The Official “Regular Posters of the Basketball Forum” Thread

[VolsSportsFan]

Truthfully for me any 20+ win season that ends in a sweet sixteen is a successful season...EE or more is always above my expectations, just saying this team is good enough to be in the Final Four when they play their best.

Mine was more aimed at the "FF or the season sucked!" posters...which aren't in here so I'm yelling into the void.

 

[cardvolfan]

We lost to South Carolina with arguably the best scorer in Tennessee basketball history on our roster last season. Do we just forget that?

South Carolina absolutely had Florida beat earlier in conference play. Florida was very lucky to pull that one out. Granted it was in Columbia, but I absolutely believe they can beat us Saturday and will be energized to do so. It would make their season a little more palatable to get this win. I think we win, but I know how things just happen at times.

 

[OrangeInKy]

Also in both games a 6'8" Forward who was able to dribble drive had a big day offensively in both games. Carey for Vandy scored 14, Brakefield for Ole Miss scored 19

One thing I noticed in the A&M game was Gainey and others were digging at the ball in those situations ,when a big man was working to the bucket with a defender in front of him. Forced a lot of turnovers that way. I didn’t see much of that last night.

 

[OrangeInKy]

South Carolina absolutely had Florida beat earlier in conference play. Florida was very lucky to pull that one out. Granted it was in Columbia, but I absolutely believe they can beat us Saturday and will be energized to do so. It would make their season a little more palatable to get this win. I think we win, but I know how things just happen at times.

We are going to beat them so bad that Hootie cancels his tour so he can grieve.

 

[VolCalls]

Mine was more aimed at the "FF or the season sucked!" posters...which aren't in here so I'm yelling into the void.

You have to go to the Kentucky board to find those.

 

[OrangeInKy]

You have to go to the Kentucky board to find those.

We’ve got a few

 

[Vols till I fall]

I think the real disturbing thing to me was that we couldn't stop 1 guy, Bakersfield, is there his name? I haven't seen that really happen to Tennessee in quite some time. Everyone knew who was getting the ball, it was him and we just couldn't stop him in the second half and we couldn't get boards which was really weird.

I love Tennessee, Rick Barnes and this team, I think it was just one of those weird nights. We came off of an emotional win and had to travel to Ole Miss on Senior night, lots of stuff was going on.

Okpara is a beast and I don't see us getting worked like that again in the paint. I think this was a good wake up call for us. We were up by like 8 points, late in the second half and just got complacent?

Chalk it up, move on to South Carolina and let's win a natty!!!!!

 

[sami]

We’ve got a few

Fortunately this thread is pretty much free of that garbage. It's the only thread in the BB Forum I visit any more.

 

[sami]

I think the real disturbing thing to me was that we couldn't stop 1 guy, Bakersfield, is there his name? I haven't seen that really happen to Tennessee in quite some time. Everyone knew who was getting the ball, it was him and we just couldn't stop him in the second half and we couldn't get boards which was really weird.

I love Tennessee, Rick Barnes and this team, I think it was just one of those weird nights. We came off of an emotional win and had to travel to Ole Miss on Senior night, lots of stuff was going on.

Okpara is a beast and I don't see us getting worked like that again in the paint. I think this was a good wake up call for us. We were up by like 8 points, late in the second half and just got complacent?

Chalk it up, move on to South Carolina and let's win a natty!!!!!

Agree. Brakefield was just a bad matchup for Felix, and they saw it and just went back to it over and over. Rick didn't have an answer for it, as Mashack just got muscled trying to guard him. What I would tell Felix is just let him shoot 3's, don't go for the pump fake.

I don't disagree on this game being a wakeup call. I don't think we got complacent, but we did get sloppy and they outworked us on the boards. Better to see something that was hard to adjust to now instead of in the NCAA's, and the rebounding will be stressed from here out.