BTO’s Postgame Report

#26
#26
That was a lazy defensive effort by the bigs. Awaka was the exception, Josh and Uros should have dominated this team in the paint instead they allowed AU to dominate. Offense was uninspired. Why do we always get stuck at the end of the season in these high school gyms? They quack like a 5 seed which is very good considering the month of February.
 
#27
#27
Barnes offense is a revolving door of handing the ball off time after time at the top of the key with a lot of wasted movement with nothing going towards the basket... I Formation offense
 
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#28
I don’t get it. We shoot 50% from the field and from 3 and lose by nearly double digits. Our defense was not alright, but it’s not like barn went out of their minds. free throw shooting is an Achilles heel. There’s not one stat that stands out in this one as “yep that’ll do it”. I mean 11 turnovers I guess but it wasn’t a HUGE discrepancy
 
#29
#29
I’m not necessarily shocked that we lost the game. It was always going to be a tough time. I’m mostly just disappointed that we seem to be very bad at closing out close games. We’ve pretty much either blown out our competition or we’ve lost excruciatingly painful close games.

I know some of that is just bad luck, but it doesn’t exactly instill confidence for me in March when the vast majority of games in the post-season are nail-biters. I hope I’m proven wrong. I hope we somehow find the way to put all of these disparate pieces together and buck the injury bug, but I feel like we just kind of are who we are and we’re not a team I trust right now to win closes games. I just hope were up 8-10 points late if we want to pull something out.
 
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#30
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Johnnyreb#VFL said:
I don’t get it. We shoot 50% from the field and from 3 and lose by nearly double digits. Our defense was not alright, but it’s not like barn went out of their minds. free throw shooting is an Achilles heel. There’s not one stat that stands out in this one as “yep that’ll do it”. I mean 11 turnovers I guess but it wasn’t a HUGE discrepancy
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We were 12 of 19 from FT, didn't really cost us the game. The 11 turnovers to Auburn's 6 which allowed them to hit 3 more FGs was the nail in the coffin, we also went ice cold at the worst time not making a FG in the last 5 or so minutes.
 
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Johnnyreb#VFL said:
I don’t get it. We shoot 50% from the field and from 3 and lose by nearly double digits. Our defense was not alright, but it’s not like barn went out of their minds. free throw shooting is an Achilles heel. There’s not one stat that stands out in this one as “yep that’ll do it”. I mean 11 turnovers I guess but it wasn’t a HUGE discrepancy
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They scored 21 points off our turnovers. We scored 4 points off their 6. So there’s your stat that made a huge difference.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
1. Always sucks losing when you led for much of the game, especially emotionally invested type of games where you think we aren’t likely to win and then control the game and still lose, those hurt the most. Was always going to be a tough game obviously but the fashion in which it happened made it more painful, but hell we are Vol fans, what else would you expect.

2. I’m not sure how many thought we’d be better without ZZ, I can think of 1 person specifically that thought we’d be better defensively, that poster should come eat his crow in front of everyone. We could not stop Auburn off the dribble and they absolutely exposed it in the 2nd half to the tune of 49 points, that is gross. We have nobody quick enough to stay with a quick guard, that is a major disadvantage for a defense, simply put.

3. Vescovi played his ass off and it sucks we wasted that outing from him, maybe he can duplicate it and carry this hot streak he’s on. We are absolutely going to need it from him, I liked the aggression we saw from Key, but goodness we’ve got to get something from JJJ and Phillips as well.

4. Didn’t finish the regular season how we wanted, likely looking at a 5 seed in SECT and a 3 seed maybe 4 in the NCAAT. I think this team is very draw dependent meaning I could see them making a run or I could see them losing early on. Obviously would’ve prefer we won this game but hopefully it refocus’ the guys and they realize how close to the end they are. Our defensive intensity can still absolutely disrupt teams who have never seen it, of course you can also take on a lucky team shooting above their average much like today. We currently rank near dead last in KenPoms luck ranking, meaning we are losing games we shouldn’t and teams are hitting some shots they shouldn’t, maybe all of that pays off and evens out come the tournament.



