To reach a final 4 we have to;

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Estrella and Awakwa have to evolve into consistent threats offensively…otherwise, not seeing it. Can’t depend on 3’s to take us there.
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
Some of you will never get the NCAA. Lots of luck involved.
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I've been watching it for many years. Teams that go deep have a go to guy inside and don't rely on jump shooting. It's too easy to go cold and there is nowhere to turn. I would love to be wrong.
 
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ColinS said:
I've been watching it for many years. Teams that go deep have a go to guy inside and don't rely on jump shooting. It's too easy to go cold and there is nowhere to turn. I would love to be wrong.
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Lots of luck in a one and done crapshoot. More often than not, the best team doesn't win it. The team who gets hot and lucky often does. It's not an identifier of the best team. Not an opinion
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Get enough lucky bounces going our way and refs that are consistent game to game and half to half. There are no bad teams in the NCAAT.
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Lucky bounces will not be enough to win 4 straight or 6 straight against top notch competition. You have to find high percentage offense options. Players posting up and getting to the rim. High percentage shots and free throws win basketball games. Kansas could get anything they wanted at the end of the game yesterday. The team wildly jacking up threes at the end of games might get some lucky bounces and win one but they aint doing that many times in a row.
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
Lots of luck in a one and done crapshoot. More often than not, the best team doesn't win it. The team who gets hot and lucky often does. It's not an identifier of the best team. Not an opinion
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Yeah, but it's still an odds and probability thing. A team that runs an offense like Kansas did yesterday with highly recruited players gets to the Final 4 often even though they sometimes get bounced early. You have to put yourself in a good position year after year and you rack up trophies. Barnes has done a good job of putting us in position but the offense needs to be tweaked.
 
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ColinS said:
Yeah, but it's still an odds and probability thing. A team that runs an offense like Kansas did yesterday with highly recruited players gets to the Final 4 often even though they sometimes get bounced early. You have to put yourself in a good position year after year and you rack up trophies. Barnes has done a good job of putting us in position but the offense needs to be tweaked.
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Or we just need to execute better. Players get wide open looks in this offense. Lots of posters jump into the "we need a new offense, offensive coordinator,etc". Technically it's just not the case. Offensive system is fine
 
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KeyVol14 said:
If Barnes is to be replaced, Steve Forbes will take his spot.
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No. Nobody who got show caused in the Pearl sanctions will ever be allowed back at UT.

Also, the only person who will decide when Barnes is “replaced” is Barnes himself. He will never be fired.
 
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SGMVols said:
No. Nobody who got show caused in the Pearl sanctions will ever be allowed back at UT.

Also, the only person who will decide when Barnes is “replaced” is Barnes himself. He will never be fired.
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Was he on Pearls staff?
 
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ColinS said:
Lucky bounces will not be enough to win 4 straight or 6 straight against top notch competition. You have to find high percentage offense options. Players posting up and getting to the rim. High percentage shots and free throws win basketball games. Kansas could get anything they wanted at the end of the game yesterday. The team wildly jacking up threes at the end of games might get some lucky bounces and win one but they aint doing that many times in a row.
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Loyola took advantage of their lucky bounce. Purdue took advantage of questionable whistles. Yes. UT needs some of those to get to the EE and FF.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Loyola took advantage of their lucky bounce. Purdue took advantage of questionable whistles. Yes. UT needs some of those to get to the EE and FF.
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It's not that you don't need a lucky bounce or two. Of course you do but your not riding that all the way to the Final 4.
 
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Pacer92 said:
Estrella and Awakwa have to evolve into consistent threats offensively…otherwise, not seeing it. Can’t depend on 3’s to take us there.
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Are you saying that jacking up contested threes the last ten minutes of the game while the other team gets easy looks around the basket and trips to the free throw line is not gonna work? You may be on to something
 
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Were good if we can get everyone playing a little better offensively. Some players may need to shoot less like Zieger was 1 for 17 in the two games we lost. James was 3 for 10. No way we can win against the top five with those two players shooting like that.
 
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Uros was the closest thing Barnes had to a force underneath. Barnes showed his appreciation by keeping Uros on the bench for most of the games. Hell, I think Barnes would’ve benched Shaq because he wasn’t disciplined enough - sometimes smiling and having fun.

Oh, to be on topic: We need to get some offensive boards from the post players and stick it in the hoop. Unless we have the next Steph Curry on the court, the 3 won’t take us too far. I’ve never seen the Vols have 4 hot games in a row.
 
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