Mercer Backup Center Monty Brown Out

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#27
drewtigeralum said:
I watched Duke play several times this year. They are soft at almost every position. Parker was the team leader as an 18 year old freshman. When you tested Duke's will and didn't let them get out and run they were beatable. U.T. will not let Mercer play that sort of game.
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I agree but . . . We have seen this team panic and resort to the 3 at times. I fully expect Mercer to pack the lane and just say "ok, kill us from the perimeter".
 
#28
#28
GAVol said:
Yes to all of this. Don't put Stokes on the low block where he gets doubled. Get him the ball at the elbow and let him go off the bounce and create havoc.
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took the staff too long to let him face up the way he is now, imo. Early in the year he was low a lot and I don't know that he took a jumpshot. He's always liked to run a little and face up and they finally started putting him in those positions. Him being able to get a step, get a shoulder and use his left or right is smooth
 
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GAVol said:
I agree but . . . We have seen this team panic and resort to the 3 at times. I fully expect Mercer to pack the lane and just say "ok, kill us from the perimeter".
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they could pack the lane and their still not strong enough inside to do anything about it IMO
 
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RiseToTheTop said:
they could pack the lane and their still not strong enough inside to do anything about it IMO
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We're definitely more physical, but Coursey is long and the conference defensive player of the year. He's not a wide body, but his length will create issues at the rim.
 
#33
#33
The thing I hate is they have 2 white kids and that seems to hurt Tn more than anything. Can never seem to stop the white kids. They don't need to over look this team.
 
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tnvols72 said:
The thing I hate is they have 2 white kids and that seems to hurt Tn more than anything. Can never seem to stop the white kids. They don't need to over look this team.
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If your white power analysis is true, judging by that video I saw of the Mercer backup PG doing the Nae Nae after the game, the Vols are going to lose by 50.
 
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GAVol said:
If your white power analysis is true, judging by that video I saw of the Mercer backup PG doing the Nae Nae after the game, the Vols are going to lose by 50.
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Well Iowas white post player ate the post up against us. And I believe he set his career scoring high against also. There is some merit to this.
 
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drewtigeralum said:
Was it because he was white, or because he had a 5 inch height advantage in the post?
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I agree with the height Stokes has always had problems with taller players. I believe it all boils down to those players not being a big part of the defensive scheme. But if you look at this year. There has been a good bit of no name players that have the game of their career against us.
 
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GAVol said:
Definitely a big problem for Mercer. Coursey is very apt to get in foul trouble (he had 4 yesterday by the 7:00 mark and had to be protected by offense/defense substitution the rest of the way). I also have no doubt though that Bob Hoffman will scheme around it and probably was going to play a ton of zone anyway.

All the more reason for us to run offense through Stokes and not fall into the trap Duke did of jacking up 3s all day like it was a preseason game.
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as someone who will be supporting the Bears in this one I'm not too concerned about this injury affecting the outcome. I figure that Mercer needs the refs to call it tight to neutralize the size advantage of UTK. Either that will happen or it won't.
 
#43
#43
Stokes is going to see a lot of doubles from now on: he needs to recognize the double quickly and get rid of the ball rather than than hold it--preferably passing to Mamon or a cutter inside for a layup.
 
#44
#44
Take away big fella's right shoulder and he'll be forced to play with 1/3rd of the court.

But lets not act like big white dudes don't tend to play the game differently than more athletic black dudes. Surely we are past the blatantly obvious. Neither one is better or worse. That's the beauty of hoops. Either style can win at any time.
 
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#45
Spartacavolus said:
Take away big fella's right shoulder and he'll be forced to play with 1/3rd of the court.

But lets not act like big white dudes don't tend to play the game differently than more athletic black dudes. Surely we are past the blatantly obvious. Neither one is better or worse. That's the beauty of hoops. Either style can win at any time.
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He made some field goals lefty yesterday.
 
#47
#47
Spartacavolus said:
He is a lefty and goes with his left, or to his right shoulder pretty much everytime. He'll bump, bump, jump hook and his teammates spread out waiting on help D.
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Stokes needs to do his work early and make him shoot a hook shot 2 or 3 feet farther out than he is comfortable. If Stokes lets him get within 4 feet it's going to be tough to stop that shot.
 
#49
#49
Stokes and Maymon need to take it right at Coursey tomorrow and UT needs to defend the 3 point line in order to win. JMO.
 
#50
#50
Feel bad for the kid no matter how many minutes per game he got. It would suck to get to the dance with your team and then be confined to a dark room while they're out there playing for their tournament lives. Add to that it's a brain injury that wiped away what should have been a happy memory and could prove to have even more effects... It really sucks for the young man.

That aside, it is one less body to soak up fouls underneath, so that should be a benefit to UT.

Go Vols!
 
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