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Nike EYBL (Elite Youth Basketball League) is a 24 game series played throughout the summer at different sites. Travon Landry is playing with the Alabama Challenge - averaging 5 points, 1.5 assists, 12-29 FGS (no 3s attempted yet and .33 steals per game through six games.

Several other Vol targets - JaJuan Johnson, Nick King, Johnathan Williams III, Markel Crawford, JaQuel Richmond, Jarquez Smith, Desmond Ringer, Moses Kingsley, Jack Whitman - playing in the series.

Very good read on kids as this isn't typical all-star play. It's a competitive league with standings, stats - basically another season. After 24 games, you should have a good idea of who can play and who is making a reputation against less formidable high school competition.

Johnson, Smith, Richmond,King, Williams and Kingsley have all stood out so far. Whitman was leading rebound average for two games, but was hurt. Back this weekend.

You can track them through the EYBL site - Standings « Nike EYBL
 
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That is great talent. And it is the type talent that Coach Martin needs to start reeling in beginning with this class in 2013. Don't get me wrong I think he has done a fantastic job in recruiting thus far considering the disaster he inherited. But beginning with 2013 he needs to start reeling in more Top 100 type talent. Like I said I love his recruiting efforts so far getting Stokes (obviously) Josh Richardson Yemi and maybe some others but to win in this league and compete consistently with the Kentuckys and others he has to recruit Top 100 talent. Flame if you want but trying to develop mid-major projects isn't ultimately goint to get you into the Sweet 16. And we have the best facilities in the country to be able to do that and as a fan that is what I expect. Of course as long as he wins I don't care who he brings in but he has to compete for Final 4s consistently and I don't think you can do that developing mid-major prospects. However if you can I am all for it. Go Vols!!
 
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I'm not impressed with his recruiting so far.. He didn't inherit that big of a disaster either.. He needs to start signing some better players, or he won't last long. We've been spoiled by Pearl now.
 
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ACvol3 said:
I'm not impressed with his recruiting so far.. He didn't inherit that big of a disaster either.. He needs to start signing some better players, or he won't last long. We've been spoiled by Pearl now.
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No he did inherit a program in shambles and only had 2 weeks to recruit when he came in. Martin has done fantastic so far. And then he did a wonderful job of getting Stokes (who did sorta fall out of the heavens and into our laps). But going forward I agree that he has got to start bringing in Top 100 type talent. Now with that said I trust his evaluations too. I expect the 3 prospects he signed this year to be All-SEC types in the future. Yep I do!! If he signs anyone I expect them to have a chance to play in the NBA at some point. Now did he sign that with these 3 guys? Probably not but he can and should have the chance to prove us wrong!! Anyway as long as its Top 100 NBA futuristic type talent I don't give a damn who he signs but it has to be that!!
 
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ACvol3 said:
I'm not impressed with his recruiting so far.. He didn't inherit that big of a disaster either.. He needs to start signing some better players, or he won't last long. We've been spoiled by Pearl now.
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#notsureifseriousifsojustplainstupid
 
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rocky200663 said:
That is great talent. And it is the type talent that Coach Martin needs to start reeling in beginning with this class in 2013. Don't get me wrong I think he has done a fantastic job in recruiting thus far considering the disaster he inherited. But beginning with 2013 he needs to start reeling in more Top 100 type talent. Like I said I love his recruiting efforts so far getting Stokes (obviously) Josh Richardson Yemi and maybe some others but to win in this league and compete consistently with the Kentuckys and others he has to recruit Top 100 talent. Flame if you want but trying to develop mid-major projects isn't ultimately goint to get you into the Sweet 16. And we have the best facilities in the country to be able to do that and as a fan that is what I expect. Of course as long as he wins I don't care who he brings in but he has to compete for Final 4s consistently and I don't think you can do that developing mid-major prospects. However if you can I am all for it. Go Vols!!
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Consistently compete for final 4's? Best facilities in the country? No matter what else you say, these 2 statements make you look a little off your rocker.
 
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zansdad said:
Consistently compete for final 4's? Best facilities in the country? No matter what else you say, these 2 statements make you look a little off your rocker.
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Excuse me but other than Kentucky maybe who has better facilities for basketball than Tennessee? Nobody in the SEC outside of Ky does. And if we aren't striving to reach the Final 4 then what are we doing? Please explain I am interested.
 
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rocky200663 said:
Excuse me but other than Kentucky maybe who has better facilities for basketball than Tennessee? Nobody in the SEC outside of Ky does. And if we aren't striving to reach the Final 4 then what are we doing? Please explain I am interested.
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Dude, seriously. Wtf?
 
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rocky200663 said:
Excuse me but other than Kentucky maybe who has better facilities for basketball than Tennessee? Nobody in the SEC outside of Ky does. And if we aren't striving to reach the Final 4 then what are we doing? Please explain I am interested.
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UT has TBA which is big but was not built for basketball. Pratt Pavillion is nice but it's not like other schools don't have practice facilities. But most importantly, you said UT had "the best facilities in the country" , which is just not true.

