The Official #1 Tennessee vs. Western Carolina Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, SEC Network+

[walkenvol]

Did I just imagine Bowden won SEC 6th man of the year?

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Did I just imagine Bowden won SEC 6th man of the year?

Must have confused him with Turner in 2018

2020
Second Team All-SEC: Fulky
All-Defensive Team: Pons
Defensive Player of the Year: Pons

2019
First Team All-SEC: Grant & Admiral
Second Team All-SEC: Bone
Player of the Year: Grant

2018
First Team All-SEC: Grant
Second Team All-SEC: Admiral
Coach of the Year: Barnes
Player of the Year: Grant
Co-Sixth-Man of the Year: Turner

2017
Second Team All-SEC: Hubbs III
All-Freshman: Grant

 

[Lefteye]

Still remember my thoughts on how good Hubbs was gonna be coming out of high school. Iirc, he didn’t go to prep school, and instead played the 4 and 5 his sr year. UT may or may not have gotten him if he did, but I think he would have been better served playing his natural positions with/against better competition.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Still remember my thoughts on how good Hubbs was gonna be coming out of high school. Iirc, he didn’t go to prep school, and instead played the 4 and 5 his sr year. UT may or may not have gotten him if he did, but I think he would have been better served playing his natural positions with/against better competition.

Sadly that 1 year with Donnie ball we had a few guys that kind of played out of position.

Hubbs unfortunately was here for 3 different coaches and I think that's what held him back. Recruited by Martin and played 1 year with him, then it was Donnie who for whatever stupid reason played small ball only and really had no front court (Derek Reese at 6'8" was the biggest guy that regularly saw the court) and then finally Hubbs had Barnes his last 2 years, which surprising no one were his 2 best seasons production wise. He was one of those guys that kind of stopped taking 3s though under Barnes.

 

[Lefteye]

Sadly that 1 year with Donnie ball we had a few guys that kind of played out of position.

Hubbs unfortunately was here for 3 different coaches and I think that's what held him back. Recruited by Martin and played 1 year with him, then it was Donnie who for whatever stupid reason played small ball only and really had no front court (Derek Reese at 6'8" was the biggest guy that regularly saw the court) and then finally Hubbs had Barnes his last 2 years, which surprising no one were his 2 best seasons production wise. He was one of those guys that kind of stopped taking 3s though under Barnes.

So it wouldn’t have benefited him playing his natural position senior yr? I understand the coaching change argument but don’t agree because none of them had him consistently playing out of position

 

[MoCo_Vol]

So it wouldn’t have benefited him playing his natural position senior yr? I understand the coaching change argument but don’t agree because none of them had him consistently playing out of position

I’m saying his last 2 years, he did play his natural position under Barnes & had his best production.

Unless you’re saying guard wasn’t his natural position?

 

[Lefteye]

I’m saying his last 2 years, he did play his natural position under Barnes & had his best production.

Unless you’re saying guard wasn’t his natural position?

Nah, we’re agreeing I think

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

Did Turner replace him in the starting lineup?

In 2018-19

Turner started 19 of 28 games he appeared in
Bowden started 5 of 36 games he appeared in
Pons started 13 of 35 games he appeared in

The 4 regular starters (all played in 37 games with 37 starts) were Grant Williams, Admiral Schofield, Jordan Bone, Kyle Alexander

Bowden however saw 27.8 mpg that season, which was 5th on the team

Yes. Bowden sitting for the tip was driven by the fact that he seemed to be nervous in a starting role and very relaxed coming off the bench. After they discovered that, they stuck with it.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

Did Turner replace him in the starting lineup?

Generally speaking, yes. We swapped out lineups a few ways, but they just moved him to a sixth man role as he seemed to do better coming in after the jitters wore off.