re: 2019-2020 Season: UT Basketball discussion : 17-13 (9-8)

Yeah they’re the worst and even worse in person. But it makes their melt that much better when it eventually all comes crashing down

I disagree, I actually hope LSU beats UF. If UF wins, LSU will be forced to give it their all against UT

Some quotes from Barnes this afternoon on Saturday's game from Rob Lewis on VQ:

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Didn't respond to how physical UK was. Didn't play together. Played out of character. Great atmosphere, huge stage, his team didn't answer the call. Not taking anything away from UK, they forced the issues that Vols had. Said one of the most mature answers he's heard from a player was Jordan Bone after the game, after the game told Rick he was excited about getting back to practice and seeing how much better this team can be. Mature team that was embarrassed on Saturday night, feels like guys will respond the right way. Thinks that they were drifting and didn't have the focus they needed but we're getting by and winning games anyway. Watching film yesterday feels like guys understood and thinks they can get back to being the team that they can be

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Felt like this had been building. Had been telling them 'it's going to bite us,' in regards to rebound and defense specifically.

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Told them while watching film on Sunday 'If this is who we are, we're not going to win many more games.'

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Have not been playing with the same sense of urgency on defense as they did a year ago. Just don't have the edge. Simple things like where they pick the ball up, how they guard ball screens. Feels like it's a mindset and this team hasn't had it all year long.

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Says it's his fault that the rotation is so short. Needs to play Yves, Fulkerson, Johnson and Walker. Says that those guys also need to understand that those minutes are valuable and they can't come in the game and immediately give up buckets ( think that one was for Walker)

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Says Alexander hasn't been a factor in three weeks. Got to fix that.

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Didn't make the extra pass on Saturday. Guys felt like they needed to make something happen. Guys forgot Grant. Get best looks when Grant gets touches and passes out. Says frankly that he doesn't have an answer for what's happening with Alexander. Feels like he's worrying about foul trouble too much and it's affecting him.

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Says that he needs Derrick Walker to give them a physical presence inside. Says that Fulkerson still isn't the same player he was two years ago. Says that two years ago when Tennessee played at North Carolina Fulkerson was the best player on the court.

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Never settled in on offense on Saturday. Felt like every single player put pressure on themselves to make something happen and that's not how they play.

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A lot of what we already knew. Barnes is the king of tough coaching though and I think we all believe he's going to tool this as a valuable lesson to use as a launch pad moving forward.

Bowden and Turner where on the bus , their body dummies shoot and don’t pass where on the court

He's definitely in a funk. Recently it looks like teams are trying to get him in early foul trouble which is making him play timid & apprehensive. When he pulls down boards and chips in 8+ pts a game it's such a huge difference. Hopefully he figures it out quick

Now we look like we're pressing

Trying to do WAY to much

We need him to start playing like an Alpha

We are falling apart. This is so fricking bad

Feels bad man