As far a competing for final fours, how bought UT sets its sights on making a single final four before "consistently competing" for them. Winning an SEC tournament and/or the conference championship regularly would be better goals. They have not done the former since going to a 12 team conference and 1 believe the latter has happened only 3 in that time. Routine Final Four talk is just delusional.
 
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zansdad said:
UT has TBA which is big but was not built for basketball. Pratt Pavillion is nice but it's not like other schools don't have practice facilities. But most importantly, you said UT had "the best facilities in the country" , which is just not true.

As far a competing for final fours, how bought UT sets its sights on making a single final four before "consistently competing" for them. Winning an SEC tournament and/or the conference championship regularly would be better goals. They have not done the former since going to a 12 team conference and 1 believe the latter has happened only 3 in that time. Routine Final Four talk is just delusional.
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Tennessee's facilities for bball are on par with anyone in the country and they are the best in the SEC other than possibly Kentucky. I didn't say anything about routine final 4 talk only that is what we should be shooting for.
 
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rocky200663 said:
Tennessee's facilities for bball are on par with anyone in the country and they are the best in the SEC other than possibly Kentucky. I didn't say anything about routine final 4 talk only that is what we should be shooting for.
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Like I said facilities help sure, but there are 2 major aspects we don't have, winning & tradition. Until we get those it's hard to be consistently very good.

There's a reason that while UF facilities may not be as nice as UT, that their recruiting is consistently better and that they are consistently better.

Jmo
 
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rocky200663 said:
Tennessee's facilities for bball are on par with anyone in the country and they are the best in the SEC other than possibly Kentucky. I didn't say anything about routine final 4 talk only that is what we should be shooting for.
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Ok, first you said best now it's on par. Are you done backpedaling or do you need a few more posts to get to what you mean? And I guess my thesaurus is broken, I could swear consistently and routinely were about the same thing. And how about UT shoots for winning the SEC championship and/or the SEC tourney on a regular basis. If they can't be at the top of the SEC, how can they be making final 4 runs?
 
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Dude whatever. We can shoot for sub .500 par seasons if that is what you want. Okay you're right damn. Now enough said on the subject.
 
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rocky200663 said:
Dude whatever. We can shoot for sub .500 par seasons if that is what you want. Okay you're right damn. Now enough said on the subject.
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No need to get mad. I never said sub-500. But you're expectations are unreasonable. How about UT shoots for success within its own conference before its fans set their sights on a final four.
 
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ACvol3 said:
I'm not impressed with his recruiting so far.. He didn't inherit that big of a disaster either.. He needs to start signing some better players, or he won't last long. We've been spoiled by Pearl now.
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I agree with most of what you said......where was this big disaster everyone keeps talking about? Now what Kevin Oneill walked into was a disaster. If Stokes leaves after this yr, the only big man on our roster wil be Yemi and most of the other guys he has brought in are huge question marks....this current recruiting class is extremely important for us.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Like I said facilities help sure, but there are 2 major aspects we don't have, winning & tradition. Until we get those it's hard to be consistently very good.

There's a reason that while UF facilities may not be as nice as UT, that their recruiting is consistently better and that they are consistently better.

Jmo
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You do realize that before Billy Donovan Florida made only one great eight/final four......maybe Billy Donovan is their winning and tradition?
 
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zansdad said:
No need to get mad. I never said sub-500. But you're expectations are unreasonable. How about UT shoots for success within its own conference before its fans set their sights on a final four.
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I think you are arguing semantics.....our goal every yr needs to be a national championship with a Ncaa birth being the only acceptable season.... Last yrs season was a failure but understandable due to coaching change and a lot of young players getting new roles.
 
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volbeast33 said:
I think you are arguing semantics.....our goal every yr needs to be a national championship with a Ncaa birth being the only acceptable season.... Last yrs season was a failure but understandable due to coaching change and a lot of young players getting new roles.
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Absolutely agree!!
 
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zansdad said:
You guys are both delusional. I'm glad there are more realistic people in charge of UT athletics.
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Zansdad not to argue but you dont' compete to not to try and win a championship in any sport. And basketball is alot different in that if you finish in the Top 6 of the conference you get an NCAA Tournament Bid. There is nothing delusional about having some goals of winning a championship or trying to compete for a championship. I don't get where you're coming from. According to you our facilities suck, we shouldn't aim at trying to compete for championships and we shouldn't set foot in Memphis in recruiting despite the fact its the biggest hotbed of talent in this state for basketball. Just explain what you're trying to say. But nothing wrong with having goals(even if as you say they're unattainable)
 
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zansdad said:
You guys are both delusional. I'm glad there are more realistic people in charge of UT athletics.
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If we are still making nits in four seasons....zo will be fired so obviously the administration agrees with us....Zo stated his goal was winning a championship.....you don't play the game with any less of a goal....you might not have a realistic chance of making it but you always strive for it.
 
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volbeast33 said:
You do realize that before Billy Donovan Florida made only one great eight/final four......maybe Billy Donovan is their winning and tradition?
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It doesn't matter who is responsible, Donovan is there still and UF has built a tradition.

As I said, without winning or tradition it's hard to do much, even if you have top notch facilities.

Tennessee needs to win, that's the bottom line.
 
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