The Official Tennesse vs. Memphis Game Thread, 8:00pm ET, ESPN2

#903
#903
I hope that Reese kid gets back soon.. Watching McBrick miss shot after shot is like running your fingers down a chalkboard...
 
#905
#905
Bottom line is Memphis made shots. Stephens with a 3, Thomas made two 3's, and they made tough shots around the rim that they have not been making. We were hoping that we could finally come out and shoot well. Memphis just made shots to win.

I am a little disappointed in the coaching- thinking that Golden can guard Jackson and McBee could guard Johnson. I guess we did see McRae, Richardson, and Lopez late. But the adjustment was made too late.
 
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VolGee4 said:
Bottom line is Memphis made shots. Stephens with a 3, Thomas made two 3's, and they made tough shots around the rim that they have not been making. We were hoping that we could finally come out and shoot well. Memphis just made shots to win.

I am a little disappointed in the coaching- thinking that Golden can guard Jackson and McBee could guard Johnson. I guess we did see McRae, Richardson, and Lopez late. But the adjustment was made too late.
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But Zo is a great coach...... supposedly....

Be careful criticizing Zo around here.... lol.....

Seriously though I do question Martin's floor coaching....and his scout.... but what do I know.... my guy got fired but he did go to six straight AA's tourneys...
 
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patrick said:
But Zo is a great coach...... supposedly....

Be careful criticizing Zo around here.... lol.....

Seriously though I do question Martin's floor coaching....and his scout.... but what do I know.... my guy got fired but he did go to six straight AA's tourneys...
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But he lost an exhibition game to Indy......
 
#908
#908
I love the way we fought back but, it still amazes me that some people thought we were becoming a basketball school..lol..yeah, ok..
 
#909
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patrick said:
But Zo is a great coach...... supposedly....

Be careful criticizing Zo around here.... lol.....

Seriously though I do question Martin's floor coaching....and his scout.... but what do I know.... my guy got fired but he did go to six straight AA's tourneys...
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I am not down on him. We lost to a good team. Just don't understand the thinking. I do know that the players will run through a wall for him. That is part of the battle.
 
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VolGee4 said:
I am not down on him. We lost to a good team. Just don't understand the thinking. I do know that the players will run through a wall for him. That is part of the battle.
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I get that but he has got to get to the tourney...... and I do hope he does.
 
#911
#911
Hard game to watch for us Vol fans. I was excited we kept fighting and made a game of it. Seemed MS always sank a 3 pointer when we'd almost get there. The missed dunk though was the finally nail I think, if we'd just slammed it through.....ugh
 
#912
#912
Good game Vols. How about Jordan Mc-F'ing-Rae? Hopefully he can keep shooting like that and get UT out of their zone defense funk.

He and Richardson played a great game.

I also think Coach Josh Pastner coached a good game. In the first half, the Vols struggled mightily against the zone (and I saw some Donovan-esque "matchup zone" thrown in there). I hope you guys give ole CJP a break now, he called a great one.
 
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MemphisCanes said:
Good game Vols. How about Jordan Mc-F'ing-Rae? Hopefully he can keep shooting like that and get UT out of their zone defense funk.

He and Richardson played a great game.

I also think Coach Josh Pastner coached a good game. In the first half, the Vols struggled mightily against the zone (and I saw some Donovan-esque "matchup zone" thrown in there). I hope you guys give ole CJP a break now, he called a great one.
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He's a fluky missed dunk away from blowing a 21 point lead in the second half against a team that struggled to score 50 most nights.

What kind of coaching job is that? Geron Johnson bailed his ass out. Pastner did nothing.
 
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MemphisCanes said:
Good game Vols. How about Jordan Mc-F'ing-Rae? Hopefully he can keep shooting like that and get UT out of their zone defense funk.

He and Richardson played a great game.

I also think Coach Josh Pastner coached a good game. In the first half, the Vols struggled mightily against the zone (and I saw some Donovan-esque "matchup zone" thrown in there). I hope you guys give ole CJP a break now, he called a great one.
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A great one? Really? If UT would've pulled off that miraculous comeback Pastner would've been roasted.

You will still have problems with teams that have equal talent because Pastner's coaching will not win him many game. Pastner's lucky he can recruit. There was no one on UT's squad that could stay with Jackson. That was the difference in the game.
 
