Tennessee Vols Basketball Recruiting

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calban said:
Probably more like mamma took away his Xbox privileges. Taking his ire out on some of us backwood ignants. And just a shame all that knowledge is being wasted because of the tude.
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Just curious. Anyone seen Indy around, lately? 🤔
 
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treali94 said:
You must have missed that outback bowl against Nebraska. Wait are you telling me you don’t know anything about football or basketball? In his time at Tennessee Butch made the post season more frequently than Barnes. He also had more top 25 finishes. You guys make this to easy for me by apparently having complete amnesia.
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Butch had two seasons where his team finished in the top 25 (2015, 2016), same number as Barnes thus far. Butch never led Tennessee to a conference championship game appearance despite the SEC East being weak in his time here. Barnes has led us to 2 of those, although both did end in losses. Barnes also led us to a regular season conference championship last season. Additionally, Butch never led us to a New Year's Six Bowl (absolutely inexcusable given the talent he had in 2015 and 2016). Butch was also horrible in rivalry games. His wins over Georgia came in down seasons for Georgia. He went 0-5 against Bama and 1-4 against Florida while Florida was very vulnerable. Barnes has a winning record against our arch rival Kentucky, a program consistently loaded with McDonald's All Americans. Butch also proceeded to run the football program straight into the dirt. There are plenty more points I could make about how what Butch did here with the football program is laughably inferior compared to what Barnes is doing with the basketball program. The fact you compare Barnes to Butch is comical. I truly hope you're kidding.
 
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#238
Cone would really help on the perimeter he is a Bone type player of course inexperienced but I think would really give us enough at point guard to still win 20 plus games. We need a Grad transfer to replace Williams if there is one out there that could really help. I hope Williams comes back but why would he gonna be in the million dollar draft club guaranteed. Bone don't think he goes first or second. Everything else depends on development of Burns, Fulkerson, and Walker.
 
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#241
Forward and "bigs" I don't know if I'd say I'm less worried, but seems Barnes' style of ball we can survive alright without a big time big.

Walker enters his 3rd season (Admiral, Bone, Kyle all had break out years in their 3rd season)
Fulkerson has given us good minutes and enters his 3rd season
Burns is the 2nd highest graded/ranked recruit Barnes has (James is now #1) and he had the benefit of sitting an entire season (and being healthy) to learn the system and improve condition

Wildcards: Pember (incoming freshman, arguably the best offensive big on the team from his first day on campus) & Kent (size wise he's the best potential replacement for Kyle...this will be his 3rd season he's had injury issues and got a redshirt so we'll see if he is 100% and able to give any sort of production)
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Forward and "bigs" I don't know if I'd say I'm less worried, but seems Barnes' style of ball we can survive alright without a big time big.

Walker enters his 3rd season (Admiral, Bone, Kyle all had break out years in their 3rd season)
Fulkerson has given us good minutes and enters his 3rd season
Burns is the 2nd highest graded/ranked recruit Barnes has (James is now #1) and he had the benefit of sitting an entire season (and being healthy) to learn the system and improve condition

Wildcards: Pember (incoming freshman, arguably the best offensive big on the team from his first day on campus) & Kent (size wise he's the best potential replacement for Kyle...this will be his 3rd season he's had injury issues and got a redshirt so we'll see if he is 100% and able to give any sort of production)
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Pember is interesting because he was a guard that hit a big growth spurt. I see him being a stretch 4.
 
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Big time vol said:
My question is if he needs way more beef to keep from getting pushed out to the head of the circle
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I don’t think so. I mean he could probably use a little bit of weight, but he wouldn’t be a project. He’s a kid who I think could contribute day one.


He’s a four star too, fyi.
 
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Big time vol said:
My question is if he needs way more beef to keep from getting pushed out to the head of the circle
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Clayton from GA was 6 10, 190lbs, and is still kind of lean for his size; however that hasn’t stopped him from being a force down low.

I know the two are very different, and Clayton can certainly move with the ball......but size wise the lack of weight has not affected him.
 
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Dallasbowlin said:
I don’t think so. I mean he could probably use a little bit of weight, but he wouldn’t be a project. He’s a kid who I think could contribute day one.


He’s a four star too, fyi.
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Hes not a project at all from a skills perspective and could likely provide something from day 1. However, look at the guy. Look at his arms. Literally not an ounce of muscle (or fat, even) on him. The guy makes an 18-year old Dirk Nowitzki look like Brian Williams. He is currently 6-11 and 190 pounds. That is actually kind of scary thin. Can you imagine him trying to back down Naz Reid, Daniel Gafford, or Nick Richard's? He would be relegated to getting most of his action outside the paint simply due to not being able to get to the paint. Those guys would fold him up quick.
 
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JoAllan said:
Clayton from GA was 6 10, 190lbs, and is still kind of lean for his size; however that hasn’t stopped him from being a force down low.

I know the two are very different, and Clayton can certainly move with the ball......but size wise the lack of weight has not affected him.
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Claxton is listed at 6-11, 220.
 
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