Probably could've gone to MIT or some other scrub school but chose BRUCE. Smart young man indeed.
+++++ Tennessee vs Boogs Official Game Thread ++++++
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23 wins solo 6th most in boog hoops history already. @DM8 you been too fussy have some faith in BRUCE and the HYGs.
Need a generous soul to screen record this for us that don’t have an IG
Did you sleep through the last few years? You had much more info.
not that anyone needs this to be said, but young Jaylin also had the two best assists in the game by far. And I'm not including the one off the backboard to himself. That bounce pass to the slasher was a beaut. And he had that steal where he brought the ball up the court, toyed with the defender and then found an open Samir for 3. Just a total impact player
Even looked like he had better handles than Danjel on that play
Actually I don’t I don’t have the tech savvy to post a screen record
there's not doubt he does. He looks very comfortable facing up defenders off the dribble. Danjel always looks pretty stiff
I’m honestly still slightly shook he only played 15 mins. 8 pts 3 steals a couple dimes. Pretty sure he had a putback dunk in the first half. Had that drive through 3 players that didn’t go but Austin got it off the glass. Other shot he made was majestic af.
He just moves so freely and aggressively obviously has a natural bball IQ. The J doesn’t look bad I’m sure he could make at least at a 2020 boog level clip if he got all the wide ass open looks the 4 gets in our O.
that was that little baseline baby hook. He just looks so comfortable around the basket
Danjel too much of a puss to attack the basket anyway. Caught a slight chuckle when he finally came in in the 2nd. Could tell he was trying to be like Jaylin got the ball in the post, almost thought about making an aggressive attack move then quickly settled for the fadeaway that clanked off the front rim.
Oh well at least when he missed that wide open look in the corner some idiot bailed him out and he made his FTs. D wasn’t horrendous in the 2nd I’ll be fair.
It’s really hard to believe this squad is 23-4 after watching the last week.
You've gotten me excited about rewatching the game. We need him to keep progressing these next few weeks.
He had full command every time he had the ball. Much more athletic than I thought too, that vert was impressive
Eating lunch in town and Isaac, Stretch and Sharife are at little Italy. Sharife recognized by everyone in the joint. Wild times to have an incoming basketball recruit with that kind of fame.
It’s utterly amazing. Losing your best player is tough, but the difference is night and day with or without Isaac. Hopefully his return sparks the other guys. If jaylin ends up being a productive guy the rest of the way, Isaac going down could end up increasing our ceiling.
Dude, even my dad knows about Sharife. He's a basketball fan but he's never known about recruits or anything. It's kind of wild. He told me some hoops recruiting talk has made its way into his taco tuesday discussion with his friends
Last year isn’t relevant as Isaac wasn’t on the team. We’ve played 3 games this year without him and been really bad for 2.5+ of those games. If you’re confident going into any of the remaining games if Issac is out, you must have slept through the last 3.
That’s awesome. Sharife was feeling the love. Some woman told him to get Isaac to stay another year and he laughed and said “I don’t know if i can make that happen.”
now Jay Will baby hook or dime bounce pass, but the rest of the performance that put the sec on notice is there
Not gonna lie gang it’s been nice getting after Boog nation on tbb
they give up on Bruce faster than a JARED fast break
they give up on Bruce faster than a JARED fast break
I’ve seen guys making plays for us for the last 3-4 years that are still with us.
This is the bottom line, your ridiculous overreactions were wrong. You can quintuple down on them if you want but that doesn’t change the result. Just FTR, Vegas didn’t agree with your drama logic either and won’t our next home game, regardless of Issac’s status.
That bounce pass was nice. Jaylin’s emergence is huge. If he continues to play like this after Isaac returns, we are going to be that much more dangerous. It will be interesting to see how Bruce handles the rotation.
I went back and watched a few of his plays and its stunning how much more fluid he is with the ball than our other 4's. The most hilarious thing on the highlights was the play where he got the steal under our basket, dribbled down like he was the lead guard and Andy Burcham is panicking like it's Anfernee and telling him to give it up and J crosses someone over and makes that great dish to Samir for a wide open 3.
I get almost as pissed at Purifoy for seemingly not wanting the ball in those spots. The entire game he comes back to try and help get the ball. After a rebound, on an in-bounds pass, 35 feet from the basket (I know that’s part of the offense). He makes himself available all the time when it’s not necessary. But in the last minute when we need FTs, I swear our best FT shooter doesn’t do anything at all to want to the ball in his hands.
