The Official Tennessee vs. USC Upstate Game Thread, 7:00pm ET(11/16/13), SportSouth

#604
#604
BruinVol said:
Me too but I felt like the offense was running thru stokes the first half and thru McRae the 2nd.

Anybody else feel that way??

Obviously there was a difference.
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I actually thought it ran more through Stokes the second half, but I didn't notice a huge difference either way.
 
#605
#605
bleedingTNorange said:
Keep telling yourself that.

You don't see a change of fg% by 40% simply on fatigue, our defense was much better in the second half.
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There was a shot inside of 5min to go from 8-10ft that stokes didn't even bother raising his arms to contest. There big guy was so worn down he had no chance at making it. It was appalling bad post defense which stokes is making a habit of
 
#607
#607
bleedingTNorange said:
Yea my biggest complaint as many have mentioned, substitutions. Did Q or AJ see minutes in the second half?

I would actually like to see a minute breakdown in the second half, we played our studs and it showed. In both games this year we've gone deep bench early and it's resulted in bad first half play, trim the rotation now IMO.
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Q did. Aj no.
 
#608
#608
BruinVol said:
There was a shot inside of 5min to go from 8-10ft that stokes didn't even bother raising his arms to contest. There big guy was so worn down he had no chance at making it. It was appalling bad post defense which stokes is making a habit of
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So 1 shot is proof of this? Ok

Like I said you don't see a difference in fg% of 40% without a change in defense.

Martin just talked about it post game things they did differently in the second half.
 
#612
#612
bleedingTNorange said:
Yea my biggest complaint as many have mentioned, substitutions. Did Q or AJ see minutes in the second half?

I would actually like to see a minute breakdown in the second half, we played our studs and it showed. In both games this year we've gone deep bench early and it's resulted in bad first half play, trim the rotation now IMO.
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MOA (My Opinion Also)
 
#613
#613
bleedingTNorange said:
So 1 shot is proof of this? Ok

Like I said you don't see a difference in fg% of 40% without a change in defense.

Martin just talked about it post game things they did differently in the second half.
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I am sure part of the succes was as you say. Other part was just law of averages and the other was being worn down. All 3 reasons especially considering how big of a difference
 
#614
#614
Spartacavolus said:
What did he say?
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It mainly was a personnel change. Said that he couldn't play deep against this team because of their offense and all the screens. Said it doesn't matter how gifted you are the freshman just aren't progressed enough defensively to defend like he wanted against that offense. It's why we so a lot less of ndiaye, and all 3 freshman in the second half.
 
#616
#616
BruinVol said:
I am sure part of the succes was as you say. Other part was just law of averages and the other was being worn down. All 3 reasons especially considering how big of a difference
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Oh I'm sure part was fatigue, and part was so they were unconscious in the first half, but as Sparty mentioned you can't be trailing shooters like we were in the first half.
 
#620
#620
I don't mind that win at all. Been saying for several years there are more good basketball players on lesser teams. That's why I love the sport. If you can dribble, shoot and know spacing with some picks, you can play with anyone, especially when you can't miss. There continue to be more and more lesser known teams with good ball coaches and players.
Better than an L for sure.
 
#621
#621
Spartacavolus said:
I don't mind that win at all. Been saying for several years there are more good basketball players on lesser teams. That's why I love the sport. If you can dribble, shoot and know spacing with some picks, you can play with anyone, especially when you can't miss. There continue to be more and more lesser known teams with good ball coaches and players.
Better than an L for sure.
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Same here.

I Am slightly more worried than I was before but a win is a win
 
#622
#622
This is what we should have played like against Xavier . In the first half I thought we played okay defense , but man they were hitting everything they threw up . That happens sometimes . Second half their shooting cooled off some and we played tougher defense as well .

I really hope Stokes and Maymon continue to shoot free throws like they did tonight . We are gonna be hard to handle if they do . We should continue to get better with each game .
 
#623
#623
Can't say it doesn't bother me. That first half was very uninspired basketball that can easily get you beat (for reference, see Xavier).
 
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