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#2
Nice, thanks for posting. Good to see we are getting respect on a national level. I expect an all out war with Gonzaga. Gonna have to shoot better than 25% from deep to have a chance.
 
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Thanks for sharing!

I haven't been this excited about a Tennessee team in a long, long time.
 
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We have a solid upper level team. Barnes needs to make our first ever FF run this year. We have the pieces. Get there and who knows!
 
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livefaith said:
We have a solid upper level team. Barnes needs to make our first ever FF run this year. We have the pieces. Get there and who knows!
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I'd be great to see an NCAAT bracket draw this year like last year's. I'd love to get a rematch with the Fighting Nuns... even minus Alexander.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I'd be great to see an NCAAT bracket draw this year like last year's. I'd love to get a rematch with the Fighting Nuns... even minus Alexander.
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I guess that's my point tho. Barnes and UT are both in the same boat ... we've underpeformed in the NCAAT since Earnie & Bernie. Well, to be fair, Pearl took us pretty deep, and CCM took us way deeper than our seed one yr. Barnes had good and even great teams that squandered good opportunity.

Not trying to be dramatic or ignore the difficulty. But anything less than a FF will disappoint me this year. We need to sieze the moment right now. While we have the horses. Fulmer did this in FB. Hope CRB shocks the world and the doubters too!
 
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TN has a history of really crappy NCAAT draws. The years that Mears and Ernie and Bernie went, the draws weren't even seeded. Then Bernard had an injury as well. Devoe drew Virginia when Ralph Sampson was the most dominating player in college basketball and our defenders on him were about 9 inches shorter. Last year was put on a tee and Kyle gets hurt. Cuonzo had a bad draw that turned into a great one after the first weekend. We're overdue. At least we have a 2 year window this time... less pressure to make a run this year since there should be another one next year.
 
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livefaith said:
I guess that's my point tho. Barnes and UT are both in the same boat ... we've underpeformed in the NCAAT since Earnie & Bernie. Well, to be fair, Pearl took us pretty deep, and CCM took us way deeper than our seed one yr. Barnes had good and even great teams that squandered good opportunity.

Not trying to be dramatic or ignore the difficulty. But anything less than a FF will disappoint me this year. We need to sieze the moment right now. While we have the horses. Fulmer did this in FB. Hope CRB shocks the world and the doubters too!
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Well ok then, personally if we don’t win the national championship by at least 25 then this season was a failure imo
 
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Grant brings his A game on the big stage. Some others - not so much. The Zags game is a golden opportunity, a measuring stick for our guys in the mission to play at the highest level as a unit - not just clicking in spots. The effort and hustle 1 thru 9 is definitely there - let's match it with confidence and smarts.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Well ok then, personally if we don’t win the national championship by at least 25 then this season was a failure imo
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Yeah, no kidding - disappointed by anything less than a Final 4? Give me a break.

Have our best chance at a Final 4 possibly ever would be pretty accurate. Doesn't make it easy to get there. You're competing with teams at the same level as you night after night when you get to Sweet 16 and beyond. Hard to be disappointed with a good Sweet 16 showing or Elite 8.
 
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VOLywood said:
Yeah, no kidding - disappointed by anything less than a Final 4? Give me a break.

Have our best chance at a Final 4 possibly ever would be pretty accurate. Doesn't make it easy to get there. You're competing with teams at the same level as you night after night when you get to Sweet 16 and beyond. Hard to be disappointed with a good Sweet 16 showing or Elite 8.
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Exactly, I can concede it might be our best/or one of our best chances, but that doesn’t mean it’s a given or should be the expectation. We were preseason #6, so voters didn’t think F4, most analytic projections had us around 10-12, so they aren’t thinking even E8, yet our fan base is saying F4 or bust? GTFO
 
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I bet
livefaith said:
I guess that's my point tho. Barnes and UT are both in the same boat ... we've underpeformed in the NCAAT since Earnie & Bernie. Well, to be fair, Pearl took us pretty deep, and CCM took us way deeper than our seed one yr. Barnes had good and even great teams that squandered good opportunity.

Not trying to be dramatic or ignore the difficulty. But anything less than a FF will disappoint me this year. We need to sieze the moment right now. While we have the horses. Fulmer did this in FB. Hope CRB shocks the world and the doubters too!
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I bet you"re disappointed when you don't win the big lotteries....
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
TN has a history of really crappy NCAAT draws. The years that Mears and Ernie and Bernie went, the draws weren't even seeded. Then Bernard had an injury as well. Devoe drew Virginia when Ralph Sampson was the most dominating player in college basketball and our defenders on him were about 9 inches shorter. Last year was put on a tee and Kyle gets hurt. Cuonzo had a bad draw that turned into a great one after the first weekend. We're overdue. At least we have a 2 year window this time... less pressure to make a run this year since there should be another one next year.
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Didn't they play Virginia in the second round two years in a row?
 
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Gonzaga is a fantastic program. Watching them beat Duke the other night was impressive. Well-coached. Extremely talented.
 
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LoudOrange said:
Didn't they play Virginia in the second round two years in a row?
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Yes they did...I remember it like yesterday...The 2nd time they beat us I have never been so angry over losing a basketball game in my life...I was absolutely furious over losing that game...Blew a 10 point lead on them and their leading scoring was injured and we still found a way to blow it...Gahhh!!
 
#21
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The Gonzaga board seems like a bunch of classy people and very knowledgeable about basketball...It's gonna be a fun game and a real test for our guys.
 
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I’d like to see us close a game out that’s close with a top tier opponent like this. We need Schofield to hit shots. And lamonte turner to not miss threes. Grant is going to get double teamed so let’s go
 
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