UT basketball fans . . . I hope you are prepared

[Clockwork Orange]

for the Vols to lose to Wichita State on Thursday night. Wichita is a better team than we are. As good as our defense has been, theirs has been slightly better . . . and their offense is significantly better. They are a very well coached team (Gregg Marshall . . . formerly at Winthrop and a guy UT considered at one point). Marshall has a matchup zone that he uses occasionally that I bet we see a lot of.

If Cuonzo is to right the ship, beating the Shockers would be a great place to start . . . but I don't see it. I think we fall to 4-4.

[WoodstockVol]

Tennessee is going to the NIT and will have a Men's Basketball Coach on the hotseat

[Volznut]

we're going to win CO

[Creek Walker]

we're going to win CO

A bold statement for a team that is struggling to score 40 ppg. 

[VOLMAN]

can force defenses to get out of the zone against us? We will see mostly zone until we demonstrate that we can break it down or hit 3s consistently.

[WoodstockVol]

A bold statement for a team that is struggling to score 40 ppg. 

This team would be good in the 1970s

[Volznut]

A bold statement for a team that is struggling to score 40 ppg. 

we will still win!

[Inspector Vol]

Same problems we had last year (guard play) multiplied with no Maymon. He was the match up problem for most teams. He handles good enough to get by guys his size and smaller guys who can stay with him he dominates with his back to the basket.

Give this team a true legit pg who can create his own shot or someone else and another shooter and we would be good.....but we don't have that.

Will we have it next year? What will we have next year? I assume all our bigs will be gone so......???

[Volznut]

Same problems we had last year (guard play) multiplied with no Maymon. He was the match up problem for most teams. He handles good enough to get by guys his size and smaller guys who can stay with him he dominates with his back to the basket.

Give this team a true legit pg who can create his own shot or someone else and another shooter and we would be good.....but we don't have that.

Will we have it next year? What will we have next year? I assume all our bigs will be gone so......???

I think Maymon gets a medical RS and is back next year

[WoodstockVol]

Same problems we had last year (guard play) multiplied with no Maymon. He was the match up problem for most teams. He handles good enough to get by guys his size and smaller guys who can stay with him he dominates with his back to the basket.

Give this team a true legit pg who can create his own shot or someone else and another shooter and we would be good.....but we don't have that.

Will we have it next year? What will we have next year? I assume all our bigs will be gone so......???

Cuonzo seems to me,a Buzz Peterson part 2

[Clockwork Orange]

we're going to win CO

Hey man, I hope so. But Wichita is as good or better than any of the three teams we have lost to so far, according to KenPom's stats.

Code:

															SOS						NC SOS
Rank	Team			Conf	W-L	Pyth	AdjO		AdjD		AdjT		Luck		Pyth		OppO		OppD		Pyth
23	Wichita St.		MVC	9-0	.8676	108.0	46	89.9	29	67.0	177	+.042	118	.4982	204	99.5	191	99.6	213	.4982	206
24	Oklahoma St.		B12	7-1	.8667	106.0	69	88.3	18	66.3	207	+.009	167	.5543	135	101.5	90	99.4	191	.5543	141
25	Illinois		B10	10-0	.8606	111.5	17	93.4	63	67.3	161	+.075	72	.5297	166	99.8	178	98.6	147	.5297	175
26	Kansas St.		B12	7-1	.8601	107.0	57	89.7	28	67.4	156	+.084	61	.4661	229	98.8	219	100.1	240	.4661	235
27	North Carolina St.	ACC	6-2	.8569	113.8	10	95.5	95	68.9	85	+.069	78	.6563	41	103.0	38	96.7	59	.6563	47
28	Belmont			OVC	6-2	.8567	111.8	16	93.9	69	68.6	92	-.046	252	.6517	47	103.2	34	97.1	75	.6517	53
29	San Diego St.		MWC	7-1	.8540	106.3	65	89.5	26	68.4	108	+.062	92	.5088	193	97.4	278	97.0	73	.5088	197
30	Baylor			B12	5-3	.8539	110.7	22	93.1	57	68.3	113	-.148	333	.5883	101	101.9	72	98.4	140	.5883	106
31	Georgetown		BE	8-1	.8528	101.5	132	85.5	4	64.0	291	+.086	56	.4534	240	98.2	255	100.0	234	.4534	243
32	Missouri		SEC	8-1	.8493	110.7	21	93.6	65	67.0	175	+.098	44	.3998	284	95.9	308	99.8	226	.3998	287
33	Memphis			CUSA	6-2	.8487	108.4	39	91.6	35	69.1	71	-.008	192	.4990	202	100.2	150	100.3	247	.4990	204
34	Virginia		ACC	8-2	.8484	103.0	105	87.1	10	60.3	344	-.043	249	.4296	258	96.6	296	99.3	186	.4296	260
. . .
57	Tennessee		SEC	4-3	.7832	102.6	116	90.5	33	64.0	289	-.037	234	.6299	60	101.4	96	96.2	43	.6299	67

