Uros Plavsic commits to Tennessee

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Do we have an open scholy right now and could potentially do a mid season Stokes style acquisition, however unlikely?
 
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We are guard strong this year anyway. Just need the main 3 guys down low to be serviceable this year. 18 to 20 wins will get us in
 
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Think this kid would be denied if he had Kentucky Kansas North Carolina or Duke across his chest??? Ridiculous
 
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zjcvols said:
Not advocating for any firing, but not making the NCAAT in year 5 (despite the impressive recruiting class right now) isn’t ideal
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I didn't realize the 2020 tournament bracket was already filled in. Were we at least on the bubble?
 
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zjcvols said:
Because this board has a tendency to overreact when a criticism of Barnes is made that I am immediately asking for his firing, so because of that I have to put that caveat so people can’t automatically starting asking “WELLLLLLWHY DO YA WANT HIM FIRED”

And we are talking about Uros being ineligible to play, which hurts our tournament chances, which if we don’t make the tourney, hurts the program. So it’s relevant. And I’ve stated multiple times that they could definitely make the tourney. Could everyone not be annoying when I make a criticism of Barnes that I’m not advocating for his firing?
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Barnes deserves applause for the recruiting upswing, but year 5 shouldn’t be duct tape and bailing wire. Walker and Burns departures were big set backs, especially in light of missing Blackburn and Uros being ineligible.

What I saw the other night created more concern than comfort. Aside from Turner and Bowden, it’s thin. And we’ve been told our 5-star isn’t “that” kind of 5-star.
 
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Roustabout said:
Barnes deserves applause for the recruiting upswing, but year 5 shouldn’t be duct tape and bailing wire. Walker and Burns departures were big set backs, especially in light of missing Blackburn and Uros being ineligible.

What I saw the other night created more concern than comfort. Aside from Turner and Bowden, it’s thin. And we’ve been told our 5-star isn’t “that” kind of 5-star.
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He's not the kind of 5 star that will average 20+ points because he's so unselfish. But, trust me, he still looks like the kind of 5 star that wins games. UT will be fine, I still believe this is a NCAA Tourney team, bubble team is the worst case scenario, imo
 
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JoAllan said:
6 guards for 3 spots, 4 are returning players
4 players to fill 2 forward or center spots.....only one has experience.
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Only if you are loosely defining the role of guard. We are woefully thin at 1 and 2 guards. If you’re comfortable that Pons could be a bonafide guard then more power to you. As it stands you have three true guards you can count on.
 
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The Dog said:
He's not the kind of 5 star that will average 20+ points because he's so unselfish. But, trust me, he still looks like the kind of 5 star that wins games. UT will be fine, I still believe this is a NCAA Tourney team, bubble team is the worst case scenario, imo
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I’m going to reserve judgment. I just don’t see a team that is leaning on this many marginal players (specifically in the post) as being a tourney team.
 
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Roustabout said:
Only if you are loosely defining the role of guard. We are woefully thin at 1 and 2 guards. If you’re comfortable that Pons could be a bonafide guard then more power to you. As it stands you have three true guards you can count on.
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Yea......and you got one......ONE forward “you can count on”

I’m fairly confident Jalen could roll at 2 if needed. Nevertheless Tennessee looks to have 3 very capable at the 1 & 2......pretty much like last year.

Tennessee has Johnson, Pons, and Gaines who all could roll at the 3.....sure Gaines needs some growth but he will provide time.

In say a 10 man rotation how many more guards you want?

Sure we would all love to see more and more experienced players.....but Tennessee has “enough.”.......at least as much at 1-3 as they had last season.
 
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JoAllan said:
Yea......and you got one......ONE forward “you can count on”

I’m fairly confident Jalen could roll at 2 if needed. Nevertheless Tennessee looks to have 3 very capable at the 1 & 2......pretty much like last year.

Tennessee has Johnson, Pons, and Gaines who all could roll at the 3.....sure Gaines needs some growth but he will provide time.

In say a 10 man rotation how many more guards you want?

Sure we would all love to see more and more experienced players.....but Tennessee has “enough.”.......at least as much at 1-3 as they had last season.
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Last year you had Admiral, Bone, Turner and Bowden who could all handle the b-ball and bring it up the floor and they were thin last year. They were fortunate there were no major injuries. Jalen hasn’t shown to be that type of player yet, so I’ll believe it when I see it.
 
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Roustabout said:
Last year you had Admiral, Bone, Turner and Bowden who could all handle the b-ball and bring it up the floor and they were thin last year. They were fortunate there were no major injuries. Jalen hasn’t shown to be that type of player yet, so I’ll believe it when I see it.
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Just saying last year they had Bone, Turner, and Bowden.

This year they have Turner, Bowden and James.

Last year at the wing they had Admiral, Pons, Johnson

This year they got Pons, Johnson and Gaines.

Tennessee’s major needs are down low......at least until a couple freshman and Kent show they can play.
 
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JoAllan said:
Just saying last year they had Bone, Turner, and Bowden.

This year they have Turner, Bowden and James.

Last year at the wing they had Admiral, Pons, Johnson

This year they got Pons, Johnson and Gaines.

Tennessee’s major needs are down low......at least until a couple freshman and Kent show they can play.
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And they were thin last year. Admiral is the x-factor as he was able to handle the ball and create.
 
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1s: LT, JJJ, JB (in an emergency JJ and Jacob F and in a disaster... Pons)

2s: LT. JJJ, JB, JJ, DP, DG

3s: JJJ, JB, JJ, DP, DG, YP, JFu

We're fine at guard.
 
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BruinVol said:
No one wanted to listen when I told this board a month or so ago but that’s an easy answer

Not playing isn’t a factor in transfer waivers

None
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I know better than to reply to this nonsense, but did you get picked on as a kid?

And I can't imagine why " no one wanted to listen".
 
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Roustabout said:
I’m going to reserve judgment. I just don’t see a team that is leaning on this many marginal players (specifically in the post) as being a tourney team.
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If we stay healthy, I can see us on the bubble. Really didn't expect much more than 18 wins this season with or without Plavsic.
 
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