The Official #18 Tennessee vs. East Tennessee State Game Thread, 12:00 PM ET, SEC Network

#201
#201
volinbama256 said:
Vescovi is just not that consistently good. Still afraid to finish inside and instantly looks to pass back outside. Has missed about 25 shots today... Powell is so far being underutilized and should IMO straight up replace Vescovi at this point. Lots of potential on our team, it's going to be fun to watch how these guys gel and what we can do against all the big boys Barnes has scheduled... pretty crazy out of conference match ups if you really look... unfortunately we will take some L's on those because they are early in the season and if we catch them in the tourney I think will be a different outcome.
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More to the game than just scoring, something Powell is still learning and likely why he isn’t getting more minutes yet.

Santi is the effort guy he & Fulky have a motor that’s always on.
 
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volinbama256 said:
Vescovi is just not that consistently good. Still afraid to finish inside and instantly looks to pass back outside. Has missed about 25 shots today... Powell is so far being underutilized and should IMO straight up replace Vescovi at this point. Lots of potential on our team, it's going to be fun to watch how these guys gel and what we can do against all the big boys Barnes has scheduled... pretty crazy out of conference match ups if you really look... unfortunately we will take some L's on those because they are early in the season and if we catch them in the tourney I think will be a different outcome.
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Hope we just improve so we can bloody up our enemies in conference play. Don’t want to lose to LSU or Auburn this year
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
More to the game than just scoring, something Powell is still learning and likely why he isn’t getting more minutes yet.

Santi is the effort guy he & Fulky have a motor that’s always on.
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Santi threw three out of bounds/bad passes, along with tons of missed shots against ETSU... He's got experience and a high motor yes I agree... not gonna change my mind here though... you might be changing your mind in a few weeks when we play some big boys and Santi is still bricking three's and Powell is still hitting them...
 
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#208
Unconditional Surrender said:
Hope we just improve so we can bloody up our enemies in conference play. Don’t want to lose to LSU or Auburn this year
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We are very deep, so Barnes is probably struggling a bit to find the right fit of guys who play off each other... We will definitely look different in a few months with all these guys getting minutes under their belts and starting to gel with one another.
 
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#209
volinbama256 said:
Vescovi is just not that consistently good. Still afraid to finish inside and instantly looks to pass back outside. Has missed about 25 shots today... Powell is so far being underutilized and should IMO straight up replace Vescovi at this point. Lots of potential on our team, it's going to be fun to watch how these guys gel and what we can do against all the big boys Barnes has scheduled... pretty crazy out of conference match ups if you really look... unfortunately we will take some L's on those because they are early in the season and if we catch them in the tourney I think will be a different outcome.
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Love Vescovi but if he is not hitting open 3s. Powell should take his minutes.
 
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#210
volinbama256 said:
We are very deep, so Barnes is probably struggling a bit to find the right fit of guys who play off each other... We will definitely look different in a few months with all these guys getting minutes under their belts and starting to gel with one another.
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We're not deep in the post, and that concerns me.
 
#212
#212
USAFgolferVol said:
It hasn't been that long ago that travelling was called in an extremely strict manner in college. You're right that the college refs are more influenced by the NBA game, or more likely, directed to be less strict.
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Probably a little of both. Although I would say the decision/rule makers are influenced in how they instruct the game to be called by the NBA
 
#214
#214
volinbama256 said:
Santi threw three out of bounds/bad passes, along with tons of missed shots against ETSU... He's got experience and a high motor yes I agree... not gonna change my mind here though... you might be changing your mind in a few weeks when we play some big boys and Santi is still bricking three's and Powell is still hitting them...
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Powell had 1 rebound. He’s 6’6” and playing against ETSU. No other stats except points.

Santi missed a few 3s, but they weren’t bad shots. I’m just saying Barnes wants effort from his guys on both sides of the court. It’s why James & Santi are starters over Bailey & Powell.

If Powell starts playing a more complete game he’s definitely got the ability to start, not denying that. He’s a great shooter and scorer, really impressed with his ability to handle the dribble and drive as well.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Powell had 1 rebound. He’s 6’6” and playing against ETSU. No other stats except points.

Santi missed a few 3s, but they weren’t bad shots. I’m just saying Barnes wants effort from his guys on both sides of the court. It’s why James & Santi are starters over Bailey & Powell.

If Powell starts playing a more complete game he’s definitely got the ability to start, not denying that. He’s a great shooter and scorer, really impressed with his ability to handle the dribble and drive as well.
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Powell is like Eric Gordon for Houston the last few years. His stat line always ends up as something like 18 points, 1 assist, 1 rebound, 0 steals, 0 blocks, 5-14 from 3, 1-1 from the ft line.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
Powell is like Eric Gordon for Houston the last few years. His stat line always ends up as something like 18 points, 1 assist, 1 rebound, 0 steals, 0 blocks, 5-14 from 3, 1-1 from the ft line.
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And there will be games where we’ll need Powell on the court just to score. But if he wants to start for Barnes he’s gotta play tougher on defense & rebounding.
 
#222
#222
MoCo_Vol said:
More to the game than just scoring, something Powell is still learning and likely why he isn’t getting more minutes yet.

Santi is the effort guy he & Fulky have a motor that’s always on.
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I said he was terrible after last game. He is what he is. Good if we need a pickup. Not good if we need him to win.
 
#224
#224
MoCo_Vol said:
I disagree, but I’m not going to try and argue it. People are welcome to like who they like.

I like how Santi plays definitely not the most talented guy on the team though.
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He’s a three point guy that I could come close to staying with in the court. He drives to the basket for no reason. He should play like Humphreys did for the national championship gators back in the day. Problem is he doesn’t he drives for no reason and doesn’t hit his wide open shots.
If he hits a shot in his first two attempts give him two more. If he misses them. Pull him.
 
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