The Official #22 Tennessee @ #18 Kentucky Game Thread, 1:00 PM ET, ESPN

Powell 1for 3 on wide open 3’s and is getting torched on D. That’s a negative impact
The powell shot was an off the driblle shot he made before the TV timeout. He was waiting to check back in. But at the time I said what I said
We had ZZ, SV JJ, O, Uros on the floor, thats a terrible lineup
 
Fulky, JJJ, and Olivier make up 60% of our starting lineup. You just can’t be a championship level team when you have to rely so heavily on players of that quality. Simply not good enough
 
Think BHH would have a great shot, if he received some coaching....
If you can’t play better than Uros then you aren’t in the same universe as a draftable player. It takes more than some fat guy in a suit slapping 5 stars by your name to get paid.
 
It’s going to be close. We better finish 17-11 or better. 16-12, which is very realistic, and no.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Folks proclaiming at this point that TN doesn’t make the tournament know very little about basketball.

9th in net rankings
13th in Kenpom
15th ranked Strength of Schedule

3 quad 1Wins including over #2 AZ, #33 NC
0 quad 2,3, or 4 losses

You can be mad about losing to ranked teams, but this team has done absolutely nothing at this point to jeopardize making the NCAA tournament.
 
Watch the 2nd half and James closely. He never puts pressure on the defense with the drive. If he does he "will not" shoot it besides that buzzer bester. He will turn it over before he shoots it. His counterparts on Kentucky don't have that problem.
 
We’ve beaten them a few times in Rupp, and ya know Cal has reminded them.

Full arena with crowd energy, both ranked and they came out on fire. We need to keep the intensity going and hopefully they cool off and tire out.
 
We'll see what happens. Obviously not an ideal situation, but obviously a lot of basketball left. They're hitting contested shots, and history shows we should slow that down. The question is can we continue shooting around 50%?
Think both teams will regress toward their means, but problem is we are in too big of a hole
 
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Folks proclaiming at this point that TN doesn’t make the tournament know very little about basketball.

9th in net rankings
13th in Kenpom
15th ranked Strength of Schedule

3 quad 1Wins including over #2 AZ, #33 NC
0 quad 2,3, or 4 losses

You can be mad about losing to ranked teams, but this team has done absolutely nothing at this point to jeopardize making the NCAA tournament.
You may be right, but the key phrase you stated was “ to this point”. Even if we do make the tourney it will be another 1 game exit
 
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Folks proclaiming at this point that TN doesn’t make the tournament know very little about basketball.

9th in net rankings
13th in Kenpom
15th ranked Strength of Schedule

3 quad 1Wins including over #2 AZ, #33 NC
0 quad 2,3, or 4 losses

You can be mad about losing to ranked teams, but this team has done absolutely nothing at this point to jeopardize making the NCAA tournament.
Theyll make it. Theyre just not going very far.
 
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Folks proclaiming at this point that TN doesn’t make the tournament know very little about basketball.

9th in net rankings
13th in Kenpom
15th ranked Strength of Schedule

3 quad 1Wins including over #2 AZ, #33 NC
0 quad 2,3, or 4 losses

You can be mad about losing to ranked teams, but this team has done absolutely nothing at this point to jeopardize making the NCAA tournament.
Say it all you want but if we finish 16-12, which is under .500 in conference then lose in the first game of the SEC tournament then we aren’t making it. It’s a very real possibility at this point so take your huh horse and numbers elsewhere. Wins and losses.
 
Powell may have been better off to have stayed at AU w/Pearl. He wouldn't have been pressured to play D there, just score. He probably couldn't crack their starting lineup but would get more minuets. D is just not his thing so he doesn't fit Barnes style.
 
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