The Official #9 Tennessee vs. Arkansas Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN2

[VolGee4]

You also take away much of Pons’ defensive ability if you go zone.

 

[Border Vol]

Good team, not real physical in the post, but fun to watch.

This is a damn fun team to watch

 

[chuckiepoo]

Foul shots won that game. I think we had over 22 attempts vs their 8 or so.
We can run w anyone if we improve outside shooting.

heh...Yep. Improving our three point shooting would cure bunches of ills..

 

[jp1]

Gotta be athletic to go full switch. Fulky would be a liability with this philosophy.

Yeah, but honestly I think Fulky does a decent job of hedging because of his IQ and hustle. JJJ struggles with the switch at times.

 

[chuckiepoo]

This is a damn fun team to watch

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...insert Tim Tebow gif....

 

[Border Vol]

Yeah, but honestly I think Fulky does a decent job of hedging because of his IQ and hustle. JJJ struggles with the switch at times.

I hope Fulkerson isn't too badly hurt.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Yeah, but honestly I think Fulky does a decent job of hedging because of his IQ and hustle. JJJ struggles with the switch at times.

I was really impressed with James' drives to the hole tonight. HUGE!!!!!!! if he continues to attack like he did tonight, 1) he can certainly draw beaucoup fouls and 2) a bunch of and ones.

 

[jp1]

I hope Fulkerson isn't too badly hurt.

He looked to be okay after coming back in the game. That was an awkward looking injury.

 

[Vol49er]

Gotta be athletic to go full switch. Fulky would be a liability with this philosophy.

Yeah its tough, I think if you purely were looking for a defensive lineup, you gotta put Pons at the 5 and JJJ at the 4. But despite what you'd think if you just read this board, we're already quite good defensively, and I dont think the drop off offensively is worth it anyway to sit Fulk longer than necessary. I wouldn't mind staggering their minutes a bit though so that Pons could sort of be the back up 5

 

[therickbol]

GO....TO....A.....ZONE!!!!! at least a sagging man d or SOMETHING besides our man. Being stubborn is not what we are paying 5mil a year for Barnes!!!!

 

[chuckiepoo]

I hope Fulkerson isn't too badly hurt.

He was back on the floor pretty quick. Pretty sure his wrist is bothering him.

 

[therickbol]

I guess you haven’t watched the last game or the first eight minutes of this game. When you play elite players you have different results. If you can’t see that then you are blind.

Double

 

[walkenvol]

You play a zone against a good shooting team and you will get lit up.

It must be the better defense since the vast majority of teams play zone amirite?

 

[chuckiepoo]

Yeah its tough, I think if you purely were looking for a defensive lineup, you gotta put Pons at the 5 and JJJ at the 4. But despite what you'd think if you just read this board, we're already quite good defensively, and I dont think the drop off offensively is worth it anyway to sit Fulk longer than necessary. I wouldn't mind staggering their minutes a bit though so that Pons could sort of be the back up 5

Sounds like you've been studying the Hampton Five line up...Or Houston's 6'5" squad.

 

[jp1]

He was back on the floor pretty quick. Pretty sure his wrist is bothering him.

I think the wrist is definitely an issue, but looked like the injury on that play was to his leg.

 

[chuckiepoo]

It must be the better defense since the vast majority of teams play zone amirite?

There are also varieties of zone. Barnes is definitely a m2m aficionado. It helps in his recruiting efforts. It's an NBA thingie.

 

[walkenvol]

Yes. You can. You can ALSO get lit up playing man OR a match up zone like Arkansas did some tonight. The POINT is... most coaches switch up. Barnes does not and WILL not. Care to argue?

Since you’re pushing this narrative, post the statistics that says over 50% of teams regularly switch in zone

 

[chuckiepoo]

I think the wrist is definitely an issue, but looked like the injury on that play was to his leg.

That was but a flesh wound...

 

[therickbol]

I bet you wanna keep Pruitt too. SMH.

 

[jp1]

That was but a flesh wound...

 

[therickbol]

This team just isn’t good.

 

[chuckiepoo]

I see your facepalm...and raise you a Fleet Commander...

 

[MoCo_Vol]

There are also varieties of zone. Barnes is definitely a m2m aficionado. It helps in his recruiting efforts. It's an NBA thingie.

Very good point & he’ll even tell you. He wants long & athletic guys who put in effort on defense, they are defensively ready for league play when leaving his teams.

And Barnes wants to make his guys the best he can so they can have a shot to play at the next level. Ultimately if our guys aren’t sagging so much on drives the 3s aren’t as open.

 

[therickbol]

Imagine having this take

Exactly, embarrassing. Some fans don't deserve this team and need to stop watching. Although honestly, with their mentality they probably don't need to be a fan of any sports teams because they don't have the mental capacity for it.

 

[therickbol]

If the hogs didn't turn it over so much this would be a blowout

If UT made wide open shots UT would have had the lead the entire game. See how that works. The game of basketball is not as simple as one single aspect of the game.