The Official Tennessee @ South Carolina Game Thread, 6:00 PM ET, SEC Network

#851
#851
KBVol said:
If Gaines has an upside I’ve yet to see even a glimmer of it. Not sure he’ll ever see the floor again next year once Springer, Johnson and company get here.
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Did you miss Arkansas? He played very well that game. If you did, I don’t blame you for your opinion
 
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#860
#860
KBVol said:
I can agree with some of this. But he shot 14 free throws tonight....not quite as one sided as you’re saying.
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Don’t necessarily care about tonight. He got called for the offensive foul at the end of the A&M game when the other player ran into him. He got called twice a game or two ago on pure blocks. Then in the offensive end, he gets pushed a lot. His shot that he hit at the end of the first half tonight, he got fouled.

But it’s happened a lot the last two years as well.
 
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#862
VolGee4 said:
Don’t necessarily care about tonight. He got called for the offensive foul at the end of the A&M game when the other player ran into him. He got called twice a game or two ago on pure blocks. Then in the offensive end, he gets pushed a lot. His shot that he hit at the end of the first half tonight, he got fouled.

But it’s happened a lot the last two years as well.
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Yeah, he’s getting treated like Grant, unfortunately.

Kotsar and Azabuike get away with murder. It’s funny how it works
 
#863
#863
dillyo51 said:
Fulky did as well.
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I think he still ended up shooting like 60%? Not great, but I think Gaines shot 25%.

Edit: looked it up on ESPN: Fulky shot 64%, Vescovi shot 33%, Gaines and Pons shot 50%. JJJ also shot 50% but one was an intentional miss, so
 
#864
#864
tnvols72 said:
Just what I thought , you have no answer.
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Pons is improving dramatically on offense compared to last year. Fulkerson just hung over 20. Gainesville is playing meaningful time. Vescovi is playing like someone who has been around all year and not half. Come on. You are just upset about a tough loss, and are putting rancid diarrhea on a message board. Go to bed.
 
#865
#865
cooterbob said:
10 missed free throws. Never understood how you miss an uncontested shot.
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It's akin to missing a short putt in golf. Sometimes it happens. Concentration, glitch in the form, seeing things incorrectly, arch, etc. No one is perfect. Everyone misses a FT...well...maybe you don't, but the rest of us mortals certainly do.
 
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#867
Lankykong said:
Yeah, he’s getting treated like Grant, unfortunately.

Kotsar and Azabuike get away with murder. It’s funny how it works
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What’s ironic is they want to take the physical part of the game out, and then let guys like that push all game. Freedom of movement rules say that call at the end tonight was a block. If an offensive player makes a move to the basket before a defender comes over, it’s on the defense. Yet college basketball doesn’t know what it wants. It is just a terrible product.
 
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#868
#868
The reality is this team was never going to make the tournament once Lamonte went down. They would’ve been a tournament team with him though, and we are adding multiple pieces with better talent than him. And the freshmen will become sophomores. I’m just going to accept this year for what it is, enjoy the handful of games we have left, and look forward to the future. Because the future is bright.
 
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#869
Lankykong said:
Did you miss Arkansas? He played very well that game. If you did, I don’t blame you for your opinion
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The kid is a good defender. I noticed tonight they kept going offense/defense with him and Vescovi.

As many have said, it's disappointing that we have to trot kids out there this year that are nowhere near ready to play SEC bball. Gaines, Pember, Plaivsic, and Nkamhoua all may end up being quality SEC players, but they need a couple of years. The fact that we're relying on them now speaks to a crappy recruiting cycle by Barnes & Co.
 
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#870
#870
tnvols72 said:
Fulk gets mauled. He is the MVP of this team. He is improving every game
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Fulkerson is a very good college player. I wish he would trust his ability to hit a face-up 15 foot jump shot. I expect he would hit a high percentage of them. He traveled once and charged late because he refuses to make it simple sometimes. Just amazing how he has developed however.
 
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#871
lostsheep said:
The kid is a good defender. I noticed tonight they kept going offense/defense with him and Vescovi.

As many have said, it's disappointing that we have to trot kids out there this year that are nowhere near ready to play SEC bball. Gaines, Pember, Plaivsic, and Nkamhoua all may end up being quality SEC players, but they need a couple of years. The fact that we're relying on them now speaks to a crappy recruiting cycle by Barnes & Co.
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Yeah, I agree. He killed Arkansas in that game with his defense. Created like 4 TOs or more
 
#873
#873
I hate to keep beating the kid up, but I felt like when we had a 6 point lead and Bowden looking at a wide-open 3, we could've put the game away. Instead, we brick it, SC gets fouled on the other end and makes 2 free throws. A 5-point swing we never recovered from, imo.
 
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