The Official #18 Tennessee vs. Lenoir-Rhyne Exhibition Game Thread, 3:00 PM ET, SEC Network+

[mr.checkerboards]

Well keep doing it

 

[vanillagorilla]

 

[berryvol]

Pons woulda had 10 blocks today haha. It looks like BHH will be good on the glass tho at least

Don’t think our team has a single block

Yeah, seeing BHH grab 12 boards has me pumped. If he can step up and grab 8 or so a night, that will be massive for this team.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

Well keep doing it

let's ride

 

[MR FRENCH'S]

Mashack looks like Pons lite out there. He runs like him and his shot even looks similar.

Disagree, his shot looks way more natural, Pons looked like he was forcing it.

 

[omghulkhands]

Does this team have any real weakness?

I’d say rebounding is a question mark. And Pons plugged a lot of holes, so we’ll need to see what that looks like without him.

 

[MR FRENCH'S]

I’d say rebounding is a question mark. And Pons plugged a lot of holes, so we’ll need to see what that looks like without him.

I think Fulkerson helps with that.

 

[sechamp2012]

What was final score? we beat Lenoir Rhyne in 2018 I think 86 to 31

 

[TheMookieMonster]

What was final score? we beat Lenoir Rhyne in 2018 I think 86 to 31

103-62

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

What was final score? we beat Lenoir Rhyne in 2018 I think 86 to 31

That was before they brought in Mt Cody though

 

[Willy14]

@bleedingTNorange going to do a postgame write-up?

 

[VolGee4]

What was final score? we beat Lenoir Rhyne in 2018 I think 86 to 31

86-41

 

[cardvolfan]

Mashack will be a rotation guy. He’s a glue trap.

He’s a bigger, stronger Gaines. More polished, too.

 

[cardvolfan]

BHH is clearly very talented. Don’t want to make too many assumptions based on an exhibition game, but he just looks like the better player compared with ORN.

I think BHH is significantly better than ON.

 

[i2amavol]

Does this team have any real weakness? The only thing I can think of is a dominate presence on defense. We had pons and before that Gant. Not sure if we have a guy that will have 50 blocks. And I wouldn’t consider that an issue

We have depth, inside scoring, shooters, bigs, a true Point, players that have experience and can be leaders. A complete team

I don't see any issues on offense. I do not see a dominant defense right now, but one that has potential. Too many newcomers to expect dominance right now, I suppose.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

The Hogs were missing 2 key players, but still quite an interesting score here.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

I really think Tennessee can compete with UK this year for the SEC regular season if we can get Auburn and LSU off our backs.

 

[OrangeBeachVol]

Barnes has more then held his own against KY the last 3 yrs, and agree its Auburn, Bama, LSU that seems to give us more problems.

 

[TrippieRedd]

Again, was really impressed by ZZ.

 

[i2amavol]

I think BHH is significantly better than ON.

I don't see how you don't give him all the minutes he can handle. He and Chandler obviously looked like difference-makers.

I think the jury is still out on ON's progression. I wasn't overly impressed with him today, but the upper classmen may not have been as motivated as the younger guys, for an exhibition game.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I don't see how you don't give him all the minutes he can handle. He and Chandler obviously looked like difference-makers.

I think the jury is still out on ON's progression. I wasn't overly impressed with him today, but the upper classmen may not have been as motivated as the younger guys, for an exhibition game.

I think that ON has the ability to be a solid contributor. I think that he needs to see the floor to bring out the confidence that IMO resulted in his game not hitting stride the last couple of seasons. So I think that it is a good idea to spark the competition for minutes between ON and BHH instead of granting them to BHH based on his potential. I’d rather have two solid contributors.

 

[USAFgolferVol]

So much more fluid shot than last season.

It was much better last season than his freshman year. Indicative of continuous improvement, which is indicative of coaching and development

 

[VolArmy74]

Pons will be badly missed this year

Barnes mentioned that after the game today. Said we'd really miss Pons shot blocking but he believed Fulky has it in him to be a great defender and block some shots himself.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

The midrange shot haters are going to love this team. Think they took maybe 2 all day

Had 44 point in the paint, and 51 points on 3-point shots = 95 of the 103 ppoints. 6 points on free throws. The stats back you up,SGM.