Florida vs. Tennessee Postgame Report

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1. Hell yeah! What a big win for the program. It needed it. That just might be the game that gets this team going.

2. Great job Coach Martin from the beginning of the game. Richardson played with confidence. And you got 23 points from McRae and Hall. Those lineup changes worked perfectly. I also like McRae from the bench. Gives you some scoring you sorely lack.

3. The pick and roll defense was excellent. The guards did a great job fighting through screens and the post players rotated quickly. That's the type of defense Coach Martin wants this program to have.

4. Trae Golden played really well today. He didn't force things, controlled the pace of the game, and played really good defense today. Trae is starting to become a real threat at point guard.

5. Kenny Hall, you can do that every night. Just saying.

6. Josh Richardson has such good qualities to his game. He's young, a little raw, but he's going to be a fine player at Tennessee.

7. The post guys played like men today. They fought, clawed, and flat out hustled better than Florida tonight. It was a real joy to watch.

8. Tennessee had to control the flow of the game and they did. Florida only had two or three fastbreak buckets. You can tell Florida was out of their comfort zone all night.

9. Also, I have no idea why Florida didn't go to zone more. That perplexed me. Bad job by Billy D today.

10. This was a huge win for the team. You lose by 15 to your in state rival and beat a top 15 at home less than 72 hours later. Great job by the coaching staff, and the Vol faithful should be proud of the players today, they played great.

Go Vols!!! :hi:
 
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I hope we continue feeding the post like we did today. One of the best of the game (unless he grabbed 1 or 2 at the end of the half, Young didn't have a rebound in the first half. Great job boxing him out and keeping him away from the rim.

Golden was a true general today. Great decision making and smart playing. Glad to see CCM grab that first signature win against the Gators :dance2:
 
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Great win but to play the devil's advocate. When we get it down low in the paint. Maymon, Hall, and Woolridge NEED to throw it down. No layups. .......... But that's all I have, great game, great effort for the whole game. Like the foundation CCM has given us thus far.
#GOVOLS
 
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3. The pick and roll defense was excellent. The guards did a great job fighting through screens and the post players rotated quickly. That's the type of defense Coach Martin wants this program to have.

This!
 
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Agree 100% on all points.

Would like to add. If Golden can give us a line of 12 pts, 7 assists, 4 rebounds, every game, then we will be in every game.
 
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Did not get to watch..... Traveling. But heard our defense was pretty solid. Great win, Long way to go ... Hope they can keep this effort up
 
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Kept waiting for them to fold in the second half.
Played a full 40.
I was vewy impwessed!
 
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FOr whatever reason, we always play well against Donovan and the Gators. CBP basically owned them. Hope Cuonzo continues the trend. THe announcers really were complementary of Cuonzo and I hope UT fans took note. I think we are fortunate to have him as our coach. Go Vols!
 
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Kept waiting for them to fold in the second half.
Played a full 40.
I was vewy impwessed!

It wasn't until about five minutes to go in the second half did I think "Oh man, we might win this thing!"
 
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Jimmy Dykes is the only ESPN guy I like listening too. Besides his made up phrases, he's usually spot on in calling things out and notices a lot of crazy stuff you wouldn't figure ppl watch for. Excellent breakdown of how Halls defense has progressed when he showed how he was forcing Young to settle for stuff he wasn't comfortable with. Great defense.
 
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Also, I was really impressed with how fast we got back defensively. Our bigs really hustled in the paint.
 
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Jimmy Dykes is the only ESPN guy I like listening too. Besides his made up phrases, he's usually spot on in calling things out and notices a lot of crazy stuff you wouldn't figure ppl watch for. Excellent breakdown of how Halls defense has progressed when he showed how he was forcing Young to settle for stuff he wasn't comfortable with. Great defense.

Jimmy can get annoying, but I do like his broadcasts. They are informative.
 
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Is it just me or is Richardson emerging as one of the best shooters on the team? Yeah, Golden and McBee can light it up, but it really looks like Josh is very comfortable shooting from anywhere on the court. Don't get me wrong, his FG% isn't great, but this kid seems to have a lot of upside. He has the size to attack the rim too a la Jajuan Smith.
 
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Everybody feel better?

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Nice win, but most impressive thing was the highlights of Stokes. That kid is a freak of nature. Maybe most physically imposing player on the team, and just turned 18.
 
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Jimmy can get annoying, but I do like his broadcasts. They are informative.

I sure didn't agree with his statement that Mcrae isn't good off the dribble. I think Mcrae is best off the dribble in the open court where he can show his athleticism. I will say I was very proud of his effort today. He was embarrassed with a few early bad plays after not starting but hung in there. He showed a lot of character with his play today IMO.
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Is it just me or is Richardson emerging as one of the best shooters on the team? Yeah, Golden and McBee can light it up, but it really looks like Josh is very comfortable shooting from anywhere on the court. Don't get me wrong, his FG% isn't great, but this kid seems to have a lot of upside. He has the size to attack the rim too a la Jajuan Smith.

He has potential. He's going to be more of a mid range guy IMO.
 
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What kinda $HIT since when do they play games at 10 am central WTF. I'm Pissed I totally just missed the best game of the year.

At least we finaly got us a quality win!! GBO
 

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