DD4ME
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Summer of the Vols. I'm calling it.It's not even May!
I love these gritty guys. I like seeing different people step up, like Okpara tonight. I love winning.I simply don't agree with the notion that these wins are "ugly"
I think it's beautiful basketball.
It's like classic SEC football. Suffocating defense and slow, methodical, and fairly efficient offense. Fundamental ball at the highest level from every player on the court.
We shot 41% fg, 27% 3pt, outrebounded them 44-28, and outscored them 32-20 in the paint. We have a Top 10 offensive efficiency on the season.
I think we think it looks "ugly" because we make our opponents look ugly and we get so few possessions that our misses are more memorable. The Lady Vols can put up 100 and have a worse efficiency and shooting percentage and we call it beautiful.
Bo got limited reps his first 2 seasons playing behind some dude named [checks notes] Marcus Allen.I tend to agree. Never even rushed for 1000 yds in the NFL across 4 seasons. Only scored 18 total TDs. Never could stay healthy. Fantastic athlete, big, strong fast, and Nike had a field day promoting his athletic process across two sports. He was incredible in terms of his ability to impact two sports the way he did, but he was a lot more hype than impact. Frankly, an argument could be made that Deion Sanders was the better two-sport player in the same era.