I’m gonna go ahead here & admit to going full Lebo era on my Boogs today. Knew it was “over” with 18 left & started fast forwarding at the under 16 to come up on 54-50 with the 10 second violation being reviewed. Then went all the way back & full Boog on out. Screaming on the porch & all, neighborhood had thought they had figured out my hysteria with this squad, but pulled the old delay & fool this PM. Just saw BRUCE admitting to a halftime dog cussing how I love him. EDIT & OMG Jaylin.
I’m hopeful that these guys saw the type of energy and effort it will take for us to win games without Okoro, and they can continue to bring that level going forward. If we get the energy and effort of the last 14:00 the rest of the season, this team will be fine.
The one thing that worries me about that energy and effort is it seemed to be spurred on by making shots, which is fine, but I’d rather they bring it from the beginning and not let the offensive inconsistencies bring the defense down.
we completely rattled them once our intensity picked up. I think we gotta stay in peoples grills more. We gotta live there. Thats just who this team is or needs to be. Challenge you in man, get in your face. That's where we made a ton of consecutive stops on D and had them playing timid.
I haven't lost any faith in Bruce. He has vastly exceeded expectations this year and is building a monster for next year. He lost his lotto pick for the 3 games and his absence has proven he's this team's MVP by miles. I am puzzled why anyone thinks it's unreasonable to say we are a bad team without Isaac. I have always maintained we would still be able to make a run when he returned.
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He definitely looks more like a 2 handling the ball. Having a big guy who is capable of handling the ball on the break is a huge advantage.
The comeback today was epic, but the first 26 minutes of the game were abysmal and have not caused me to change my outlook on expecting to win games without Isaac. If you think we are a good team without Isaac, more power to you. If Isaac remains out and we play solidly in a win over Ole Miss or go to Rupp next weekend and give them a game, I'll happy to eat some crow.
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The dynamic this year is so different from the last couple of seasons when we would hit 3s to spur runs that would lead us to step up our intensity on D. This year, we can't count on raining 3s to go on runs so it seems harder for the guys to find the extra level of energy you referenced that allows you to take over a game. This team has done it though, it just seems to more often happen when they are down double digits and have their backs against the wall. Once we have Isaac back, hopefully Bruce can find a way to get the guys to play close to their ceiling throughout the game.
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(there was apparently a dog cuss'n delivered at halftime)
I'll probably eat my words on this, but I think we can take them in Knoxville too b/c I think this is a good matchup for us at most spots. Bowden can be a problem but hasn't had a great year and I doubt he can replicate that shooting performance especially if Isaac is gonna be on him a good bit.
Vescovi is a good player but our guys seem to match up very well with him. He's a tricky, change pace, herky/jerky Ginobilli types but JVon and Samir both looked like they were gonna give him all kinds of problems even if he didn't have foul issues. And I don't think he's close to ready defensively and we an exploit that. Fulkerson is a big dude who gets a lot of hustle baskets and ugly points but Wiley looked like he would both negate a lot of that AND is the kind of player Fulkerson is just gonna foul a lot.
And they turn the ball over a ton and that's not likely to stop anytime soon. We need to win that battle and they are open to us abusing them in that stat. I actually think A&M at home may be more difficult based on the way Buzz has them playing.
Vescovi is a good player but our guys seem to match up very well with him. He's a tricky, change pace, herky/jerky Ginobilli types but JVon and Samir both looked like they were gonna give him all kinds of problems even if he didn't have foul issues. And I don't think he's close to ready defensively and we an exploit that. Fulkerson is a big dude who gets a lot of hustle baskets and ugly points but Wiley looked like he would both negate a lot of that AND is the kind of player Fulkerson is just gonna foul a lot.
And they turn the ball over a ton and that's not likely to stop anytime soon. We need to win that battle and they are open to us abusing them in that stat. I actually think A&M at home may be more difficult based on the way Buzz has them playing.
Yeah I caught that by Andy too. JWill looked so smooth handling the ball on that play. Made me wonder if he was the third best ball handler out of everyone that played for AU yesterday
Didn’t know that. You could tell he was comfortable. Just get that three point shot dialed in and he can be deadly at the 4
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