BTO’s Georgia Postgame Report

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1. That was a good ole fashion a$$ whooping, I’ve mentioned it before but for the most part you really have to be impressed with how Tennessee brings it against lesser opponents and really puts a beat down on them. It is factored into analytics as well as NET formula to an extent and so it is a reason as to why we have such a high KenPom & NET rating which is pushing our drive for the highest seed possible. Saw this stat from Statsbywill, Tennessee set a single season record tonight for 20+ point wins in a season with 11, that’s rather impressive.

2. The scary thing is we embarrassed Georgia and really weren’t very good offensively, we shot poorly from all 3 levels, a saving grace was we took care of the ball (more on that in a minute), but had we put together a solid offensive evening shooting the ball we could’ve easily put up 85-90 on them, and for a minute it looked like we may push 75+, but final 10 minutes got a bit sloppy which is bound to happen in those type of games. With that said, the defense was just on another level yet again and at this point I guess it shouldn’t be a shock, more on that…

3. This defense is absolutely elite, as in stop what you’re doing and understand it, read this 2-3 times if you have to…this is currently the best defense college basketball has seen in at least the last 20 years, and it’s not all that close currently. Right now after tonight’s game they’re at 82.7adjem, the next best is the 2019 Texas Tech team that played in the national title game, they were 84.1, meaning nobody has ever finished in the 83’s, never mind 82’s. Now obviously a long way to go and plenty of tough offenses coming up, but right now I hope folks understand what they are seeing and not only recognize it but applaud it, because you’ll likely never see a defense this good again, not just at Tennessee but in college basketball.

4. Now on taking care of the ball thing, my goodness Zeigler is playing at such a high level, only logged 23mins tonight’s but 11pts 7ast 0to, he is the QB of this team right now and is absolutely playing at an elite level on both the offensive and defensive ends, he has a very real chance at making 1st team SEC this year and All-Defensive team, not bad at all.

5. That was a wonky game due to taking control of it and clearly going to win going away, Barnes was able to play many different lineups and didn’t need to push anybody extreme minutes, plenty of rest for the usual big minutes guys and plenty of game experience for guys who don’t always get that chance. Tobe Awaka looked very good once again and gives off some Grant Williams vibes with the way he’s always able to find space and gets his shot up down low, really excited to watch that young man develop under Barnes. I don’t think tonight is some sign we are gonna play 11 guys, I think it was just a great opportunity in a butt whipping game to get some guys some rest and play some others meaningful minutes. Assuming Texas is a tough game I won’t at all be surprised to see that rotation shrink right down to 8-9 guys and if it is 9-10 not nearly the minutes they got tonight.

6. Needed to take advantage of another lesser opponent and we did just that, we had a pretty easy start to our conference slate and handling it at 7-1 was something we all probably would’ve gladly taken prior to SEC play starting, now we’ve got a massive OOC matchup awaiting us and then 10 more conference games. The back half definitely picks up with better teams and I hate to say it but I doubt we will run the table against that slate, have to protect home court and then steal as many road wins as we can, @Flordia & @Vandy are the first 2 and while not easy they are winnable, if we could manage to get those 2 while winning the 3 home games around them Texas, Auburn & Missouri that would really put us in a great spot heading into the showdown with Bama. Things are obviously impossible to project as far as what other teams do, but looking at where things are and past years 26-5 finish would likely have us talking 1 seed, potentially 25-6. We are currently 17-3, so needing 9-2 or 8-3 close to the season, let’s go start 1-0 Saturday!!!



GBO!!!
 
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Solid workmanlike performance tonight. Grab your lunch pail and get to work. Our offensive efficiency continues to see-saw. We dropped back from 32 to 39 tonight against a rather mediocre defense.

I think for me I just really want to see us crack that Top 30 AdjO and stay there. I don’t think this team can make a Final Four unless we find that consistency on offense at some point. Too many missed layups.

Ultimately, it’s hard to complain much about a 29-point conference win. We’re about to find a lot out about this team in the next few weeks though. The “real” schedule starts now.

Weirdly enough, I’m becoming more confident that this team MIGHT be the one to make a F4 just based on how underestimated this team continues to be not just by the national media, but by our own fanbase. I listened to Voluntary Reaction with Russell Smith again like normal and, man, I’ve never heard a more disinterested and dejected call-in show after a 29-point win. Fans are really convinced that this team just doesn’t have the juice to do anything in March and they’re convinced it’s all smoke and mirrors and this team isn’t that good. Just really weird stuff.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Solid workmanlike performance tonight. Grab your lunch pail and get to work. Our offensive efficiency continues to see-saw. We dropped back from 32 to 39 tonight against a rather mediocre defense.

I think for me I just really want to see us crack that Top 30 AdjO and stay there. I don’t think this team can make a Final Four unless we find that consistency on offense at some point. Too many missed layups.

