The Georgia Postgame Report

#28
#28
orangeballs great stat regarding bench scoring being 41-13.. that's really huge for UGA. we don't get a lot of scoring from our starting group (not counting kcp of course) usually since a few are basically in there due to experience instead of being able to score so when our bench isn't putting the ball in the basket we don't win. uga isn't a bad team though.. in our last 11 game where we are 7-4 we held the lead in the final 3 minutes in all 11 games.
 
#29
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TooLegit2Quit said:
As per usual:

As Trae Golden goes, so goes the team. It's just really that simple.
edit: When Kenny Hall is your second leading scorer, you lost the game.
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It is. Cut and dry. Plain and simple. However you want to say it
 
#31
#31
Those 3 blocks early in the paint by georgia were huge. Tennessee backed off and were throwing up bricks. Not McDizzy...he played a fanastic game. Everyone on that team owes him an apology for a pathetic performance.
 
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#32
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7thgroupvolfan said:
Those 3 blocks early in the paint by georgia were huge. Tennessee backed off and were throwing up bricks. Not McDizzy...he played a fanastic game. Everyone on that team owes him an apology for a pathetic performance.
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I felt bad for him, sounding like he was ready to cry post game. He really put his all out there and is a very emotional player...he quickly becoming one of my favorite VOLS. watching him progress and grow up has been awesome, so happy for him.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Your last paragraph is spot on. A loss to Mizzou would have been much more excusable than one to UGA or Auburn.

Also, we have been bad out of the gate in several games lately. It makes it difficult to overcome and impose your will when you start like we have lately.
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I mainly meant out of the gate for the season, but we do that in games too. Just a bad loss. We have to have a better Nov-Dec next year or we'll be in the same boat next year.

As much good as they had done for over two weeks, this is a step back. If I was on a committee and saw that UT had gotten swept by UGA, I'd have a hard time giving them a bid. UGA's not horrible, but they're not good either. The SEC as a whole isn't good.

UT is going to have a hard time making a case for itself against other SEC bubble teams like Bama and Ole Miss after this loss. Bama has a bad loss at Auburn, but they didn't lose to them at home like we did UGA. Golden being out really screwed us in that home game.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
I felt bad for him, sounding like he was ready to cry post game. He really put his all out there and is a very emotional player...he quickly becoming one of my favorite VOLS. watching him progress and grow up has been awesome, so happy for him.
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If anything he is at a minimum the most improved player in the SEC, if not POY.
 
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ZeroDarkThirty said:
orangeballs great stat regarding bench scoring being 41-13.. that's really huge for UGA. we don't get a lot of scoring from our starting group (not counting kcp of course) usually since a few are basically in there due to experience instead of being able to score so when our bench isn't putting the ball in the basket we don't win. uga isn't a bad team though.. in our last 11 game where we are 7-4 we held the lead in the final 3 minutes in all 11 games.
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That's really the story of the game other than Golden and Stokes not being effective and UT's bench being a no show other than Hall.

I think Fox is a good coach. For some reason or another though, he hasn't had the results this year. They've been in a lot of games as you said, but haven't sealed the deal a lot of times. Fox has outcoached Martin though. No denying that. I think if Fox had Martin's roster and Martin had Fox's roster this game wouldn't have been close. Pearl used to own UGA. Those days are over as long as Fox is there.
 
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j rich is struggling on both ends of the floor, which doesn't help.

Ga had fun and played loose and hard. We didn't. Amazing how many times the team with nothing to lose plays better.
 
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7thgroupvolfan said:
Those 3 blocks early in the paint by georgia were huge. Tennessee backed off and were throwing up bricks. Not McDizzy...he played a fanastic game. Everyone on that team owes him an apology for a pathetic performance.
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yep that was a huge start to the game and when i saw that i had a feeling about today's game and our defensive intensity.
 
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OrangeBalls said:
That's really the story of the game other than Golden and Stokes not being effective and UT's bench being a no show other than Hall.

I think Fox is a good coach. For some reason or another though, he hasn't had the results this year. They've been in a lot of games as you said, but haven't sealed the deal a lot of times. Fox has outcoached Martin though. No denying that. I think if Fox had Martin's roster and Martin had Fox's roster this game wouldn't have been close. Pearl used to own UGA. Those days are over as long as Fox is there.
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they just played to win. Simple as that. Noone for Ga was hesitant or scared. Nobody walked around.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Your last paragraph is spot on. A loss to Mizzou would have been much more excusable than one to UGA or Auburn.
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I actually would've taken a loss today over loss to Missouri, am, Florida or auburn.

If you were gonna lose one IMO today was the one to lose.
 
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Spartacavolus said:
j rich is struggling on both ends of the floor, which doesn't help.

Ga had fun and played loose and hard. We didn't. Amazing how many times the team with nothing to lose plays better.
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That's why I wanted to come out fast. You let then stick around and all of a sudden it's a game that makes their season.
 
