Well that was about what I expected. Tennessee has been the model of consistency under Rick Barnes. They quite literally never have a let down against mid majors ever. Idk what they have left for mid majors on their schedule, but whoever it is it will be similar results. The best news about tonight is if we were to reach March Madness, we would not draw these guys in the tournament, so good thinking there Decuire lol.
As for the game I actually thought we did an ok job attacking the paint. Awesome night for Money but he just didn’t get enough help from the rest of the team. Defensively I thought we did a pretty good job on them in the first half before they started heating up in the second half and then it became too hard to slow them down.
Idk about you guys but I saw this lineup a couple times especially in the first half, and I thought this was our strongest lineup: (Money, Whitney, Pridgen, Jedkins, Sawyer). I thought when those 5 were on the floor together, that’s when we were at our strongest. They were very disruptive defensively, they had good chemistry, good ball movement, and strong offensively. If I’m Decuire I’d go to that lineup more as the season progresses.
5 days off now before Utah State on Monday. Big opportunity for this group. Money found his groove tonight and I expect guys like Pridgen and Sawyer will have a pretty solid game. It’d be great to get Moore and Bradtke back for that game, and if we do, it could be a dog fight. I think come league play, we’re gonna have a good team. Saw some good things tonight!