Ultimately, it’s hard to complain much about a 29-point conference win. We’re about to find a lot out about this team in the next few weeks though. The “real” schedule starts now.

Weirdly enough, I’m becoming more confident that this team MIGHT be the one to make a F4 just based on how underestimated this team continues to be not just by the national media, but by our own fanbase. I listened to Voluntary Reaction with Russell Smith again like normal and, man, I’ve never heard a more disinterested and dejected call-in show after a 29-point win. Fans are really convinced that this team just doesn’t have the juice to do anything in March and they’re convinced it’s all smoke and mirrors and this team isn’t that good. Just really weird stuff.
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I’m with you on I wish offensive efficiency hadn’t dropped, but I’m not down on it…we were on pace for ~80 early in 2nd half and that’s when we started tinkering with some lineups etc. We didn’t play anyone over 30 minutes, JJJ who is a huge part of offensive flow played 20 minutes, so I’m kind of looking at it that during the parts of the game with the main pieces on the floor we were gonna put up a number that would’ve moved us up a bit offensively.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
I’m with you on I wish offensive efficiency hadn’t dropped, but I’m not down on it…we were on pace for ~80 early in 2nd half and that’s when we started tinkering with some lineups etc. We didn’t play anyone over 30 minutes, JJJ who is a huge part of offensive flow played 20 minutes, so I’m kind of looking at it that during the parts of the game with the main pieces on the floor we were gonna put up a number that would’ve moved us up a bit offensively.
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Probably true. Play well against Texas (which will be a smaller rotation) and the AdjO will climb. Plenty of time to right the ship. Just need to see us find something, because history says if we don’t crack the Top 30 we’re not making a run.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Probably true. Play well against Texas (which will be a smaller rotation) and the AdjO will climb. Plenty of time to right the ship. Just need to see us find something, because history says if we don’t crack the Top 30 we’re not making a run.
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I’m totally with that, fwiw that’s actually not what history says though. It’s Top 40/40 when entering NCAAT, after the NCAAT run those teams end up Top 20/20 typically. Obviously getting there before would be nice, but just saying it’s 40/40.
 
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We are going to see how good this team is over the next 8 game stretch. Will be against teams who statically are much better offensively. Are we good enough to be a 1 seed? Time will tell. One positive about tonight’s game and something Barnes has been harping on recently is defending without fouling. We need to keep that up against Texas as their guards will challenge us.

We don’t give away freebies at the line, keep our turnovers low and just take good shots and we should be fine and competitive against anyone. Just hope that our half court offense can increasingly become more efficient. Still think Phillips and Key are critical on offensive end for us to make a deep run. I don’t see how we keep Awaka off the floor.
 
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Namorto1 said:
We are going to see how good this team is over the next 8 game stretch. Will be against teams who statically are much better offensively. Are we good enough to be a 1 seed? Time will tell. One positive about tonight’s game and something Barnes has been harping on recently is defending without fouling. We need to keep that up against Texas as their guards will challenge us.

We don’t give away freebies at the line, keep our turnovers low and just take good shots and we should be fine and competitive against anyone. Just hope that our half court offense can increasingly become more efficient. Still think Phillips and Key are critical on offensive end for us to make a deep run. I don’t see how we keep Awaka off the floor.
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Hope I’m wrong, but I’m increasingly thinking Phillips isn’t going to be the scoring this season we are all wishing for. Refs are bailing him out less and less when he drives to the basket and gets stonewalled.
 
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If we can play consistently night in and night out on offense and defense like we’re capable of then I see no reason we should lose more than 2 more games. Honestly I see no reason we should lose another game other than Bama. Auburn and Kentucky are tough on the road, but it just feels like this year there is a clear top 2 and that’s us and Bama. After that I feel like it drops off a bit. Beat Texas this weekend and get some momentum going into the back end of our conference schedule. I like us finishing 27-4. With this defense anything is possible. Just need to offense to be 42% or better and around 33-35% from 3 and I think that would even be enough for us to win most games!
 
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If we can play consistently night in and night out on offense and defense like we’re capable of then I see no reason we should lose more than 2 more games. Honestly I see no reason we should lose another game other than Bama. Auburn and Kentucky are tough on the road, but it just feels like this year there is a clear top 2 and that’s us and Bama. After that I feel like it drops off a bit. Beat Texas this weekend and get some momentum going into the back end of our conference schedule. I like us finishing 27-4. With this defense anything is possible. Just need to offense to be 42% or better and around 33-35% from 3 and I think that would even be enough for us to win most games!
 
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Great win. As MM and BTO have said, really want to find more offensive consistency moving forward, but no complaints about scoring 70 tonight while playing 12 guys. Win Saturday and take care of business the next 2 weeks and we are looking at a top 3 matchup with bama at home. Win that and we are staring down the barrel of being a 1 seed. Love where we are sitting - it’s all in front of us! GBO!
 
