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i think tennessee beats michigan

go birds wrote:i think tennessee beats michigan

I have no idea what to expect. On paper you've got a team capable of shooting the lights out against a hard-nosed defensive team with two bruisers in the paint who love to rebound, so it's definitely a matchup of contrasting styles. I think some are overlooking the scoring ability of Jordan McRae (20, 21, 14 in three tournament games) and Josh Richardson (17, 15, 26 in three tournament games), but it's completely understandable that the Vols have become the Jarnell Stokes show. His tournament numbers thus far: 18 points, 13 rebounds vs. Iowa; 26 points, 14 rebounds vs. UMass; 17 points, 18 rebounds vs. Mercer. He's a monster.

Michigan is a really good team, so I won't be shocked if Tennessee loses, but the Vols are playing extremely well - KenPom rates them as the 5th best team left in the tournament (behind Florida, Louisville, Arizona and Virginia). If nothing else, I'm happy for Cuonzo after he's endured the never-ending love affair our fans have with Bruce Pearl. He deserves some of the criticism that's been thrown at him, but he's a genuinely good guy and it looks like he can thrive if he has the right players for his system.

ThatGuy wrote:

go birds wrote:i think tennessee beats michigan

I have no idea what to expect. On paper you've got a team capable of shooting the lights out against a hard-nosed defensive team with two bruisers in the paint who love to rebound, so it's definitely a matchup of contrasting styles. I think some are overlooking the scoring ability of Jordan McRae (20, 21, 14 in three tournament games) and Josh Richardson (17, 15, 26 in three tournament games), but it's completely understandable that the Vols have become the Jarnell Stokes show. His tournament numbers thus far: 18 points, 13 rebounds vs. Iowa; 26 points, 14 rebounds vs. UMass; 17 points, 18 rebounds vs. Mercer. He's a monster.

Michigan is a really good team, so I won't be shocked if Tennessee loses, but the Vols are playing extremely well - KenPom rates them as the 5th best team left in the tournament (behind Florida, Louisville, Arizona and Virginia). If nothing else, I'm happy for Cuonzo after he's endured the never-ending love affair our fans have with Bruce Pearl. He deserves some of the criticism that's been thrown at him, but he's a genuinely good guy and it looks like he can thrive if he has the right players for his system.

If richardson can drain 3's like he did against mercer....look out.

michigan's game seems to rely on the 3-point shot so if that's locked down, big orange might be lookin at the elite 8.

none of that is to take away how good michigan is, but tenn is definitely capable of winning (imo)

I think any of the sweet 16 matchup's have the potential for an upset. Baylor could easily take down Wisconsin. Kentucky can beat Louisville. Michigan St. can beat Virginia. UConn can beat Iowa St. w/ their best player going down.

I'm hoping Florida can handle UCLA fairly easily and hopefully Arizona can take care of SD St.

But, really there could be upsets galore.

baylor with only 16 points in the 1st half lol i was way off

The first 4 min w no announcers and intense bball were great.

The rest of the gane will b a letdown

Halfway through the first half and I havent heard an announcer on the fl ucla game but u can hear the crowd and shoes and the game is awesome.

Arizona is not looking good.

Kinda bull [expletive] how close these games are staggered together. Can't keep up with both.

slide_into_first wrote: I think they will have to bring the old school defense and keep the score in the 40's-50's.

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