Now that UT is a 2 seed.....

#26
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(LadyinOrange @ Mar 13 said:
The unselfish part of me ( yes, OWB, there IS an unslfish side of me!) wants the guys to go and have the most fun they have ever had in their lives, win or lose. The selfish side of me wants them to go and take no prisoners.

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Kicking a$$ would be the most fun these guys have ever had in their lives, so it's win - win. :yahoo:

Go Vols!!!

 
#27
#27
I think that in the sweet 16 it will be either Tennessee vs North Carolina or Tennessee vs Michigan State. I dont see Tennessee losing before then, but hopefully it will be Tennessee vs North Carolina then whoever wins that game is the one ill be pulling for the rest of the way!! :rock:
 
#28
#28
I think it matters how they take it. the pressure would have been on if people expected them to go deep in the tourney, but everyone has them losing early. I think there is pressure, but I think their drive to want to prove everyone wrong will out weigh the pressure.
 
#29
#29
I'm not much in to silly crap like that "pressure" thing...backed into the corner...got to win this one...our backs against the wall...or any of those other sayings.

These guys are fully aware of what they can do, I hope the coaching staff is fully aware of what they can do, so let's just go play ball.

Furthermore I'm not a big subscriber to such silliness as "bulletin board" material either. Kinda out grew that around puberty. Admittedly, I never liked using coloring books either.

If I must come up with a saying, gentlemen it would have to be ONE & DONE!

 
#30
#30
(rwemyss @ Mar 13 said:
Go to the NIT? What preseason mags were you reading? I was under the understanding that we'd be lucky to win 10 games.
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I'll tell you exactly what preseason magazine i was reading. Street & Smiths preseason college basketball magazine. In the front of the magazine it told their predictions for everyteam in division 1 in college basketball. For example for Duke it said Final 4, for kentucky i believe it said Elite 8, and for Tennessee it said NIT. Anyways, my point wasnt weather UT was supposed to make the NIT or anything at all, my point was that Tennessee wasnt supposed to make the tournament at all, so if we lose in the first round, yes ill be upset but i'll still be very impressed and pround of how our team has done this year.
 
#31
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(mattvols @ Mar 13 said:
I was under the same understanding. I figured we would go .500 at best, no one thought we'd even have a chance at the NIT. People were saying if we had a winning record and made it to the NIT then he did an incredible job here.
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My point wasnt weather UT was supposed to make the NIT or anything at all, my point was that Tennessee wasnt supposed to make the tournament at all, so if we lose in the first round, yes ill be upset but i'll still be very impressed and pround of how our team has done this year.
 
#32
#32
I don't think the pressure is going to get to them at all. They will play hard and might get nervous but will play good and hard and get to the Sweet 16.
 
#33
#33
I think if we bring our A game and play hard we should have an easy run to the sweet 16. Then the competition will rise, but again if we play the way we played @ Texas, we should be very hard to stop.
 
#34
#34
The 3 teams we have changes are playing are average at best. I think our biggest problem in the 1st and 2nd rounds would be Winthrop. There game is to power it inside, and drive alot. They're center is actually a great 3 point shooter but is 6'11 and good at rebounding. It'll be a hard matchup for us.
 
#35
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(mattvols @ Mar 15 said:
The 3 teams we have changes are playing are average at best. I think our biggest problem in the 1st and 2nd rounds would be Winthrop. There game is to power it inside, and drive alot. They're center is actually a great 3 point shooter but is 6'11 and good at rebounding. It'll be a hard matchup for us.
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Winthrop's Center is 6'10 not 6'11 -- that is their tallest player. And define your definition of great 3 point shooting because this guy is 37% at three point shooting. (I looked up his stats)...Sure thats good for a center but nothing compared to Chris Lofton.
 
#36
#36
everyone looks like a bad center compared to lofton, as for being 6'10 instead of 6'11 do you really think that matters? 37% is a good 3 point percentage for alot of guards, Tennessee as a team if I remember correctly averages about that and we are one of the best 3 point shooting teams out there.
 
