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I honestly think that Edey will be so bad in the NBA that he changes his name to Zach Eatery and becomes a pro at eating hot dogs likey Joey Chestnut or puts on 200 pounds and moves to Japan to become a Sumo wrestler....and by moves I mean gets loaded onto a cargo plane and air lifted.

I love how the bear mascot looks back at him like WTF was that?

4 years of hitting at a 50% rate on 4 & 5 stars still gives us a roster with 26 four and 5 star recruits. Paying for 90+ percent ratios may be worth it but I'd rather save that money. That's plenty of depth and competition for an easier to manage NIL budget and overall team. Also leaves us a...

A little light on big guys and defenders. Edit: Not light on them but a couple I would try get on my all-time team are Pons on and possibly Kyle Alexander...he was very productive as an upperclassmen.

This is the modern list and has a number of guys I forgot who were fantastic.

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I love what our men's basketball program has consistently become and if we hire big and eventually win an overall championship any time soon then Barnes is to thank along with Danny White. I have not seen much of the best players of the early to mid eighties teams, the all-time great players...

This is the best year I remember ever witnessing for a Vols basketball player and it was also up there as a team. We have had better regular seasons than this year, though. Of course, the SEC is much better now than it was then. I was old enough to love UT sports by about 1988-'89 so I have...

At this point I look at Arky as an SEC school. They have a strong overall athletics program and their culture is not that different.

DK's defense improved significantly once he stopped losing his man....had some very good defensive games late in the season and rebounded well. Awaka was good most of the time he was on the court but was a situational big who was insanely foul prone. We can replace his contribution....we cannot...

DK's defense improved significantly once he stopped losing his man....had some very good defensive games late in the season and rebounded well. Awaka was good most of the time he was on the court but was a situational big who was insanely foul prone. We can replace his contribution....we cannot...

TBF, this year's run was the end of an era with JJJ and Santi graduating and DK leaving for a lottery pick in the draft and the typical yearly attrition. Next year's team was always going to look very different. Losing Dilione is not much of a loss IMO, it sucks that Jefferson couldn't mature...

That's the good aspect of the portal. It took us less than 2 weeks to replace him with a guy who lacks Aidoo's deficiencies but has limitations of his own. I don't want to hijack the thread so no more posting for me on the topic.

Never been married, huh?

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