The Section 103 Postgame Report.

#76
#76
Last team I saw with this much talent that played down to the competition was the 2001 team. Let's hope Pearl's season ends up better than Uncle Jed's did.
 
#77
#77
tigervol9802 said:
Couple of thoughts-

Glad to see we've spent time working against a zone defense. That may be the best zone o I've seen by a ut team since Ron slay tore apart Syracuse early 01-02.

Not a fan of state pressing late in the game. Not sure at that point it can do any good to help your team and it looks petty and cheap.
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You have to consider the defense. That was about the weakest zone I've seen in some time. Almost any offense would work against that. However, I agree on the Syracuse game. That was the best I've ever seen a TN team perform against a good zone defense.
 
#78
#78
PMC2726 said:
The same as UT fans think about Dooley, except that Pastner has already proven he can recruit and Dooley hasn't.
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The UT fanbase did not react to Dooley's hire like UM's did to Pastner. I've never met a UT fan who was ecstatic when we hired Dooley and viewed it as a slam dunk. Pastner has recruited better talent, relative to his competition though. But, Dooley, unlike Pastner, did come with some head coaching experience.

Reactions to Dooley ranged from supportive/optimistic to total rejection. UM acted like Pastner was going to pick up right where Calipari left off.
 
#80
#80
Incipient said:
I had the same thought. Except I still don't know what all the techs were for.
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Two were pretty easy. First, you can't have six guys on the floor. Second, if they hadn't called the one on Coleman when they did the next step was going to be one Hell of a fistfight.
 
#82
#82
hatvol96 said:
Two were pretty easy. First, you can't have six guys on the floor. Second, if they hadn't called the one on Coleman when they did the next step was going to be one Hell of a fistfight.
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For the others, I couldn't see what Harris did from where I was, but Pearl flipped the ball behind his back after the ref had blown the whistle, and it hit a Memphis player. I thought it was accidental, but I can see why they called it.

Plus, by that time they probably thought they could set a record.
 
#83
#83
StepCross said:
For the others, I couldn't see what Harris did from where I was, but Pearl flipped the ball behind his back after the ref had blown the whistle, and it hit a Memphis player. I thought it was accidental, but I can see why they called it.

Plus, by that time they probably thought they could set a record.
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From what I saw, actually at the game, it looked like Steven was being a whiny little biznatch and had every intention of picking up a foul. I don't hate Steven, and I give him credit for playing decently earlier this season, but he has some kind of attitude problem or superiority complex (and from what I've seen, this isn't atypical behavior). He hasn't helped the team on the court at all these past few games.
 
#84
#84
hatvol96 said:
Two were pretty easy. First, you can't have six guys on the floor. Second, if they hadn't called the one on Coleman when they did the next step was going to be one Hell of a fistfight.
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Let me clarify: I still don't know what the last two techs were for. I assume it was for something somebody said, but I'm not sure. One of them was not even announced in the arena. Pearl got fouled, then there was a media timeout, then Memphis was shooting free throws.
 
#86
#86
Chris4Vols22 said:
From what I saw, actually at the game, it looked like Steven was being a whiny little biznatch and had every intention of picking up a foul. I don't hate Steven, and I give him credit for playing decently earlier this season, but he has some kind of attitude problem or superiority complex (and from what I've seen, this isn't atypical behavior). He hasn't helped the team on the court at all these past few games.
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I was actually at the game too, and Steven was the player that GOT fouled, not the player that picked one up. There's no reason to whine when the ref calls a foul on the guy guarding you.
 
#87
#87
StepCross said:
I was actually at the game too, and Steven was the player that GOT fouled, not the player that picked one up. There's no reason to whine when the ref calls a foul on the guy guarding you.
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You know that Steve got a tech directly after he got fouled, right? That was the foul I was referring to.
 
#89
#89
StepCross said:
Yes. When you said "trying to pick up a foul," I thought you meant a regular old personal foul, not a tech.
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Ah I see. But yeah, to me, it looked like he was just being a prick and he absolutely meant to hit that Tiger with the ball for no good reason. Was he trying to pass the ball to a ref? Didn't look like it. I could be wrong, but that is how I perceived it.
 
#90
#90
Chris4Vols22 said:
Ah I see. But yeah, to me, it looked like he was just being a prick and he absolutely meant to hit that Tiger with the ball for no good reason. Was he trying to pass the ball to a ref? Didn't look like it. I could be wrong, but that is how I perceived it.
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My initial impression was that it was an accident, but I was sitting to Pearl's back at the time so I couldn't see his face.
 
#91
#91
I have been saying it for 2 years now. We are better team with little Pearl on the bench. It is amazing how good we looked without getting meaningful minutes. I will argue to the day I die that if S. Pearl does not play in the Mich. St. game, we would have gone to the Final Four.
 
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