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Derka

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  1. yeah that was a pretty huge no-call on a clear jawun roberts foul. instead of tennessee ball and roberts sent to the bench with his fourth foul, houston gets the ball, scores, and now JW can stay in the game. massive no-call.
  2. tennessee just drove the ball four different times in one possession and it ended with a TO. houston’s defense is shutting that shit down completely.
  3. that was his point. tennessee has overachieved all year and the losers have been silent. now that tennessee is losing a game its supposed to lose, in the elite 8 no less, the losers are in here pounding their chest about what a loser rick barnes is, despite this year being his best coaching job ever. that’s loser behavior.
  4. y’all- tennessee is trying to drive the ball, they just can’t. and when they do get by their man they’re met by a couple of houston’s huge and athletic help defenders. the game plan is not to take a million threes, those are simply the only open shots that tennessee is getting.
  5. they’ve tried that, but this houston defense has shut down the paint. tennessee’s guards are struggling to beat their man, and when they do they get met at the rim with a violent swat. hitting jumpers was always going to be the key, and they’re laying an absolute egg.
  6. two wide open catch-and-shoot looks to start the half and they miss both. they’ve had the looks they want, but the entire team is ice cold.
  7. i mean they’ve had a ton of open shots, they’ve just missed them. not a lot he can do about that.
  8. best defense in the country, best shooting team in the country. they got overlooked all year because of duke and auburn, but this is by far the best team that sampson has ever put together.
  9. early on houston was smothering them, but since then tennessee has just missed so many open jumpers. they picked the wrong day to go 3/22 or whatever.
  10. 8 points with less than four minutes left in the half. countless missed jumpers. just a miserable offensive performance.
  11. lanier can’t create his own shot, he’s a catch-and-shoot guy. if they can’t get him the looks he likes this will just get more and more ugly. yeah, lanier can’t hit anything. this is gonna be a loooooong day for tennessee.
  12. never expected a win here, just not a good matchup for tennessee. as i posted, the path to winning this game is hitting jump shots, which is not their MO, especially against this defense. i didn’t see them starting off 1/12 or whatever, but im not shocked by it either.
  13. this is jv vs varsity.
  14. yeah tennessee hangs its hat on having an elite defense, and as such they don’t have as many skilled offensive players as most teams in the E8. problem is that houston has an even better defense, with more size, and one of the best shooting teams in the country. not a good matchup for tennessee. i posted earlier that the only way to win today was to hit jump shots. i don’t think they’ve hit one yet, and we’re 8 minutes into the game. houston defense is just smothering them.
  15. so you’re dunking on barnes by betting against him in the elite 8, where he’s an underdog, against a better team and higher seed. that’s…pretty sad.
  16. vols will need to have a good shooting day to beat houston today. lanier, milicic, and gainey will have to be knocking down jumpers. that said, i don’t see any scenario where tennessee beats duke. i think there’s maybe 2-3 teams that have a shot against duke, and tennessee ain’t one of em. this team being a 2 seed and in the EE is already wildly impressive considering their lack of depth and nba talent.
  17. https://x.com/vol_hoops/status/1906036129931182211?s=46
  18. duke’s defense is the unheralded star. they’ve been awesome all year. people dissed the acc (and rightfully so), but duke was beating the brakes off of everyone. there’s not another team in america that would have won as many conference games by 20-30 as duke did. this team is so legit, and their defense is absolutely elite. it simply gets overshadowed by an also-elite offense. just a really impressive job by duke and scheyer.
  19. sears ain’t gonna hero ball his way out of this. bama not playing smart ball.
  20. bama may have busted their nut vs byu.
  21. guy does everything right; cop shoots him with his own gun:
  22. shaka brought all of his assistants when he came to Texas. they led us to an 11-22 season with a tourney level roster. conversely, chris beard went and got bag men from larry brown and bill self when he got the Texas job (not to mention that he took donewald and mark adams with him to ole miss). im with you. i am not gruntled by these “hires”. there’s a reason that so many of the biggest pricks you’ve ever met win titles- they’re cutthroat. let’s hope that miller knows what he’s doing.
  23. lol, the airline pilot in the treasure hunt docuseries has the most “teenager” teenager ever. that kid megaloathes that his dad is making him do this.
  24. i hope that the people who were upset that we didn’t have more first weekend upsets are enjoying watching the absolute best teams in america go toe to toe all weekend. upsets are dumb. chalk is great. this is going to be an all time elite 8 and final four.
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