The Official #6 Tennessee vs. LSU Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, SEC Network

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#601
Orangeslide said:
Not trying to be negative, but don’t think we will win out. If we go 7-2 we will be in the mix. That would put us at 14-4. May not be enough to secure the 1 seed, but we shall see. We need to beat Auburn at home and that will give them 3 and hope someone else will get hot and beat them. I’m betting that Bama and Carolina will lose at least twice more too.
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Agree, nobody is winning out. Not us or anybody we are tied with in the loss column. This is not 1965 college basketball.
 
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chuckiepoo said:
…out there by himself… makes me wonder…
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I kinda look at it like a golfer who just wasn't comfortable with his swing or putting. Just go out afterward and tweak things. I know when I have a bad round, it kinda bugs me. I can't let it go until I grab a bucket and figure things out.
 
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CAVPUT said:
I kinda look at it like a golfer who just wasn't comfortable with his swing or putting. Just go out afterward and tweak things. I know when I have a bad round, it kinda bugs me. I can't let it go until I grab a bucket and figure things out.
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Sometimes practicing after an uncomfortable day isn't a good thing. Especially if you picked up a bad habit.
 
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#606
Woodlawn VOL said:
Vescovi does have to look for his shot more. 2-3 shots a game is not nearly enough. GBO
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I've said it before. Vescovi isn't the player he was; well his Freshman year. Something is wrong. He should be his best ever in his Senior year. I think he has a Health issue, but I have no evidence other than what I see, a step slower and his shot is off. And we will likely never know.......
 
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#607
RockyTop140 said:
Saying “sometimes getting up big can make you take your foot off the gas” is true, but it doesn’t make it acceptable. Nobodies being unreasonable by being disgusted how we’ve let them back into this.
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Yep, I was definitely going; "Are they actually going to lose this game?""
 
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#608
JohnWardForever said:
I've said it before. Vescovi isn't the player he was; well his Freshman year. Something is wrong. He should be his best ever in his Senior year. I think he has a Health issue, but I have no evidence other than what I see, a step slower and his shot is off. And we will likely never know.......
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Is his shot off? Maybe you can argue that. But it’s tough to realize how big of a change it is when the role you play switches from one season to the next. We’ve brought in 2 guys this year with one of them scoring a plethora of points and the other is starting to get hot. Vescovi has fell into the role of being a game manager. He’s our 2nd facilitator. He’s not going to have the same volume as he used to have. If he did, you’re taking volume away from Knecht and other guys. What we see now would not be the case if Vescovi is putting up his same number of shots we’re used to him taking.

BUT, I do agree that we still need him taking and hitting shots. There will be games where we’ll need his scoring production. But not at the expense of our other scorers.
 
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#609
BallerVolFan said:
Is his shot off? Maybe you can argue that. But it’s tough to realize how big of a change it is when the role you play switches from one season to the next. We’ve brought in 2 guys this year with one of them scoring a plethora of points and the other is starting to get hot. Vescovi has fell into the role of being a game manager. He’s our 2nd facilitator. He’s not going to have the same volume as he used to have. If he did, you’re taking volume away from Knecht and other guys. What we see now would not be the case if Vescovi is putting up his same number of shots we’re used to him taking.

BUT, I do agree that we still need him taking and hitting shots. There will be games where we’ll need his scoring production. But not at the expense of our other scorers.
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The issue last night was that he was passing on a lot of open looks that he’d be taking in previous years. Maybe he’s losing a split second looking to pass to DK when he was previously 100% focused on getting his own shot up.
 
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#610
Stats don't lie about Santi being on the court. JJJ/Santi/ZZ are the fourth best offensive combo on the list, somehow.
 

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TennesseeFan07 said:
Stats don't lie about Santi being on the court. JJJ/Santi/ZZ are the fourth best offensive combo on the list, somehow.
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Don't think anyone is arguing that, but this team has the depth and talent to do something unseen at the University of Tennessee. That won't happen if JJJ and Vescovi don't give us more offensively.
 
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BallerVolFan said:
Is his shot off? Maybe you can argue that. But it’s tough to realize how big of a change it is when the role you play switches from one season to the next. We’ve brought in 2 guys this year with one of them scoring a plethora of points and the other is starting to get hot. Vescovi has fell into the role of being a game manager. He’s our 2nd facilitator. He’s not going to have the same volume as he used to have. If he did, you’re taking volume away from Knecht and other guys. What we see now would not be the case if Vescovi is putting up his same number of shots we’re used to him taking.

BUT, I do agree that we still need him taking and hitting shots. There will be games where we’ll need his scoring production. But not at the expense of our other scorers.
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Santi has been off all year. As a Senior, a tough guy, and a team player, he should have been able to adapt and continue to play well. He hasn't been close to the Vescovi we remember. Something ain't right, and I don't think it's just mental. And we don't know his health history, so if he has had an issue, it's under wraps.
 
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