Tennessee at Kentucky Game Thread---9PM--ESPN

[thagodfather]

The thing that is really annoying: We have every bit as much as talent as UK. A lot of it doesn't even get in the game, so you really have to wonder about the coaching in a situation like this. UK has all of it's big recruits on the floor and contributing, while we have them on the scout team while walk ons and transfers get big minutes.

We don't have the talent that Kentucky has. They're younger but more talented.

 

[3rdDown4What?]

We finish the season 19-12
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[hohenfelsvol]

No. I'm aware of the coaching issues.
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Media has kept is pretty quiet if there is something out there.

 

[Zasnow]

Glad he can take 5 steps

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I think I'm not even going to bother watching UT @ UK anymore, because other than Pearl's first year, his teams just simply don't show up.

 

[thagodfather]

No. I'm aware of the coaching issues.
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I thought so.

 

[Manvol]

Hey BW you a F'n beast tonight??
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[tnvols72]

Wow. Really? I haven't been in the Basketball forum in...ever but I wasn't expecting that. We are where we are (obvious I know, but evidentially it's not). We have to improve and our head coach has been out for half the season.

The season is just beginning really. Go Vols!

where have you been all year ? Pearl just missed 8 games out of 25 not the other way around.The season may have just started for you but it begin back Nov

 

[SeanJean]

No we don't.

Yes we do. Hopson and Harris are both 5 star top 5 Mc Donalds All Americans (just like Jones and Knight). We have Hall, McRae, Golden, Woolridge, Tatum, who are all top 100 4 star players. We are on paper one of the most talented teams in the country. We just have no idea how to play the game.

 

[coach931]

we will see them in march....look at the free throw differential..figures

 

[skyhawk_vol]

Well glad that trash is over...Pissed that I even tried to watch it..

 

[BigPapaVol]

Media has kept is pretty quiet if there is something out there.

Just talking about the offensive disaster we have been since day 1 and the lack of any demands on the players.
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[Zasnow]

Lucky him.

Him and Tatum must have hung out before the game.

 

[thagodfather]

We finish the season 19-12
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Impossible to tell at this point.

 

[olbemw7]

Bone played decent.

Everyone else, pathetic.

 

[TOP]

No he can't. He can't play. He plays well against weaker competition, and he was decent against Ohio St which is his one game of his career. He has proven the other thousand times against good competition he simply cannot get it done. He's too slow, he has awful hands, he's extremely soft on defense and on the boards, and he can't score around the basket. He's really, really tough to watch.

Watching him is painful. He can definitely step at times though. There is no Elite 8 last year without him.

It's bittersweet... On one hand, he is a big body that can step up in big games occasionally. On the other hand, his hands are terrible, takes stupid shots and misses the easy ones regularly.

 

[SeanJean]

I'm not saying we are as good as UK. We're not. That's obvious. I'm saying pure talent and recruiting wise, we are right where they are, we just aren't translating it into good basketball on the court.

 

[BasketVolKid]

the grizzlies beat OKC without rudy.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

we will see them in march....look at the free throw differential..figures

And probably get destroyed like we did last March.

 

[3rdDown4What?]

Impossible to tell at this point.

Just a prediction
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[Zasnow]

Yes we do. Hopson and Harris are both 5 star top 5 Mc Donalds All Americans (just like Jones and Knight). We have Hall, McRae, Golden, Woolridge, Tatum, who are all top 100 4 star players. We are on paper one of the most talented teams in the country. We just have no idea how to play the game.

Our teams basketball IQ is equivalent to a middle school team

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

We don't have the talent that Kentucky has. They're younger but more talented.

While that is probably true. The freshmen didnt do alot after Lamb cooled off. That Bum Harrelson and ungifted Liggins did the damage. that is an insult to injury.

 

[SeanJean]

Watching him is painful. He can definitely step at times though. There is no Elite 8 last year without him.

It's bittersweet... On one hand, he is a big body that can step up in big games occasionally. On the other hand, his hands are terrible, takes stupid shots and misses the easy ones.

Like I said, he was great against Ohio State last year, yes. I can count the number of times I think he has played well on one hand, and a few of those are against the likes of teams like Auburn, etc.

He's a big, slow, soft body with horrible hands. I don't think it really helps.

 

[Zasnow]

Has it really been 5 years since we won at Rupp?

 

[thagodfather]

Just talking about the offensive disaster we have been since day 1 and the lack of any demands on the players.
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We have a winner.