#37
#37
(mattvols @ Mar 15 said:
everyone looks like a bad center compared to lofton, as for being 6'10 instead of 6'11 do you really think that matters? 37% is a good 3 point percentage for alot of guards, Tennessee as a team if I remember correctly averages about that and we are one of the best 3 point shooting teams out there.
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The only reason tennessee averages about 37 percent 3 pointers as a team like you said is becasue of people like Childress and Wingate who shouldnt be shooting anything other then dunks, layups or 3-4 foot shots, loft up airballs from the 3 point line. If Watson, Lofton, Smith, Howell, Bradshaw were the only ones shooting 3's i bet we'd have a 3 poiint shooting percentage in the high 40's. That's just my opinion.
 
#38
#38
(Taylor Moran @ Mar 15 said:
The only reason tennessee averages about 37 percent 3 pointers as a team like you said is becasue of people like Childress and Wingate who shouldnt be shooting anything other then dunks, layups or 3-4 foot shots, loft up airballs from the 3 point line. If Watson, Lofton, Smith, Howell, Bradshaw were the only ones shooting 3's i bet we'd have a 3 poiint shooting percentage in the high 40's. That's just my opinion.
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Childress has only shot 9 three point shots in 30 games, and Major has only shot 5. That doesnt lower our % hardly at all. Their center shoots almost as good of a 3 point percentage as Smith. As for shooting in the high 40s in percentage, find me one team that shoots that high, Lofton shoots 45% and leads us in 3 pt percentage we could have all Loftons as our starting 5 and not average in the high 40's.
 
#39
#39
(mattvols @ Mar 15 said:
Childress has only shot 9 three point shots in 30 games, and Major has only shot 5. That doesnt lower our % hardly at all. Their center shoots almost as good of a 3 point percentage as Smith. As for shooting in the high 40s in percentage, find me one team that shoots that high, Lofton shoots 45% and leads us in 3 pt percentage we could have all Loftons as our starting 5 and not average in the high 40's.
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I never said any team had a shooting percentage in the high 40s im just saying if we only had our top guys shooting 3's we would be close, unfortunately thats the case for every team. Every team has players who shoot that shouldnt be shooting3s.
 
#40
#40
(Taylor Moran @ Mar 15 said:
If Watson, Lofton, Smith, Howell, Bradshaw were the only ones shooting 3's i bet we'd have a 3 poiint shooting percentage in the high 40's.
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even if only those guys took the shots, even if lofton only took the shots we'd still only have a 45% or lower, not high 40's
 
#41
#41
First, we shoot 39% from beyond the arc. Considering our SOS and conference, that is pretty good. Our big guys don't take a lot of 3's and honestly, with the room defenders usually give Dane Bradshaw, he should be taking more.

The only major conference teams that shoot better than us from beyond the arc are Duke, IU, Florida, Vandy, and Notre Dame (out of those, ND is the only team that shoots 40%)
 
#42
#42
(therealUT @ Mar 15 said:
First, we shoot 39% from beyond the arc. Considering our SOS and conference, that is pretty good. Our big guys don't take a lot of 3's and honestly, with the room defenders usually give Dane Bradshaw, he should be taking more.

The only major conference teams that shoot better than us from beyond the arc are Duke, IU, Florida, Vandy, and Notre Dame (out of those, ND is the only team that shoots 40%)
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Why should a guy shooting roughly 28% from the arc be encouraged to shoot more?
 
#43
#43
he doesnt take many, but hes been hitting some clutch ones recently. When he gets his wrist healed I could see him as a above average shooter.
 
#44
#44
(hatvol96 @ Mar 15 said:
Why should a guy shooting roughly 28% from the arc be encouraged to shoot more?
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Because if he hits only 2 a game, then it will spread the court, and the double team will be slower getting to Wingate when we work it inside.
 
#45
#45
(mattvols @ Mar 15 said:
even if only those guys took the shots, even if lofton only took the shots we'd still only have a 45% or lower, not high 40's
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Lofton shoots 47% not 45. 47 looks like high 40's to me
 
#46
#46
(hatvol96 @ Mar 15 said:
Why should a guy shooting roughly 28% from the arc be encouraged to shoot more?
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Because then he will score more. If you shoot only 28% you have to throw up more shots to score as much as the guy shooting 47%. :biggrin2: J/K but it would be nice to see Dane hit a couple of opportunity 3's just to open it up a little bit.
 
#47
#47
(Taylor Moran @ Mar 16 said:
Lofton shoots 47% not 45. 47 looks like high 40's to me
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No, he is hitting 45.3%, to be exact. Would not qualify that as high 40s...(106 out of 234)
 
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