Poll: How far does Tennessee make it in March Madness?

When do they exit?

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#8
#8
The ceiling for this team absolutely feels like the Sweet Sixteen (which would require a lucky break in and of itself) so, naturally, this is the exact kind of year a disappointing Vols roster magically exceeds expectations and plays in April.
 
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#9
#9
vols 30 said:
1 and done, but I wouldn't be surprised if they lost the opener. You can't trust the best players on this team.
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I thought 1 and done is losing the opener. At least that's what I thought most people meant by it, like "you got one game and it's over".
 
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#12
#12
I'm thinking round of 32 right now with the way they're playing,but I'll be glad to be proven wrong. A sweet 16 run would be overachieving with this years team.
 
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#13
#13
Pennheel said:
I'm thinking round of 32 right now with the way they're playing,but I'll be glad to be proven wrong. A sweet 16 run would be overachieving with this years team.
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It will depend on the matchups but if this team makes the Sweet 16 I think it will be one of the biggest surprises I will have seen in a long time in UT basketball.
 
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#17
#17
The first team that has good guard play, the first poor FT shooting day, or the round of 16 whichever comes first.
 
#21
#21
Season has been a success reaching the Sweet 16 with this lineup of good kids, good attitudes, decent basketball players, but prone to lots of mistakes and breakdowns/collapses at critical stages of important games. This team is perhaps the lowest basketball IQ, worst fundamental skill sets and poorest defensive team Barnes has assembled during his tenure at Tennessee, but they do win along the way.

Gillespie committed three bonehead plays in the last 4 minutes against Virginia and the team did not score a field goal in the last 3:37 of the game, made plenty of free throws. Ament's ankle looked fine walking on the baseline turning the ball over at a critical point in the game. Ament needs lots and lots of tutelage and teaching, but im not sure there is anybody on Barnes' staff that can fill that role and help develop that type of big man skillset.

Despite these flaws, regular season collapses at home and on the road, the team is one of the last 16, team does not have the honed skills and error free play to win it all, but we knew that watching the Duke exhibition in October, happy for Rick Barnes, back on a big stage, with the solid media exposure and the ability to demonstrate what a good guy he is, even with a team that can be very hard to watch.
 
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#23
#23
Congrats to the Vols! I give them full credit and I never expected them to make the sweet 16. It's the first time in a quarter of a century that Rick Barnes outplayed his seed in the tournament and only the second time in his 39 year career. A big achievement for him.
 
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