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Vols seem to be in slow motion compared to how they played when Z was in the game. Have to adjust without him.
 
#33
#33
JCP201 said:
Vols seem to be in slow motion compared to how they played when Z was in the game. Have to adjust without him.
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Slower and more methodical. I have feeling Santi will flourish in this new deliberate offense.
 
#34
#34
cardvolfan said:
They scored 21 points off our turnovers. We scored 4 points off their 6. So there’s your stat that made a huge difference.
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But it’s not like they were getting out in transition off our turnovers right? We were still getting back and making them run their offense.
 
#35
#35
I read we didn't score from the field the last 6:32 of the game. That's hard to believe.
 
#36
#36
bleedingTNorange said:
1. Always sucks losing when you led for much of the game, especially emotionally invested type of games where you think we aren’t likely to win and then control the game and still lose, those hurt the most. Was always going to be a tough game obviously but the fashion in which it happened made it more painful, but hell we are Vol fans, what else would you expect.

2. I’m not sure how many thought we’d be better without ZZ, I can think of 1 person specifically that thought we’d be better defensively, that poster should come eat his crow in front of everyone. We could not stop Auburn off the dribble and they absolutely exposed it in the 2nd half to the tune of 49 points, that is gross. We have nobody quick enough to stay with a quick guard, that is a major disadvantage for a defense, simply put.

3. Vescovi played his ass off and it sucks we wasted that outing from him, maybe he can duplicate it and carry this hot streak he’s on. We are absolutely going to need it from him, I liked the aggression we saw from Key, but goodness we’ve got to get something from JJJ and Phillips as well.

4. Didn’t finish the regular season how we wanted, likely looking at a 5 seed in SECT and a 3 seed maybe 4 in the NCAAT. I think this team is very draw dependent meaning I could see them making a run or I could see them losing early on. Obviously would’ve prefer we won this game but hopefully it refocus’ the guys and they realize how close to the end they are. Our defensive intensity can still absolutely disrupt teams who have never seen it, of course you can also take on a lucky team shooting above their average much like today. We currently rank near dead last in KenPoms luck ranking, meaning we are losing games we shouldn’t and teams are hitting some shots they shouldn’t, maybe all of that pays off and evens out come the tournament.



GBO!!!
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I felt we had good chemistry and when JJJ got back in the flow changed. We need him but I think after a rest we should’ve went back to the 5 that had the O going with Santi and key and awaka and Mashack. They got tired but when JJJ came back late it fell apart.
 
#37
#37
Auburn did a great job taking care of the ball, so credit to them, it basically won them the game, but one has to think if ZZ had played, they would've had at least a couple more turnovers.
 
#40
#40
BruisedOrange said:
The double whammy of losing ZZ is not having that small, quick guard to practice defending against. Might need to bring in Squirrel White and let him run with the ball without dribbling, just to get the effect.
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Squirrel White can’t dribble?
 
#42
#42
We really had to dominate the boards on both ends of the floor and we did not do that and we cannot hit FTs. Aidoo and ON gave us nothing today in regard to rebounding and they struggled on offense with a combined 51 min of playing time.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
1. Always sucks losing when you led for much of the game, especially emotionally invested type of games where you think we aren’t likely to win and then control the game and still lose, those hurt the most. Was always going to be a tough game obviously but the fashion in which it happened made it more painful, but hell we are Vol fans, what else would you expect.

2. I’m not sure how many thought we’d be better without ZZ, I can think of 1 person specifically that thought we’d be better defensively, that poster should come eat his crow in front of everyone. We could not stop Auburn off the dribble and they absolutely exposed it in the 2nd half to the tune of 49 points, that is gross. We have nobody quick enough to stay with a quick guard, that is a major disadvantage for a defense, simply put.

3. Vescovi played his ass off and it sucks we wasted that outing from him, maybe he can duplicate it and carry this hot streak he’s on. We are absolutely going to need it from him, I liked the aggression we saw from Key, but goodness we’ve got to get something from JJJ and Phillips as well.

