cncchris33
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Sorry for the late post. Busy weekend, and even busier Monday. As we know by now, Vols lose at home 67-61. Not a terribly unexpected loss, but we gave one away that we probably expected to win looking at our schedule. We are now 3-0 on the road, and only 1-2 at home in SEC play.
The Good...
1. Kevin Punter seems to have found his stroke. Was 5-7 from 3 on Saturday, and is 9-13 from 3 over the past three games.
2. Hubbs scored effectively, but had 4 TOs that hurt. 12 pts and 4 rebs helped keep us in the game and he came uo with some timely scores to keep the game close.
3. Fatigue appears to be catching up with JRich. Still a solid all-around performance, but another uncharacteristic poor shooting game, and he is missing those mid-range shots that effortlessly have gone down in the past. 12 pts, 4 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl, 2 TOs.
The Bad...
1. We didn't get much from our posts. Reese had a decent statistical performance; 5 pts, 6 rebs, 4 assts, 2 stls, 1 blk. However, he was 2-7 shooting, and we need better than that from his position. Armani was 2-9. A combined 4-16 shooting, and 1-6 from 3. Those two should almost never shoot that many 3s.
2. A&M beat us up inside. 22 DRebs allowed for almost no 2nd chance opportunities, and were it not for 11 3s, we get rolled in this game. 34-27 rebounding differential.
3. We allowed A&M to get to the middle on us too often, and it led to some easy looks. That is the way to attack a zone, and they exposed it several times. Points in the paint: A&M 30 - TN 10.
4. Willie Carmichael is giving us nothing right now. Last 5 games: 8 total pts, 7 total rebs, 7 total TOs, 15 total fouls. The kid is just plain lost right now, and it doesn't look like it will get better this season. He has hit a mental wall.
5. We didn't create enough (any) TOs to lead to easy buckets. We had 0 fast break points to their 10.
Bottom Line...
I have to say I'm proud we didn't mail it in when it got to 17 pts. This is a young team, and A&M isn't awful. We didn't play well for long stretches of both halves, and A&M (though unspectacular) capitalized. We have to defend our home court in these 50/50 games though. Alabama and A&M, we should have won at least one of those games. It just makes stealing one later from LSU, Arky, or Florida a makeup for that loss instead of a bonus win. Our NCAA road (however unlikely) got tougher with this loss.
The Good...
1. Kevin Punter seems to have found his stroke. Was 5-7 from 3 on Saturday, and is 9-13 from 3 over the past three games.
2. Hubbs scored effectively, but had 4 TOs that hurt. 12 pts and 4 rebs helped keep us in the game and he came uo with some timely scores to keep the game close.
3. Fatigue appears to be catching up with JRich. Still a solid all-around performance, but another uncharacteristic poor shooting game, and he is missing those mid-range shots that effortlessly have gone down in the past. 12 pts, 4 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl, 2 TOs.
The Bad...
1. We didn't get much from our posts. Reese had a decent statistical performance; 5 pts, 6 rebs, 4 assts, 2 stls, 1 blk. However, he was 2-7 shooting, and we need better than that from his position. Armani was 2-9. A combined 4-16 shooting, and 1-6 from 3. Those two should almost never shoot that many 3s.
2. A&M beat us up inside. 22 DRebs allowed for almost no 2nd chance opportunities, and were it not for 11 3s, we get rolled in this game. 34-27 rebounding differential.
3. We allowed A&M to get to the middle on us too often, and it led to some easy looks. That is the way to attack a zone, and they exposed it several times. Points in the paint: A&M 30 - TN 10.
4. Willie Carmichael is giving us nothing right now. Last 5 games: 8 total pts, 7 total rebs, 7 total TOs, 15 total fouls. The kid is just plain lost right now, and it doesn't look like it will get better this season. He has hit a mental wall.
5. We didn't create enough (any) TOs to lead to easy buckets. We had 0 fast break points to their 10.
Bottom Line...
I have to say I'm proud we didn't mail it in when it got to 17 pts. This is a young team, and A&M isn't awful. We didn't play well for long stretches of both halves, and A&M (though unspectacular) capitalized. We have to defend our home court in these 50/50 games though. Alabama and A&M, we should have won at least one of those games. It just makes stealing one later from LSU, Arky, or Florida a makeup for that loss instead of a bonus win. Our NCAA road (however unlikely) got tougher with this loss.