Tennessee Defeats MTSU
Last night the Vols were able to take down the Blue Raiders from MTSU 83-52. MTSU was able to keep it close in the first 10 minutes of the game, but a run led by JaJuan Smith created the seperation that the Vols kept for the rest of the game. J. Smith continued to impress last night with his team leading 16 points in a scrappy game. Here's some thoughts from the game last night:
1) Officiating. How awful was the officiating? It was horrific. I'm usually not one to blast the officials , because they have a hard job and do make some mistakes. But the officials number 1 job is to call a game consistently, whether thats a good consistent or bad consistent, and not make themselves noticable. Well, they were 0-2 last night. I hope they got blasted last night for it too. Gerald Boudereaux was in the house last night watching his SEC officials, and they did an awful job. The technical on passley was hilarious. I was right there, and all Passley did was pat him on the head. And when he stopped the game to talk the players in the second half, I almost fell over laughing. I hope the officiating is better in the NIT.
2) Turnovers. Once again, Pearl's team forced lots of turnovers. 22 in fact. I will be interested in seeing this year how the turnover numbers corrolate with wins and losses.
3) Rebounding. The Vols out rebounded the bigger Blue Raiders by 11, 44-33. The Vols were able to pull down 16 offensive rebounds, led by Wayne Chism's 3 offensive rebounds. Both Chism and Bradshaw led the Vols with 7 rebounds total.
4) FT shooting. While still not performing well, the Vols did improve last night shooting 68% from the line. The troubling part of that was that the Vols missed several front ends of 1 and 1's.
5) Defense. The Vols limited the Blue Raiders to 35% shooting from the field and just 18% from the 3 point line. The Vols team defense seemed to improve in the half court from last year, but they seemed to struggle in the one on one matchups. Their were a lot of reaching and grabbing when guards would try to drive around our perimeter defenders. If this can improve, then this team could be better than thought.
6) Fashion statements. Once again, Chism had on his orange and white diamond socks. I just don't understand where he got those. The biggest statement though was the new warmups. Holy Cow! Talk about flourescent orange. At least they matched the orange shoes and the orange stripes on the uniforms, but geez, that is not Tennessee Orange. Will Adidas ever get it right?
Stat line of the night:
Wayne Chism-10 points on 4-6 shooting, 7 rebounds (3 offensive), 1 assist, 1 turnover, and 1 steal in a remarkable 11 minutes playing due to foul trouble
1) Officiating. How awful was the officiating? It was horrific. I'm usually not one to blast the officials , because they have a hard job and do make some mistakes. But the officials number 1 job is to call a game consistently, whether thats a good consistent or bad consistent, and not make themselves noticable. Well, they were 0-2 last night. I hope they got blasted last night for it too. Gerald Boudereaux was in the house last night watching his SEC officials, and they did an awful job. The technical on passley was hilarious. I was right there, and all Passley did was pat him on the head. And when he stopped the game to talk the players in the second half, I almost fell over laughing. I hope the officiating is better in the NIT.
2) Turnovers. Once again, Pearl's team forced lots of turnovers. 22 in fact. I will be interested in seeing this year how the turnover numbers corrolate with wins and losses.
3) Rebounding. The Vols out rebounded the bigger Blue Raiders by 11, 44-33. The Vols were able to pull down 16 offensive rebounds, led by Wayne Chism's 3 offensive rebounds. Both Chism and Bradshaw led the Vols with 7 rebounds total.
4) FT shooting. While still not performing well, the Vols did improve last night shooting 68% from the line. The troubling part of that was that the Vols missed several front ends of 1 and 1's.
5) Defense. The Vols limited the Blue Raiders to 35% shooting from the field and just 18% from the 3 point line. The Vols team defense seemed to improve in the half court from last year, but they seemed to struggle in the one on one matchups. Their were a lot of reaching and grabbing when guards would try to drive around our perimeter defenders. If this can improve, then this team could be better than thought.
6) Fashion statements. Once again, Chism had on his orange and white diamond socks. I just don't understand where he got those. The biggest statement though was the new warmups. Holy Cow! Talk about flourescent orange. At least they matched the orange shoes and the orange stripes on the uniforms, but geez, that is not Tennessee Orange. Will Adidas ever get it right?
Stat line of the night:
Wayne Chism-10 points on 4-6 shooting, 7 rebounds (3 offensive), 1 assist, 1 turnover, and 1 steal in a remarkable 11 minutes playing due to foul trouble
posted by Big Bentley at 10:12 AM
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Last night the Vols were able to take down the Blue Raiders from MTSU 83-52. MTSU was able to keep it close in the first 10 minutes of the game, but a run led by JaJuan Smith created the seperation that the Vols kept for the rest of the game. J. Smith continued to impress last night with his team leading 1
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