Butler review
The Vols took their first loss of the season tonight against the Butler Bulldogs. The Vols led 21 -8 early in the first half, and then forgot how to play the game of basketball as they began to turn the ball over and shoot brick after brick. Here are some thoughts from the game:
1) This might have been the first game where I thought that Pearl did a bad job coaching. It seemed as though he never could get his team into the game, and really didn't have any answers for Butler.
2) APB for Chris Lofton. Lofton struggled once again tonight, often seeming as though he was looking to drive more than shoot. He seems to be thinking too much, and thus not reacting and letting the game come to him. He continues to drive and collect charges, thus getting him in foul trouble. You want Lofton to be able to play more, then let him play his game and get out of his head about driving to the basket.
3) Turnovers were ridiculous. JaJuan Smith, Chris Lofton, and Ramar Smith led the team in turnovers with 5, 5, and 4 respectively. That's just not acceptable. Lofton got most of his turnovers off of charges, but both Smith's are now to be known as ATMs. Automatic Turnover Machines.
4) Will the real Ramar Smith please stand up? Ramar is a really good player, I've seen it for myself. But thus far this season, he has been elsewhere. Maybe he is focusing too much on running the point guard position, but he is struggling alot right now. I think it might be time for Jordan Howell to move into the starting lineup.
5) FT shooting was abysmal. How can a team shoot 54% from the FT line? There's a reason they are called "free" throws. You're not going to hit all of them, but goodness gracious, they can barely hit half of them.
6)With all that said, I'm still behid this team. I knew there would be nights like this when nothing could seemingly go right for this team. That's what happens when youth is on the floor. Their will also be times though that their talent will show and they might run people out of the gym. Hopefully Pearl can regroup this team and have them ready to take on the loser of the UNC/Gonzaga game.
STAT LINE OF THE NIGHT:
1) This might have been the first game where I thought that Pearl did a bad job coaching. It seemed as though he never could get his team into the game, and really didn't have any answers for Butler.
2) APB for Chris Lofton. Lofton struggled once again tonight, often seeming as though he was looking to drive more than shoot. He seems to be thinking too much, and thus not reacting and letting the game come to him. He continues to drive and collect charges, thus getting him in foul trouble. You want Lofton to be able to play more, then let him play his game and get out of his head about driving to the basket.
3) Turnovers were ridiculous. JaJuan Smith, Chris Lofton, and Ramar Smith led the team in turnovers with 5, 5, and 4 respectively. That's just not acceptable. Lofton got most of his turnovers off of charges, but both Smith's are now to be known as ATMs. Automatic Turnover Machines.
4) Will the real Ramar Smith please stand up? Ramar is a really good player, I've seen it for myself. But thus far this season, he has been elsewhere. Maybe he is focusing too much on running the point guard position, but he is struggling alot right now. I think it might be time for Jordan Howell to move into the starting lineup.
5) FT shooting was abysmal. How can a team shoot 54% from the FT line? There's a reason they are called "free" throws. You're not going to hit all of them, but goodness gracious, they can barely hit half of them.
6)With all that said, I'm still behid this team. I knew there would be nights like this when nothing could seemingly go right for this team. That's what happens when youth is on the floor. Their will also be times though that their talent will show and they might run people out of the gym. Hopefully Pearl can regroup this team and have them ready to take on the loser of the UNC/Gonzaga game.
STAT LINE OF THE NIGHT:
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
25 Tabb,Josh........... 2-3 0-1 0-1 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 1 1 19
posted by Big Bentley at 10:40 PM
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