4. Didn’t finish the regular season how we wanted, likely looking at a 5 seed in SECT and a 3 seed maybe 4 in the NCAAT. I think this team is very draw dependent meaning I could see them making a run or I could see them losing early on. Obviously would’ve prefer we won this game but hopefully it refocus’ the guys and they realize how close to the end they are. Our defensive intensity can still absolutely disrupt teams who have never seen it, of course you can also take on a lucky team shooting above their average much like today. We currently rank near dead last in KenPoms luck ranking, meaning we are losing games we shouldn’t and teams are hitting some shots they shouldn’t, maybe all of that pays off and evens out come the tournament.



GBO!!!
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Yep, on lucky shots we seem to be magnets to them. 1.3 seconds b4 half then they inadvertently change to 1.4. Well guarded in deep corner rainbows over corner of backboard and we know the rest. 2 or 3, three pointers rattle like they’re coming out but the loose acting rims let them settle and drop. I’ve came to expect it BVS I guess.😡
 
#44
#44
can't put this loss on anything or anyone but not having ZZ on defense. We scored 70 which was usually a win for us and the fouls were almost dead even. And we lost to another desperate team on their home floor. Come back strong next season Zig.
 
#45
#45
sechamp2012 said:
Yep, on lucky shots we seem to be magnets to them. 1.3 seconds b4 half then they inadvertently change to 1.4. Well guarded in deep corner rainbows over corner of backboard and we know the rest. 2 or 3, three pointers rattle like they’re coming out but the loose acting rims let them settle and drop. I’ve came to expect it BVS I guess.😡
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Take a look at our overall ranking on “LUCK” in KenPom. We ended the regular season at #323. That is some serious bad luck over the course of the season, not to even mention all the injuries added on top of all that. Yes, bad luck, sustained over the course of a season, has a huge impact on results over the course of a season. And no, you don’t “make your own luck.” I know there are posters who will argue on this point, but there really is no sane argument on this particular issue.
 
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#46
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Johnnyreb#VFL said:
I don’t get it. We shoot 50% from the field and from 3 and lose by nearly double digits. Our defense was not alright, but it’s not like barn went out of their minds. free throw shooting is an Achilles heel. There’s not one stat that stands out in this one as “yep that’ll do it”. I mean 11 turnovers I guess but it wasn’t a HUGE discrepancy
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I think the stat you may be looking for is a little deceiving because the officials evened it out near the end once the game was decided. But over the first 19 minutes and 53 seconds, Tennessee had committed 4 fouls and held a 7-point lead. Over the final 20 minutes and 7 seconds, we somehow committed 16 additional fouls. A 4:1 ratio and a 16-point swing in the score. Am I supposed to believe that we suddenly began playing 4x as aggressive over that last 20 minutes?

The second half, it was like an entirely different crew of officials came onto the court. And the touch fouls they called on Auburn inside the final minute only helped to mask the discrepancy. No way that level of contact was being called before that point in the second half. Vescovi and Key both got leveled on shots they made that were much more egregious than anything called in the final minute, and the whistle never sounded.

I hate for it to sound like sour grapes, and I am one of the last people to ever blame the officials for a loss, but that was inexcusable, yesterday.
 
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#49
#49
vols 30 said:
Looking at the box score and I can't believe we had zero fast break points. Auburn had 15.
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We aren't much of a fast break team, anyway, especially without our PG, bit add to it that we only forced 6 TOs, and it isn't all that surprising. What is pleasantly surprising is how effective and efficient we were in our halfcourt offense without ZZ. We missed his quickness on defense guarding Wendell Green as no one could stay in front of him.
 
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#50
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cncchris33 said:
We aren't much of a fast break team, anyway, especially without our PG, bit add to it that we only forced 6 TOs, and it isn't all that surprising. What is pleasantly surprising is how effective and efficient we were in our halfcourt offense without ZZ. We missed his quickness on defense guarding Wendell Green as no one could stay in front of him.
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True. Unfortunately, I don't think we go to far without ZZ. Maybe 1-1 in both tourneys.

I just find it amazing that a team doesn't have at least 1 fast break bucket.
 
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