UT Game yesterday…

[Faustdog]

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a high tier team as physically beaten down as they were after a half. We just bullied them. Knecht looked like he wanted to quit.

I’m a proponent in college basketball of getting your best guys max minutes even if it means having a short bench. These guys are 18-22, and recovery should be really quick.

But man, we were intense yesterday. I don’t know if that effort is sustainable playing three games in three days, but I really don’t care. That was fun.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Auburn is not a good matchup for us with Tolu on the floor. They will run circles around him

 

[olblue]

Auburn is not a good matchup for us with Tolu on the floor. They will run circles around him

Who are you obsessed with more? Tolu or Cohen?

 

[onewoof]

It's a mystery to me as to when this team decides to show up and play aggressive. When they do it's something to see. Maybe it isn't sustainable. But they have put the beat down on the Vols twice this season. Whatever "juice" that is, I hope they drink more of it, playing with something to prove like that.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a high tier team as physically beaten down as they were after a half. We just bullied them. Knecht looked like he wanted to quit.

I’m a proponent in college basketball of getting your best guys max minutes even if it means having a short bench. These guys are 18-22, and recovery should be really quick.

But man, we were intense yesterday. I don’t know if that effort is sustainable playing three games in three days, but I really don’t care. That was fun.

Tennessee isn’t a physical team and it showed yesterday and it’s why they won’t go far in the tournament if they get a bad matchup. They got punched in the mouth and didn’t like it and never put up much of a fight.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Auburn is not a good matchup for us with Tolu on the floor. They will run circles around him

 

[olblue]

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Tolu averaged 12 and 10 in the two Auburn games. Solid numbers for a big in today’s college game.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Auburn is not a good matchup for us with Tolu on the floor. They will run circles around him

It's not just Tolu; we don't match up well with them anywhere in the lineup. The best chance we have is the Auburn is not able to hit from three-point range just how we beat them the first time.

 

[patdog]

I’m a proponent in college basketball of getting your best guys max minutes even if it means having a short bench. These guys are 18-22, and recovery should be really quick.

Never been a fan of playing a lot of players. Pick your best 7 or 8 and give them the minutes. You can give guys plenty of rest with a 7-man rotation. 32-minutes for starting 5 and 20 for the two subs.

 

[Xenomorph]

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a high tier team as physically beaten down as they were after a half. We just bullied them. Knecht looked like he wanted to quit.

It reminded me of sitting in Rupp in '96 and watching us bitchslap Cincinnati from tip off.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Tolu averaged 12 and 10 in the two Auburn games. Solid numbers for a big in today’s college game.

Broome who Tolu was matched up with averaged 16 and 7 against us . If we get motivated Tolu we will win, if we get Sleepy Tolu, Cam will have to pick up the slack like he did yesterday.

 

[lazlow]

Auburn is not a good matchup for us with Tolu on the floor. They will run circles around him

We need 15-20 pts from tulu/bell....and how they work that out is their business. What we can't have, is 5 rebs between them. Bell has been fantastic coming off the bench defending and scoring in the paint, but HAS to get more active on the glass. Zero Rebs?