I think, the 1982 game versus KY in Stokely. He made three or four from the top of the key on consecutive offensive trips to lock up the win. Seems like he took each shot a step deeper than the one just before.
 
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SlyStone said:
.Also, someone mentioned Snodgrass. He was billed as a diamond in the rough. Devoe was never able to develop the kid.
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Two things always come to my mind when I recall John Snodgrass. First was that he was supposedly going to gain weight by eating a whole pizza every night. Second, the extra weight was desperately needed because he would have to play against a gentleman at Auburn that you may remember as "the Round Mound of Rebound".
 
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twoffo said:
Two things always come to my mind when I recall John Snodgrass. First was that he was supposedly going to gain weight by eating a whole pizza every night. Second, the extra weight was desperately needed because he would have to play against a gentleman at Auburn that you may remember as "the Round Mound of Rebound".
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Snod was the greatest 6'11" 170 pound center in the history of TN basketball.
 
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Freak said:
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Saw where today is his birthday.

I still remember watching "The Wizard" drop 51 on Auburn back in the day. He was one of my favorite players when I was little.

I guess it was the mid 80s when he and Fred Jenkins were in the same class. Oddly, I can't really remember anyone else on those teams off the top of my head.
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We went through slim pickings during the years that he played, but he was always true to his craft, ala Chris Lofton. Coach Don DeVoe played 7 guys most of the time, but those 7 played with discipline.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TONY!
 
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CATS ROAR BACK TO BEAT VOLS IN OT | Lexington Herald-Leader

I was in Rupp Arena for this game in 1987 when Tony White had singlehandedly beaten the Wildcats and the Vols had a 10 point lead with 1:13 left in the game and the UK fans were streaming out of Rupp.

What I remember is, once, Tony fouled out, the Cats played make it take it the last 45 seconds of the game. Tennessee had no one who could handle the ball or hit a free throw. I think Fred Jenkins was injured and didn't play and Tony shouldered the load by himself until fouling out. Great effort by the Wizard.
 
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