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Things I saw tonight: I still don't like starting ON at the 5. It's just not his best spot I don't believe. At the same time, I think he should probably be closing games there. Uros I thought looked really good tonight and really helped set the tone early. Just absolutely bullied Georgia's smaller frontcourt. Awaka was able to do a pretty similar thing as well. We do give up our rebounding edge when ON is at the 5 as well. It wasn't until Aidoo and Uros came in that we passed them in rebounding after they started off getting some offensive rebounds. Also, please no more Uros/Aidoo minutes. There's just no reason to play them together, as neither can really guard 4s at a high level. Might get away with it against Georgia, but it isn't going to work against a team with more talent like Texas or Bama.

Phillips didn't make a field goal, but did have 6 assists. Jo didn't score much after having two very good games. Santi and ZZ were elite defensively again (even if some people think Santi isn't a very good defender). We'll need to generate more offense if we do want to make a deep run. 70 will get it done most nights for us, but there's going to be someone that can find ways to score against us like Arizona or Colorado.
 
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It will be interesting to see what lineup we start with and which one works the best against Texas. I know nothing about Texas other than they are strong offensively from a scoring average standpoint. Looking at their roster they have 2, 6'7" forwards. a 6'8" forward and a 6'9" forward (tallest guy on the roster). Unsure of their skills set or style but size wise we have a big advantage it would seem. The two biggest guys play 16 and 21 minutes a game respectively. I would expect that Uros and Aidoo would be difficult for them to deal with. Anyone here know much about how their bigs play?
 
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Refs. Again. I can’t say with certainty that it was deliberate (I’d like to hear Refaletics Jed’s analysis), but for a stretch there it sure had the look of them trying to keep Georgia close.

ZZZ had an early 3rd foul and had to sit down for an extended period of time. TN’s most important player to keep out of foul trouble. Maybe there were 3 legit fouls that they couldn’t swallow their whistles on, but it was peculiar. Again.

Then there was a stretch where GA kept getting “and 1s”. Under the basket. One immediately after a really hard foul was NOT called on a TN shooter just a step inside of the free throw line.

The good thing is that this TN team did not let the one sided calls rattle them and they kept taking it to White’s Doggies. The bad thing is that refs can have way too much impact on outcomes of games. I didn’t watch MSU versus Bama, but I did read a litany of comments in the impromptu in game thread that suggested MSU was going 5 on 8 versus Bama.

When NCAA football coaches are routinely pulling down near 8 digit salaries, there is zero excuse for not upgrading the training of refs and making them (annd the conference offices) accountable. They need to hire full time, professional refs instead of part time refs that are professionals at their day jobs.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Fans are really convinced that this team just doesn’t have the juice to do anything in March and they’re convinced it’s all smoke and mirrors and this team isn’t that good. Just really weird stuff.
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Victims of VDS are experencing long derangement.
 
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CNeagleVolFan said:
If we can play consistently night in and night out on offense and defense like we’re capable of then I see no reason we should lose more than 2 more games. Honestly I see no reason we should lose another game other than Bama. Auburn and Kentucky are tough on the road, but it just feels like this year there is a clear top 2 and that’s us and Bama. After that I feel like it drops off a bit. Beat Texas this weekend and get some momentum going into the back end of our conference schedule. I like us finishing 27-4. With this defense anything is possible. Just need to offense to be 42% or better and around 33-35% from 3 and I think that would even be enough for us to win most games!
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42% is a disgusting number that would be among the nations lowest fg%, all 3 losses came at shooting 42% or worse, not sure that’s the number you wanna use.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Solid workmanlike performance tonight. Grab your lunch pail and get to work. Our offensive efficiency continues to see-saw. We dropped back from 32 to 39 tonight against a rather mediocre defense.

I think for me I just really want to see us crack that Top 30 AdjO and stay there. I don’t think this team can make a Final Four unless we find that consistency on offense at some point. Too many missed layups.

Ultimately, it’s hard to complain much about a 29-point conference win. We’re about to find a lot out about this team in the next few weeks though. The “real” schedule starts now.

Weirdly enough, I’m becoming more confident that this team MIGHT be the one to make a F4 just based on how underestimated this team continues to be not just by the national media, but by our own fanbase. I listened to Voluntary Reaction with Russell Smith again like normal and, man, I’ve never heard a more disinterested and dejected call-in show after a 29-point win. Fans are really convinced that this team just doesn’t have the juice to do anything in March and they’re convinced it’s all smoke and mirrors and this team isn’t that good. Just really weird stuff.
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I think fans believe we need one dominant player to take over—one guy they can put all their hope in for March. They don’t know how to follow a basketball ‘team’. Our strength is in our ability to spread the ball and involve the entire offense. It’s not sexy by our fan’s standards though. We don’t have that guy who consistently embarrasses his defender on the way into the lane, or the guy who drills 7 contested threes in a row (Vescovi?).

But I think the confidence of every player on this team is building with every game and I love watching them methodically dismantle these other teams.
 
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