#41
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Spartacavolus said:
they just played to win. Simple as that. Noone for Ga was hesitant or scared. Nobody walked around.
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Wasn't able to watch much. Kept up with Rucker tweets and saw the stats. The haltime stats were glaring. Stokes and Golden both had zero field goals at the half. Fox scouts the hell outta UT.

Was Stokes flat footed? Golden taking errant shots and forcing shots?
 
#42
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bleedingTNorange said:
I actually would've taken a loss today over loss to Missouri, am, Florida or auburn.

If you were gonna lose one IMO today was the one to lose.
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Disagree. The committee looks at who you lost to as much as who you beat. Mizzou and Fla are in the NCAA's. Mizzou has two really good OOC wins. We don't. I'd rather have the two wins in the bag against UGA and Auburn and nothing to lose against a good team.

Auburn is terrible but even Pearl struggled against them down there. If they can beat Bama, they can beat UT. Lose that one and it's NIT time unless they pull a small miracle in Nashville.
 
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OrangeBalls said:
I mainly meant out of the gate for the season, but we do that in games too. Just a bad loss. We have to have a better Nov-Dec next year or we'll be in the same boat next year.

As much good as they had done for over two weeks, this is a step back. If I was on a committee and saw that UT had gotten swept by UGA, I'd have a hard time giving them a bid. UGA's not horrible, but they're not good either. The SEC as a whole isn't good.

UT is going to have a hard time making a case for itself against other SEC bubble teams like Bama and Ole Miss after this loss. Bama has a bad loss at Auburn, but they didn't lose to them at home like we did UGA. Golden being out really screwed us in that home game.
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My bad. I thought you meant slow out of the gate in games, not seasons. Both statements are true in any case.

As for Golden's contributions vs UGA, one could argue he contributed more from the bench in the first game than he did in this game. He was awful in every phase.
 
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cncchris33 said:
My bad. I thought you meant slow out of the gate in games, not seasons. Both statements are true in any case.

As for Golden's contributions vs UGA, one could argue he contributed more from the bench in the first game than he did in this game. He was awful in every phase.
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I was afraid of that with Golden. We have such a small margin for error when he isn't having a good game. If he and either Stokes or McRae are off then we usually lose.
 
#45
#45
BadJerry20 said:
I feel bad for Jordy, kid played his tail off, nobody else even showed up. Well except Kenny, I can't believe I just said that.
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I laughed a little but. I can't believe you said that either but you're right.
 
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OrangeBalls said:
Wasn't able to watch much. Kept up with Rucker tweets and saw the stats. The haltime stats were glaring. Stokes and Golden both had zero field goals at the half. Fox scouts the hell outta UT.

Was Stokes flat footed? Golden taking errant shots and forcing shots?
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Golden was walking around all night, from the onset. Then we would run our motion offense and work the clock down. Stokes had guys pinned early at times but we didn't go to him today. We backed it out. Then we would go to him late and the double team with length bothered him.
Just played tight and didn't coach well today. Fortunate McRae did what he did or we would've lost by 25 or so.
I just don't understand running a 4 guard set and milking the shot clock. Makes zero sense.
 
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#48
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OrangeBalls said:
Disagree. The committee looks at who you lost to as much as who you beat. Mizzou and Fla are in the NCAA's. Mizzou has two really good OOC wins. We don't. I'd rather have the two wins in the bag against UGA and Auburn and nothing to lose against a good team.

Auburn is terrible but even Pearl struggled against them down there. If they can beat Bama, they can beat UT. Lose that one and it's NIT time unless they pull a small miracle in Nashville.
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Agree and we only had one bad loss, so it's not like we have a mountain of bad losses. The fact both are to the same team actually looks a little better, as if you just don't match up well with them.

The NCAA committee weighs a TON on home games and protecting your home court, that's one reason why Missouri was always basically a must win. We also need the RPI top 50 wins, more than we need the no bad losses (hope that makes sense), and Missouri provides that.

RPI drop today will be about the same as RPI gain we would get from beating Missouri, obviously beating Missouri looks great. RPI loss of losing to them would have actually likely dropped us MORE than the loss today. Right now our RPI and probably top 50 wins are our weakest areas, beating Missouri helps both, and only adding a 2nd bad loss isn't bad. Look at the other bubble teams, most have at least 2 bad losses.
 
#49
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OrangeBalls said:
Wasn't able to watch much. Kept up with Rucker tweets and saw the stats. The haltime stats were glaring. Stokes and Golden both had zero field goals at the half. Fox scouts the hell outta UT.

Was Stokes flat footed? Golden taking errant shots and forcing shots?
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Stokes played pretty well offensively. We just didn't get him the ball much for some reason. Most of his shots were putbacks off of rebounds or loose balls. He had double-digit rebounds. Golden just looked disinterested and frustrated. He never got going. Just wasn't with it today and was saddled with foul trouble whick likely contributed to his frustration.
 
#50
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cncchris33 said:
Why?
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See post above...short answer is that we need the good wins. We only had one bad loss and IMO a good win over Missouri on our resume is > than bad loss to UGA. If we had 3 or 4 bad losses id agree, but we only had one, look at how many other bubble teams have.
 
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