The Official Tennessee vs. #20 Washington Game Thread, 5:00 PM ET, ESPN+

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Tennessee Volunteers: 2-0 (0-0 SEC)

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#20 Washington Huskies: 2-0 (0-0 PAC-12)

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GAME 3 | JAMES NAISMITH CLASSIC | TENNESSEE vs. WASHINGTON - Nov. 16, 2019 | 5 p.m. ET | Scotiabank Arena (19,800)


Line: UT: +2
O/U: 134.5

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THE SERIES

• Tennessee and Washington have never previously met on the collegiate hardwood.
• Washington is the only current Pac-12 member that Rick Barnes has never faced as a head coach.
• The Volunteers own an 18-11 record against current members of the Pac-12, while Barnes' record against the conference is 30-22.
• Both universities share a unique gridiron connection, as each school has a riverfront football stadium. Fans of both teams routinely boat to and from home games at Neyland Stadium and Husky Stadium.
 
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STORYLINES

• While he was the head coach at Providence, Rick Barnes coached a Big East all-star team that toured Australia in the early 90s. One of the players on that squad was a shooting guard from Syracuse named Mike Hopkins.
• Hopkins was present at the Naismith Awards Brunch in Minneapolis on April 7 when Barnes received the 2019 Werner Ladder Naismith Men's Coach of the Year Award. Washington's Matisse Thybulle received the 2019 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award at that same brunch.
• The Vols and Huskies also crossed paths during last season's NCAA Tournament, as both teams competed in Columbus, Ohio, during the first and second rounds. Tennessee advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, while UW fell to North Carolina in the second round.
• Tennessee has had three all-time basketball lettermen from Canada—all from Ontario: Bobby Croft (Hamilton, 1967-70), Ray Kasongo (Toronto, 2015-16), Kyle Alexander (Milton, 2015-19).
• Alexander completed his eligibility last season and spent NBA training camp with the Miami Heat. He is now playing for the Heat's G League affiliate team, the Sioux Falls Skyforce. Alexander is averaging 9.0 points, 13.0 rebounds and 7.5 blocks through the season's first two games.
• Rick Barnes has coached several players from Canada, including NBA champions Cory Joseph (Pickering) and Tristan Thompson (Brampton).
• Yves Pons is shooting .778 from the field and has seven blocked shots in UT's first two games.
 
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ABOUT WASHINGTON

•Washington, like Tennessee is coming off two wins to open its 2019-20 campaign. The Huskies took down 16th-ranked Baylor, 67-64, in their season-opener, before taking down Mount St. Mary's, 56-46, in their home lidlifter this past Tuesday.
•The Huskies look to move forward after losing four starters from last season while returning only three players who averaged more than 10 minutes per game in 2018-19.
•UW will be without 2019 NBA Draft pick Matisse Thybulle. Last season, the Washington senior was awarded the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award and was placed on the All-Pac-12 first team. He led all Division I players in steals, with 126. Thybulle passed Hall of Famer Gary Payton as the Pac-12's career steals leader, with 331 takeaways. Thybulle was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers, with the 22nd overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft.
•6-6 sophomore Jamal Bey is expected to make a big jump and has the potential to replicate the lost length of Thybulle on both sides of the ball.
• Huskies guard Quade Green is a transfer from Kentucky. He averaged 13.0 points and 2.0 assists in three games against Tennessee in 2017-18.
•Entering this new season, the Huskies are relying on freshmen Isaiah Stewart and Jaden McDaniels for immediate production. Both rank first or second in multiple statistical categories for Washington through two games.
• After a seven-year hiatus from the NCAA Tournament, the Huskies returned to the March Madness field in 2019, advancing to the Round of 32 as a nine seed, where they fell to North Carolina.
• Washington accounts for the 16th-most all-time wins among Division I college basketball programs, with 1,794 victories.
 
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Washington has 7 players who have played meaningful minutes so far this season.

Washington shoots the 3 at 36%, but have two players (Carter & Wright) who have both hit 3’s at 50% (so far this season), shooting a combined 18 3’s through their first 2 games.

