Recent content by bvandegraff

I've been critical of him, but I'd love for you to be right about this. I think he could be a real asset - I'd like to see him closer to the basket more often and be that physical presence we need down low.

Huge win for Bama's psyche - they CAN win a thug ball game.

Philon got us over the hump, but Trelly got us close and Sherrell did some serious work down the stretch.

Suck it, Vols......

Beautiful play by Philon! Can we defend and rebound for 19 seconds? And can the refs resist trying to tip the scales to UT yet again?

And we close to within 6....if the rules of basketball were actually applied to this game we'd probably be up 10.

Bowen and Bethea have been dealing with injuries as I recall. Williamson on the other hand.....

I don't usually go for conspiracy theories, but I can't help but wonder NCAA refs have it in for Nate Oats.

Put in Williamson and tell him to flatten any Vol that gets in his way until he fouls out.

Yes, UT is getting away with murder, but we're still getting absolutely destroyed in the paint.

Quite a feat for this staff to sign the least effective 7-footer in the history of basketball.

Was at work during the game and watching the replay now. By all that’s holy, Dukey V is THE most irritating announcer in the history of sports. Grating voice, inane comments that add nothing to the broadcast, and gee Dick, tell us again what you think about the Bediako situation.

Just ridiculous that aTm has been in the bonus since 13:00 left.

Great coaches have always had the ability to honestly self-scout and make changes where needed. Oats is a pretty stubborn dude - I wonder if he can adapt his system to deal with “physical” teams when the refs swallow their whistles, which is basically always these days. Even his best teams...

They’ve figured out that physically contesting every dribble drive and daring the refs to actually call fouls can disrupt Oats’ system especially when Bama gets soft on defense.