National Championship, not Final Four, is Vols' goal

#27
#27
I hope this team doesn't rest on their laurels. There is always room for improvement. It takes grit to go through the season and be mentally prepared for the Big Dance. Let's get it Vols
 
#29
#29
Glad to hear that our guys really want it and seem pretty confident.... :rock:
I think it'll be tough to get back to the elite 8 but we should have a pretty damned good team

I can't wait for basketball to start

GO VOLS!!! :clapping:
 
#30
#30
Depends on three things

1) Who is going to be the go-to-guy

2) How will Goins handle the PG situation

3) Do we have enough bigs?
 
#33
#33
We will have to do lots of things better. We lost 3 seniors who carried us in the post season, but somehow we are going to be much better?
 
#34
#34
Shooting 3s well will be more critical this year than last. When we weren't shooting well, we could dump it down for Wayne to pound it out. I don't want to have that kind of pressure on Williams, Hall, and Harris. They will need as much breathing room as they can get.
 
#38
#38
Heebs said:
Yeah we had it terribly hard, playing a 6 and 14 seed instead of a 1 and 3.
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Who said we had it terribly hard??? We were a 6 seed, we didnt beat a 6 seed.

To advance to the Elite 8 we/they beat:

UT: 11,14,2
MSU: 12,4,9
Butler: 12,13,1
KSU, 15,7, 6
UK: 16,9,12
WVU: 15,10,11
Duke: 16,8,4
Baylor: 14,11,10

I dont see anyone needing to beat a one seed AND a three seed to advance to the same position in the tourney as the Vols did. To think that the "stars will never realign" again is preposterous and naive. You beat who is next.
 
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#39
#39
These guys are talking Final Four or NCC.

In that case had the chalk stayed true we would have to take on the 3, 2, and 1.

I really doubt it lines up for us to play the 11, 14, 2, 5 ever again. Call me naive, but the 1 and 3 seeds in your bracket won't go down in the frequency our current roster and coach needs.
 
#40
#40
And we were the highest seeded of any team to make the Elite Eight, of course they didnt play anyone better. But in order for us to get to the Final Four, like the players are talking about, we obviously would have had the hardest road, being a 6 seed.
 
#46
#46
Trae Golden is the truth. He can play the 1 or the 2. Jordan McRae will get some PT if he can improve his handle.
 
#47
#47
"I honestly believe that anything but a Final Four would be a disappointment," Goins said. "But it's a process, just like last year. It's a grind. The young guys -- the whole team, really, has to understand that it's a process to get where we want to get."
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"Even though Coach (Bruce) Pearl gave me a second chance, I had to work hard to get back on the team," Williams said. "Just to get back on the team and get in the rotation, that was hard. But Coach gave me an opportunity, and I wanted to do that.
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"Honestly, I took it upon myself to become a leader and put myself in the leadership role as soon as the season was over," the San Diego native said. "That next week, I was right back at it and on my guys and getting after them, trying to schedule things for us to work. Hopefully I'm doing a good job.
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"I'm a senior now, and I'm going to be one of the leaders on this team, and it just feels great to have great talent coming in and have a chance to work with them and put them under my wing," he said. "We lost a lot last year, obviously, but I feel like we're reloading and we're just going to keep on going."
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Senior Vols ready to lead | Chattanooga Times Free Press
 
#48
#48
I hope this years team comes out mean and stays mean as hell all season into the tournament.
 
#49
#49
If one of our guards can be a huge scoring threat, and Tobias can provide some scoring punch, we have a chance.
 
#50
#50
QuickdrawMcVols said:
Who said we had it terribly hard??? We were a 6 seed, we didnt beat a 6 seed.

To advance to the Elite 8 we/they beat:

UT: 11,14,2
MSU: 12,4,9
Butler: 12,13,1
KSU, 15,7, 6
UK: 16,9,12
WVU: 15,10,11
Duke: 16,8,4
Baylor: 14,11,10

I dont see anyone needing to beat a one seed AND a three seed to advance to the same position in the tourney as the Vols did. To think that the "stars will never realign" again is preposterous and naive. You beat who is next.
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So true. I get tired of hearing that a team "didn't have to beat a #1, 2 , 3, etc." The goal is to survive and advance. If a #1 seed gets upset by a 9, it doesn't lessen the Sweet 16 victory of 4 seed over that 9. The beauty of the NCAA tourney is EVERY team has a legitimate shot. Unlike the BS football system that is only slightly less superficial than a homecoming queen election or Olympic Ice skating.
 
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