[Stogie Vol]

You geeks and your numbers.

[Clockwork Orange]

You geeks and your numbers.

I like the snarl and I'm pulling like hell for Cuonzo. But this offensive funk is some of the worst basketball I've ever seen.

Just for giggles, some more geeky numbers . . .

In Tennessee's three losses, it has scored 0.73, 0.68, and 0.68 points per possession (PPP) . . .

* Grambling State has the worst offense in the NCAA and scores an average (adjusted for SOS) of 0.77 PPP.

* Only once last year was UT's offense this bad, scoring 0.70 PPP in a loss to Vandy.

* In the five years of the Bruce Pearl era, UT only had PPP this low three times . . . 0.64 vs. Butler in 2006-2007, 0.68 vs. Kentucky in 2009-2010, and 0.71 vs. Michigan in his final game in 2010-2011. That's three times in 206 games, while this team has done it three times in seven games.

* Hilariously, in four years of Buzz Peterson UT never-- not once-- had PPP less than 0.73.

[WoodstockVol]

I like the snarl and I'm pulling like hell for Cuonzo. But this offensive funk is some of the worst basketball I've ever seen.

Just for giggles, some more geeky numbers . . .

In Tennessee's three losses, it has scored 0.73, 0.68, and 0.68 points per possession (PPP) . . .

* Grambling State has the worst offense in the NCAA and scores an average (adjusted for SOS) of 0.77 PPP.

* Only once last year was UT's offense this bad, scoring 0.70 PPP in a loss to Vandy.

* In the five years of the Bruce Pearl era, UT only had PPP this low three times . . . 0.64 vs. Butler in 2006-2007, 0.68 vs. Kentucky in 2009-2010, and 0.71 vs. Michigan in his final game in 2010-2011. That's three times in 206 games, while this team has done it three times in seven games.

* Hilariously, in four years of Buzz Peterson UT never-- not once-- had PPP less than 0.73.

What about Coach Green?

[Clockwork Orange]

What about Coach Green?

I don't have stats going back far enough, but as I recall scoring points was never a weakness so I doubt he had many games with offensive output this bad. I only have his final season and the team never scored below 0.8 PPP that season.

The Kevin O'Neill era would be interesting and I'm not sure how bad the offense really was now that people keep up with tempo-free stats. He just played an extremely slow tempo . . . far slower than our very slow system under Cuonzo. Last season his 6-26 USC team scored below 0.73 PPP nine times though, so maybe his offenses truly are terrible.

[101stDad]

I think Maymon gets a medical RS and is back next year

Maymon used his redshirt when he transferred in from Marquette and had to sit. 

[Clockwork Orange]

Maymon used his redshirt when he transferred in from Marquette and had to sit. 

Nope. This is just Maymon's 4th year, and like all athletes he has 5 to play 4. He played partial seasons before and after his transfer time, so a redshirt was never used.

[Volznut]

Maymon used his redshirt when he transferred in from Marquette and had to sit.  

Not a RS