They shoot a respectable 43%, and from the line they are 61%.

Washington turns the ball over about 17.5 times per game, but they create 7.5 steals and they block 11 shots per game.......(they had exactly 11 blocked shots in both their games). Stewart, McDaniels, and Wright (the 3 forwards they use) all have 3 blocks per game.

Washington’s starting 5 has played most of their minutes. Four of which average 33 minutes or more and the 5th has averaged just over 29 minuets........fouls could be key.

Their guard Carter& forwards Stewart & McDanials do most of their damage on O, and gather most of their rebounds.......and that doesn’t include their forward who shoots the 3 at 50%.

Washington will not have a huge size advantage over Tennessee. However they will have at least 2, 6ft 9 players on the floor all the time. Stewart and McDanials can both post well, and shoot 60% & 87% respectively.


Washington isn’t a high scoring offensive team, but they are efficient. Tennessee must play good D.......you can’t “pick your poison” as they shoot the 3 well, they shoot their 2’s well, and they have a good inside game.

Tennessee needs to play their game, and force Washington to play faster.

Because Washington hasn’t used much depth, pace of the game and fouls could be huge for Tennessee.

Tennessee also needs be aggressive (from the start) on the boards, take care of the ball, they also must get the ball down low and cause Washington to foul.

If Tennessee can stay ahead or keep it close, with fouls and pace of game I think they could wear Washington out late in the game.

Good luck Vols!
 
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Washington has had 2 fairly close games. In both they didn’t carry any rebounding advantage to speak of (even vs Baylor, +1 vs Mt St Mary’s).

Baylor shot just 35% and lost by 3. Mt St Mary’s shot just 29% and lost by 10; while Washington shot 45% and 41%.

If Tennessee can shoot the ball well (like they have been) they should be OK.

Good luck Vols!
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Haven’t watched a minute of Washington, but their HC Mike Hopkins spent just about his whole career under Boeheim, so does he play primarily 2-3 Zone like Syracuse?
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Yes, they play a lot of 2-3........I could be wrong, but I would suspect they will play some man vs Tennessee (if their man D is any good).
 
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Washington’s coach was the coach in waiting behind Jim Boeheim at Syracuse. If you recall, Jim was planning to retire a couple years ago, but when Buddy Boeheim (Jim’s son) decided to play for Syracuse, Jim decided to coach him through four years. Their coach in waiting left for Washington, but took some highly rated recruits and the Syracuse style of play.

They run a zone defense just like Syracuse with bigger guards to protect shots from the 3 point line. We’re going to need to hit 3s so that the guards play further out and also spread out. Since we don’t have a huge inside presence we’ll need to hit jumper around the free throw line since that’s also a soft spot in the zone.

This is their coach’s second year so I don’t expect their team to have all the personnel they would like to have for that style of play, but you saw what they did to Baylor.

I’m not really worried about Washington and their style of play because it’s not as dominant as one would think. Teams that play 90% zone are built more for the tournament than the day to day games because their not as tired running a man defense, which gives their players an advantage on offense. Jimmy B and ‘Cuse are notorious for being on the bubble in March and making a run in the tournament. Need to hit some 3s tonight though.
 
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Even though Washington experimented with man-to-man defense during its four exhibition games in Italy this summer, I was skeptical when coach Mike Hopkins said the Huskies would play more man defense this season because of his affinity to the 2-3 zone.
Also keep in mind UW played man defense just a handful of times all of last season.
But Hopkins has been true to his word and he’s used man defense more than expected during the first two games. Most notably, Hopkins threw a change-up at then-No. 16 Baylor in the season opener and went to a man defense on the final two possessions.
The Huskies have the personnel to thrive playing man and it looks as if they’ll use that defense in certain situations. But Hopkins is a loyal disciple of the zone defense and he doesn’t believe in constantly rotating defense.

UW hoops mailbag: What’s the biggest hurdle facing the Huskies? How many Pac-12 teams will make the NCAA tourney?
 
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