Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[vol4eva]

This is the best chance we’ve ever had at making a Final 4. Houston is good, but they’ve scraped by a couple opponents. We’ve mostly dominated ours.

We continue to play like we have and we win.

 

[Jimmy Football]

The Elite Eight this year consists of KenPom teams 1-7 and 9. That’s a pretty good predictive metric, I would say.

 

[Jackcrevol]

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lost to auburn, and another sec school.

i feel cautiously optimistic here. if we do our usual thing and play flat, we lose. if we play like we have been, we win.

 

[gordonr24]

Bruce had the elite 8 in his pocket. Barnes took over as the best when he matched it. Now he’s doubled it, he also has 3 conference championships under his belt. I love Bruce but it’s not a debate at all anymore. Barnes is the best to have ever done it here.

I’d be intrigued by a hypothetical all Bruce Pearl vs. Rick Barnes team. I appreciate what Pearl did, and I’m also appreciative of Rick’s tenure. I’m soaking every minute of this current run with Barnes.

Bruce’s team:

Chris Lofton (PG by committee
Jajaun Smith (PG by committee)
Tobias Harris
Tyler Smith
Wayne Chism

6th: JP Prince

Rick’s team:

Zakai Ziegler
Chaz Lanier
Dalton Knecht
Admiral Schofield
Grant Williams

6th: Lamonte Turner

These rosters are interchangeable either side. I would pick Rick’s team in this matchup.

 

[Jackcrevol]

This is the best chance we’ve ever had at making a Final 4. Houston is good, but they’ve scraped by a couple opponents. We’ve mostly dominated ours.

We continue to play like we have and we win.

agree

 

[SoilVol]

They actually got their first win late last night in the second leg of a doubleheader.

Ah, the SEC website has the same scoreline for both games played. Shows UF as 0-8 in the daily scores but then in SEC standings shows them 0-9.

ESPN shows the UF win

 

[SoilVol]

I’d be intrigued by a hypothetical all Bruce Pearl vs. Rick Barnes team. I appreciate what Pearl did, and I’m also appreciative of Rick’s tenure. I’m soaking every minute of this current run with Barnes.

Bruce’s team:

Chris Lofton (PG by committee
Jajaun Smith (PG by committee)
Tobias Harris
Tyler Smith
Wayne Chism

6th: JP Prince

Rick’s team:

Zakai Ziegler
Chaz Lanier
Dalton Knecht
Admiral Schofield
Grant Williams

6th: Lamonte Turner

These rosters are interchangeable either side. I would pick Rick’s team in this matchup.

Rick's is far more stacked, though he's been here longer. You can add the 1-and-dones too: Springer, Johnson, Phillips, Chandler.


Bruce has Jarnell Stokes.

 

[SoilVol]

lost to auburn, and another sec school.

i feel cautiously optimistic here. if we do our usual thing and play flat, we lose. if we play like we have been, we win.

Losses:
Auburn by 5
Alabama by 5 (OT)
San Diego State by 3 (OT)
All in November

Texas Tech by 1 (OT)

They're 1-4 in OT games. Lone win being Kansas in 2OT

They're 0-2 against the SEC.

 

[gordonr24]

Rick's is far more stacked, though he's been here longer. You can add the 1-and-dones too: Springer, Johnson, Phillips, Chandler.


Bruce has Jarnell Stokes.

Stokes was with Cunozo. Cuonzo’s hypothetical team would put up a fight too, surprisingly.

Antonio Barton
Jordan McCrae
Josh Richardson
Jeronne Maymon
Jarnell Stokes

6th: Robert Hubbs

 

[Jackcrevol]

Stokes was with Cunozo. Cuonzo’s hypothetical team would put up a fight too, surprisingly.

Antonio Barton
Jordan McCrae
Josh Richardson
Jeronne Maymon
Jarnell Stokes

6th: Robert Hubbs

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[SoilVol]

Vols are 3-1 against common opponents.

Houston is 1-2 in those games.

 

[SoilVol]

Stokes was with Cunozo. Cuonzo’s hypothetical team would put up a fight too, surprisingly.

Antonio Barton
Jordan McCrae
Josh Richardson
Jeronne Maymon
Jarnell Stokes

6th: Robert Hubbs

Oh that's right. Martin had an impressive group of dudes.

I also forgot about Kevin Punter. He could vouch for some playing time with Barnes' group

 

[Lloyd_Christmas]

 

[volsagain]

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I like this, looks like we may have a little advantage. You've got to look at who each have played. We went through a gauntlet in the SEC. GBO

 

[VolGee4]

When was the last time all 4 1 seeds made the final four?

Last time FF was in San Antonio- 2008.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

At least Houston doesn’t have a dominant big. That’s the teams we seem to struggle with. They are athletic and scrappy though. Better hit open shots. It will be a game we can’t afford to miss open shots.

REBOUND! We have to out-rebound them. They are great on the offensive glass tipping the ball back out. Need Mashack to have a big night defensively and shut Uzman (or whatever his name is) down. Out rebound them and shut him down to less than 10 points, and we win the game.

 

[csprig9]

Name this poster

BassmasterVol

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

@OGbabyaviVol

Are you the vet in Georgia I spoke with about my daughter who was considering going to vet school?

If so I wanted to let you know I appreciate your offers of help. She has decided she wants to seek a different path. After some research and consideration she decided the stress associated with both the schooling and practice may not be for her.

She has decided to go into teaching.

She asked me to reach out to you and thank you for your kindness in offering to help her allong the way should she seek that path.

Yes sir!! You are very welcome. She’s very smart to consider those things before she gets started on that path. It is definitely not for everyone who are animal lovers. Best of luck to her, and if she ever changes her mind and wants to reconsider going down this path, reach out to me and I’ll help her.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Big D sword fight incoming.

 

[VolGee4]

Rick's is far more stacked, though he's been here longer. You can add the 1-and-dones too: Springer, Johnson, Phillips, Chandler.


Bruce has Jarnell Stokes.

Bruce never had Jarnell Stokes. That was Cuonzo.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

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We're gonna beat the brakes off them.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

Defensive battle, I like our chances. Need a big game from Lanier.

And need Mashack to shut down Uzman. Or ZZ shut him down and let Mashack shut down 21.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

It may be the most brutal basketball game that's been seen in a while if both teams are on their defensive game.

It will all depend on how the refs call the game.

 

[vol9799]

Stokes was with Cunozo. Cuonzo’s hypothetical team would put up a fight too, surprisingly.

Antonio Barton
Jordan McCrae
Josh Richardson
Jeronne Maymon
Jarnell Stokes

6th: Robert Hubbs

Yet another justificaction of my absolute loathing of Martin: his results were substandard of the talent he had, he handled himself poorly the last two years and he's a Purdue grad. He, Donnie and Uncle Jerry can go in our round ball hall of shame as far as I am concerned.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

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