The Official #12 Tennessee vs. Colorado Game Thread, 6:00 PM ET, SEC Network+

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#652
omghulkhands said:
Vescovi is one of the best set shooters we’ve ever had. Pretty clear with just about a half season of tape.

I’d like to see us run more offense to get him free. I’d also like to see him evolve into a catch and shoot or shoot off a screen type player. I think he is capable.
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Kid is scary imo. Still needs some refinement, but he is clearly showing the potential to be a top SEC PG with the shooting skills of a top SEC 3-point shooter. If he continues to improve and get comfortable, oh my goodness.
 
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PulaskiVolFan said:
Going to be a tough opener to win I think. They're pretty big, have experienced and are well coached. A big physical veteran team playing their 3rd game vs us in our 1st game all without any practice the last 2 weeks is probably not ideal if you're looking for wins but is exactly what we need. Potential to be a good game I think. They'll play us tough as it would be a tournament resume building win for them, Barnes will likely treat it more as a scrimmage game just to see what he's got, similar to what the kittens and their coaches do every year.
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And our basketball vans are ignorant beyond intelligence! Our fans are imbeciles!
 
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sccshortstop said:
Maybe best looking smoothest shot technique since Alan Houston !
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I can’t go there. Allan was smooth as silk and was maybe the best ever in orange to take a dribble or two and then launch 22-25 footers. He had a great release and elevation. Vescovi is closer to Michael Brooks with the catch and shoot, but MB was every bit as smooth as Allan. Vescovi has kind of a unique shot IMO.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I can’t go there. Allan was smooth as silk and was maybe the best ever in orange to take a dribble or two and then launch 22-25 footers. He had a great release and elevation. Vescovi is closer to Michael Brooks with the catch and shoot, but MB was every bit as smooth as Allan. Vescovi has kind of a unique shot IMO.
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Tyrone Beamon/M Brooks combo reminds me of Vescovi.
 
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#659
Was a weird feeling even though Colorado got it close and never really went away just never felt like there was any danger of losing the game.
 
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#660
VonVol2 said:
My favorite non Vol of all time. And yeah. I felt a couple times there was nobody there. Two dribbles and wreck the rim. Not only 2 points but demoralizing for the opponent.
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I got to meet him and hear him speak once. That was awesome! The Hawks were fun back when the Human Highlight Reel was part of the show.
 
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PulaskiVolFan said:
Tyrone Beamon/M Brooks combo reminds me of Vescovi.
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I can’t imagine how deadly Brooks would have been had he played with a 3-PL. he had Lofton-like range.

Fred Jenkins/Tony White was one of my favorite guard combos to ever play in Stokely. Jimmy England/Mike Edwards was another (or Bill Justus/Jimmy England a couple years earlier).
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I can’t imagine how deadly Brooks would have been had he played with a 3-PL. he had Lofton-like range.

Fred Jenkins/Tony White was one of my favorite guard combos to ever play in Stokely. Jimmy England/Mike Edwards was another (or Bill Justus/Jimmy England a couple years earlier).
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Springer has a bunch of Fred Jenkins traits in his game, especially his strength. We played Fred back in high school, he was probably my 1st favorite player to watch in college.
 
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PulaskiVolFan said:
Springer has a bunch of Fred Jenkins traits in his game, especially his strength. We played Fred back in high school, he was probably my 1st favorite player to watch in college.
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Fred wasn’t the greatest outside shooter but one of our best perimeter defenders ever. Pretty solid ball handler as well... he kind of had a Magic Johnson-like style to his point play,
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Fred wasn’t the greatest outside shooter but one of our best perimeter defenders ever. Pretty solid ball handler as well... he kind of had a Magic Johnson-like style to his point play,
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He was big, strong and confident back in HS, one of the best to ever come out of the midstate.
 
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#669
ricepatty said:
I think we will be fine against zone with Rick Barnes. Just rusty with limited practices. We beat Washington last year who ran zone all game.
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We didn't crash the boards from the wings on the offensive end much tonight. Barnes will add that to the plan. Barnes is probably glad we struggled a bit vs it tonight, I don't think we will struggle much going forward but it'll still be one of our weaknesses all season.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I can’t go there. Allan was smooth as silk and was maybe the best ever in orange to take a dribble or two and then launch 22-25 footers. He had a great release and elevation. Vescovi is closer to Michael Brooks with the catch and shoot, but MB was every bit as smooth as Allan. Vescovi has kind of a unique shot IMO.
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Chris Lofton had the sweetest shot with Houston a close second.
 
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#672
We really took Wright out of his game. Hope we can count on neutralizing opponents too guards consistently like we did tonight
 
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#673
Volfan1000 said:
Chris Lofton had the sweetest shot with Houston a close second.
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I thought that Lofton leaned back and faded away a little to compensate for his height. Allan Houston’s stroke was textbook flawless IMO.

BTW, I thought that Tony White leaned forward just a tad. Allan, straight up with a release at the apex of his jump. Allan could also square up perfectly even after making a lateral move. It’s criminal that Allan never played in the NCAAT.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I thought that Lofton leaned back and faded away a little to compensate for his height. Allan Houston’s stroke was textbook flawless IMO.

BTW, I thought that Tony White leaned forward just a tad. Allan, straight up with a release at the apex of his jump. Allan could also square up perfectly even after making a lateral move. It’s criminal that Allan never played in the NCAAT.
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White definitely leaned forward with his shot, but he was never a great shooter, he would just will 'em in, more of a slasher, scorer, imo. But, a balla and probably my favorite all-time Vol, I remember Johnson and Ellis, but not Ernie and Bernie
 
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The Dog said:
White definitely leaned forward with his shot, but he was never a great shooter, he would just will 'em in, more of a slasher, scorer, imo. But, a balla and probably my favorite all-time Vol, I remember Johnson and Ellis, but not Ernie and Bernie
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White utilized that three point line. But his strength was driving and pulling up with the off balance 12-15 footers. Not a guy that could be given space anywhere on the court. Lots of movement in his offensive game. Odd form, but effective.
 
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