So how will we scheme differently to compete with UT?..

[thekimmer]

They have lost to several teams that we managed to beat like bama, mizzou, and arky so they shouldn't be invincible for us although the last game looked like it.

They physically dominated and had their way with us in the hump. Thoughts?

 

[aTotal360]

We send in Tate Clayton with bad intentions.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Watching that Tennessee game @ The Hump was an absolute nightmare. The staff really has a lot of work to do to compete with Tennessee.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

Inflatable hulk muscles fo err'ybody

 

[thekimmer]

Watching that Tennessee game @ The Hump was an absolute nightmare. The staff really has a lot of work to do to compete with Tennessee.

So is it a question of having to outscore them with the three to try and offset the points they will get in the paint?

 

[BulldogBlitz]

This is the crappiest possible matchup for us of the remaining teams. Hope we processed a couple of strong transfers this morning.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Hope that

Ado and Holman somehow get a lot stronger over night...

 

[DawgsOnTheWing]

Even though we faltered a little at the end, I saw a better effort/plan last night against LSU than we showed last Saturday. I am hoping we make similar corrections for TN. It will be a challenge, though, TN is tough.

 

[messageboardsuperhero]

On defense- Be more aggressive denying the post. Then if they do get it to their bigs, we need to trap and then take away the immediate passing lanes. This will probably leave their guards open for some threes, but you’ve got to pick your poison.

On offense- run. We are good in transition but have no chance of consistently getting good shots in the half court.

 

[msstate7]

The 2nd half of that game was a combination of the best tenn has played this year and one of our worst performances. I’m not predicting a win, but I think this game will be much different.

 

[ShrubDog]

They killed us on constant V cuts, front cuts, basket cuts, flex cuts, ucla cuts and back cuts.

We never could match up playing man. We got beat over and over again for easy baskets. We may see some zone today fellas.

 

[fishwater99]

We will live and die by the 3 ball tonight.

If we hit 15 3's we win, if not we lose...

UT is too big and domiante down low for our squad. We need some big bodies..

 

[coach66]

They played great defense against us once they recovered from our early run and

they saw the results which I expect them to do again. They know we have no inside game against them so they extended their defense and took our 3's away. It's gonna be tough, hell on our side I wish we would at least try a zone defense and maybe blow their mind.

 

[johnson86-1]

The 2nd half of that game was a combination of the best tenn has played this year and one of our worst performances. I’m not predicting a win, but I think this game will be much different.

I know they aren't as good as they looked based on their record this year, but the way they physically manhandled us, it's just hard to see how we can get a different result.

But we did miss a lot of open shots, so it's not like their defense just shut us down until we got deflated. But damn our guys looked week against them.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

I would double and trap admiral every time he touches it down low. Make others beat you

 

[Shmuley]

Ptomaine poisoning.

 

[tired]

Def a bad match up for us. I wouldn't be surprised to see TN make a deep run in the tourney

 

[vandaldawg]

We couldn’t hit shots because…

they saw the results which I expect them to do again. They know we have no inside game against them so they extended their defense and took our 3's away. It's gonna be tough, hell on our side I wish we would at least try a zone defense and maybe blow their mind.

They took away our dribble drive. We got out of rhythm because if that. We, like most basketball teams, thrive on being in rhythm. We HAVE to pack the paint on d today and hope they have an off shooting night from outside.

Conversely, we have to rebound off the miss, get out in transition, and make threes in transition. There is no hope otherwise.

 

[coach66]

Yep, I think you got it. The stars are gonna have to align.

nm

 

[woozman]

If we hit 15 3's we win, if not we lose...

That will be tough. We hit almost 60% from 3 last night so that would be 25 attempts to hit 15. If we hit the season average (31.3%) you're looking at 48 3-point attempts.