bleedingTNorange
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1. Survive and advance, that’s the motto this time of year right? Not sure just how well we survived, might not know until we see Chandler walk out on the court tomorrow, but our guys found a way to win in convincing fashion in large part without their star PG. Other guys stepped up obviously and the 2nd half defense was a thing of beauty, but I think most of us are leaving tonight asking about Chandler’s prognosis, ankle sprains linger and for a guy whose quickness is a major weapon that’s a concern.
2. JOJO James stepped up big time…he got saddled with 2 fouls in the first half (wish Barnes would trust upper classmen a bit, he finished with 2), but he was huge in the 2nd half. He was aggressive offensively and was hitting his shots, when he plays like that this team is a legitimate contender, no doubt about it imo. You know what he will give you defensively but offensively he’s been playing with a different level of aggression and that needs to continue.
3. The 2nd half defense was Tennessee basketball, clearly Barnes wasn’t happy going into the half and Tennessee made some adjustments…after shooting 57% the first half they made just 24% of their shots the 2nd half, Tennessee locked in and really executed their scout very well. I liked the move to double Tolu in the post quick and make him pick up his dribble, MSST isn’t a good 3pt shooting team and you take their chances there, it worked out well.
4. We’ve talked about Tennessee’s horrible 2pt% recently, they were excellent tonight, 21/39 for 54% which would rank Top 50 nationally, and that’s against a team that has a legitimate front court. BHH was really good finishing good passes, Fulky his some shots, Zeigler was good enough around the rim, Plav as well, it was exactly what we need from our posts…don’t try to do too much, finish good passes from our guards and don’t turn it over.
5. Big picture…that win should lock this team into a 3 seed at worst, plenty of losses around us and having watched a lot of these conference tourney games we had a really good showing, not sure what tomorrow holds but we appear to have came to Tampa ready to play and still playing really good ball. Chandler’s ankle is going to be a major question mark, this team needs him healthy and at 100%, ankles can be tricky and that really scares me, but hopefully it’s minor…this team really seems to be playing its best ball and it would be a shame for him to not be at 100%.
GBO!!!!
2. JOJO James stepped up big time…he got saddled with 2 fouls in the first half (wish Barnes would trust upper classmen a bit, he finished with 2), but he was huge in the 2nd half. He was aggressive offensively and was hitting his shots, when he plays like that this team is a legitimate contender, no doubt about it imo. You know what he will give you defensively but offensively he’s been playing with a different level of aggression and that needs to continue.
3. The 2nd half defense was Tennessee basketball, clearly Barnes wasn’t happy going into the half and Tennessee made some adjustments…after shooting 57% the first half they made just 24% of their shots the 2nd half, Tennessee locked in and really executed their scout very well. I liked the move to double Tolu in the post quick and make him pick up his dribble, MSST isn’t a good 3pt shooting team and you take their chances there, it worked out well.
4. We’ve talked about Tennessee’s horrible 2pt% recently, they were excellent tonight, 21/39 for 54% which would rank Top 50 nationally, and that’s against a team that has a legitimate front court. BHH was really good finishing good passes, Fulky his some shots, Zeigler was good enough around the rim, Plav as well, it was exactly what we need from our posts…don’t try to do too much, finish good passes from our guards and don’t turn it over.
5. Big picture…that win should lock this team into a 3 seed at worst, plenty of losses around us and having watched a lot of these conference tourney games we had a really good showing, not sure what tomorrow holds but we appear to have came to Tampa ready to play and still playing really good ball. Chandler’s ankle is going to be a major question mark, this team needs him healthy and at 100%, ankles can be tricky and that really scares me, but hopefully it’s minor…this team really seems to be playing its best ball and it would be a shame for him to not be at 100%.
GBO!!!!
