Atlanta Braves Thread XI (Gary Sheffield edition)

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Just did a little back-of-the-envelope calculation and figured out that I’ve probably made almost two thousand grilled cheese sandwiches since my first kid started eating solid food. That's half amazing and half horrifying. Good thing I've also had about ten thousand pints of Guinness in roughly the same period of time.
 
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TBrown said:
Iggy out tonight noch
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TBrown said:
David Lee out tonight noch
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Yep, I was really hoping that Iggy would be back after almost a full week off but I guess not. I'd like to have Lee in there but we can work around that with Draymond and some different lineups. But with Iggy out an already unfavorable match up on the defensive end just got that much worse.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
Just did a little back-of-the-envelope calculation and figured out that I’ve probably made almost two thousand grilled cheese sandwiches since my first kid started eating solid food. That's half amazing and half horrifying. Good thing I've also had about ten thousand pints of Guinness in roughly the same period of time.
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A simple but good grilled cheese is tough to top
 
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Vercingetorix said:
I'm not that nervous. Feel like it's house money now. Don't really expect to win, because God hates Tennessee, but it would great if we did.
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On a scale of 1 to 10, I would be 100000 On the nervous scale if we made the elite right and faced Kentucky.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
I'm not that nervous. Feel like it's house money now. Don't really expect to win, because God hates Tennessee, but it would great if we did.
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This is where I'm at. At this point it's still kind of a surreal feeling that a UT team is about to play in a game of this magnitude. They've become FAR too infrequent over the past 4-5 years.
 
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How much have you seen Michigan play this year, Z? My general feeling based on the little I've read about them is that if they have a good shooting night we probably won't be able to keep up, but if they don't then we'll probably throttle them. How close is that?
 
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zjcvols said:
On a scale of 1 to 10, I would be 100000 On the nervous scale if we made the elite right and faced Kentucky.
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I would just be angry all day ahead of time because there's no way God would consider letting us win that one. Beating Kentucky to go to the Final Four would probably be the greatest sports-watching moment of my life.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
How much have you seen Michigan play this year, Z? My general feeling based on the little I've read about them is that if they have a good shooting night we probably won't be able to keep up, but if they don't then we'll probably throttle them. How close is that?
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Over half their games I have seen them play all 40 minutes. Other than UT, I know Michigan more than any other team.

They can drive the ball better than people give them credit. Staukas and LeVert can shoot, but if one of them is off Michigan can be contained from deep. Walton (the frosh PG) will be good but he can't carry the offense yet.

Two things:

1) If Glenn Robinson III is feeling it, UM is the best team in the country. When he is aggressive and taking the ball to the basket, you are screwed. However, he is so hot/cold you don't know what to expect. The Maymon matchup scares me. If GR3 is on early, except a lot of Armani. If he's off, UT has a huge mismatch because he can't guard the post.

2) Michigan's biggest weakness besides rebounding is athletic wing players than have the ability to hit 3's. Gary Harris killed them this season. Roy Devyn Marble from Iowa had his way. LeVert and Staukas don't want to foul so they don't play physical. McRae and Richardson can score 15 each if they are aggressive.

But if they go 14-30 from deep it's over. But if you guard off ball hard, deny the ball on screens, and limit their penetration (easier said than done) Michigan doesn't have a plan B on offense (like UT actually does).

If the game is called tight (assuming Stokes plays smart) then that favors UT. Michigan has nothing after Morgan and Horford in the paint.
 
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zjcvols said:
At first I was like "Okay it has been a nice run. I'm good with whatever happens." But I really feel we have a chance to have something special happen
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No matter how much that sentiment might hold true about the season big picture, there is no house money for me on game day. This is either the day that this team and some of it's player never get a chance to play at UT ever again or the day they achieve something only one other team from our school ever has. damn right I'm nervous about this.
 
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Another thing. Michigan really likes to switch. UT might be able to get some easy points in the paint on those switches with crisp passes .
 
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zjcvols said:
Over half their games I have seen them play all 40 minutes. Other than UT, I know Michigan more than any other team.

They can drive the ball better than people give them credit. Staukas and LeVert can shoot, but if one of them is off Michigan can be contained from deep. Walton (the frosh PG) will be good but he can't carry the offense yet.

Two things:

1) If Glenn Robinson III is feeling it, UM is the best team in the country. When he is aggressive and taking the ball to the basket, you are screwed. However, he is so hot/cold you don't know what to expect. The Maymon matchup scares me. If GR3 is on early, except a lot of Armani. If he's off, UT has a huge mismatch because he can't guard the post.

2) Michigan's biggest weakness besides rebounding is athletic wing players than have the ability to hit 3's. Gary Harris killed them this season. Roy Devyn Marble from Iowa had his way. LeVert and Staukas don't want to foul so they don't play physical. McRae and Richardson can score 15 each if they are aggressive.

But if they go 14-30 from deep it's over. But if you guard off ball hard, deny the ball on screens, and limit their penetration (easier said than done) Michigan doesn't have a plan B on offense (like UT actually does).

If the game is called tight (assuming Stokes plays smart) then that favors UT. Michigan has nothing after Morgan and Horford in the paint.
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Good notes. Thanks. GMFBO
 
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A lot of times shooters can have trouble with depth perception playing in these massive football stadiums. Doesn't look like that's going to be the case for Michigan's guys tonight.
 
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