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zjcvols said:
He's a fluky missed dunk away from blowing a 21 point lead in the second half against a team that struggled to score 50 most nights.

What kind of coaching job is that? Geron Johnson bailed his ass out. Pastner did nothing.
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C'mon man, give credit where credit is due. If McRae didn't get hot, would that last 10 minutes have been interesting?

Both CCM and CJP had a week to get ready for this one.

One's team shot 56% from the field and 64% from 3, and one's didn't.
 
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MemphisCanes said:
C'mon man, give credit where credit is due. If McRae didn't get hot, would that last 10 minutes have been interesting?

Both CCM and CJP had a week to get ready for this one.

One's team shot 56% from the field and 64% from 3, and one's didn't.
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And yet almost lost.

Memphis outplayed UT and deserved the win. Trying to act like Pastner had a great gameplan because he went into a zone (which McRae shot them out of anyways) is ludicrous.
 
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OrangeBalls said:
A great one? Really? If UT would've pulled off that miraculous comeback Pastner would've been roasted.

You will still have problems with teams that have equal talent because Pastner's coaching will not win him many game. Pastner's lucky he can recruit. There was no one on UT's squad that could stay with Jackson. That was the difference in the game.
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If CCM hadn't let his guys get down by 21 at home in the second half, a "miraculous comeback" wouldn't be needed.

CCM needs to bow down and thank McRae for making some shots, or else this game could've been REALLY out of hand.
 
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zjcvols said:
And yet almost lost.

Memphis outplayed UT and deserved the win. Trying to act like Pastner had a great gameplan because he went into a zone (which McRae shot them out of anyways) is ludicrous.
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Almost lost? What game were you watching?

UT was never within one possession during the entire second half. How did Memphis "almost lose"?

You guys are making yourselves look awful, I came here to commend your team and this is how you act in defeat?
 
#919
#919
Congrats to the Tigers on a tough road win. I'm sure you'll be pulling for the Vols the rest of the way.
 
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#920
MemphisCanes said:
Almost lost? What game were you watching?

UT was never within one possession during the entire second half. How did Memphis "almost lose"?

You guys are making yourselves look awful, I came here to commend your team and this is how you act in defeat?
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I didn't think he was out of line. The Tigers played a great game; I don't think Pastner was the main cause of it.
 
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MemphisCanes said:
Almost lost? What game were you watching?

UT was never within one possession during the entire second half. How did Memphis "almost lose"?

You guys are making yourselves look awful, I came here to commend your team and this is how you act in defeat?
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UT got it down to five with five minutes to go. What were you watching?

And no you didn't. You came over to brag about your coach doing some sort of magnificent job when he almost blew a 21 point lead in the second half and 13 minutes to go against one of the worst offensive teams in the South.
 
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zjcvols said:
And yet almost lost.

Memphis outplayed UT and deserved the win. Trying to act like Pastner had a great gameplan because he went into a zone (which McRae shot them out of anyways) is ludicrous.
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I'm not big on the whole "deserve to win" thing (except in very rare occasions of officiating miscues that literally cost a game or something like that).

We didn't deserve to win. If we played like we did alot of the second half the whole game, we probably would have won. But we didn't. IMO you don't deserve to win just because you play really hard or a couple breaks go against you. We went down by 21 points (for quite a long time). That's on us. Now Memphis could have blown that lead (and almost did), but don't say we deserved to win. We didn't play the whole game (similar to many football games this past year).

JMHO

EDIT: disregard the majority of this. (except for the rant about people "deserving to win")
 
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#924
#924
DocVOLiday said:
I'm not big on the whole "deserve to win" thing (except in very rare occasions of officiating miscues that literally cost a game or something like that).

We didn't deserve to win. If we played like we did alot of the second half the whole game, we probably would have won. But we didn't. IMO you don't deserve to win just because you play really hard or a couple breaks go against you. We went down by 21 points (for quite a long time). That's on us. Now Memphis could have blown that lead (and almost did), but don't say we deserved to win. We didn't play the whole game (similar to many football games this past year).

JMHO
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What the hell are you talking about? I said Memphis deserved the win.
 
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