Tennessee Volunteers v. Arkansas Razorbacks: SEC Tournament open game thread

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 12:10 PM EDT in Tennessee Volunteer Basketball

Update [2008-3-15 20:31:4 by Joel]: Congrats to Arkansas, who won 92-91. Great game from the Hogs. On to the NCAA Tournament for the Vols.

	March 15, 2008, 6:00 EST TV: Raycom??? Radio: Vol Network XM Radio: 200 Phone Broadcast: TeamLine Live Stats: SECSports.com
29-3 (overall) 14-2 (SEC) No. 4 (AP) No. 4 (Coaches)		21-10 (overall) 9-7 (SEC) NR (AP) NR (Coaches)

		MIN	PTS	REB	AST	TO	FG%	FT%	3P%
	Tennessee
Jackson the Mule says . . .	Chris Lofton	29.4	15.8	3.2	1.8	1.3	.41	.84	.39
	JaJuan Smith	26.9	14.3	3.7	2.3	1.7	.46	.757	.38
	Tyler Smith	27.9	13.3	6.8	3.5	2.2	.54	.70	.34
	Wayne Chism	22.5	9.5	5.9	1.2	1.1	.46	.54	.31
	Ramar Smith	21.4	7.6	2.4	3.3	2.2	.44	.62	.25
	Team Avg.	-	82.7	38.6	18.3	12.9	.46	.66	.36
	Arkansas
	Sonny Weems	31.2	14.9	4.7	2.8	2.8	.46	.80	.38
	Patrick Beverley	33.3	12.2	6.7	2.5	2.2	.419	.65	.40
	Darian Townes	22.3	11.4	5.1	0.9	1.3	.60	.64	.00
. . . enough with the chicken. Bring on the pigs.	Gary Ervin	28.2	9.3	2.5	3.6	2.2	.448	.67	.29
	Vincent Hunter	8.4	2.8	1.8	0.1	0.7	.425	.87	.38
	Team Avg.	-	73.3	36.8	14.8	15.6	.46	.67	.35

Chris Lofton All-Time Career Three Watch:

Player	School	Record	Needed to break
J.J. Redick	Duke	457	37
Keydren Clark	St. Peter's	435	15
Chris Lofton	Tennessee	421	1

Lofton took sole possession of third place on Senior Day Sunday against South Carolina;
needs 15 more threes to move into second place; won't happen this afternoon or this weekend;
is averaging 3.38 treys per game this season;
whether Lofton can get the record depends on the number of games remaining:

	Games remaining	Needs to average
SEC Tourney	1	37
	2	18.5
NCAA Tourney	3	12.33
	4	9.25
	5	7.4
	6	6.17
	7	5.29
	8	4.63

It looks like we're just shooting for second now.

Go Vols! Hulk smash Razorbacks!

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Hopefully

the Vols will shoot better from the outside being back in a college gym, rather than a huge dome. And Wayne Chism can continue to be a beast!

And now... the BasketVols!

by Volorado on Mar 15, 2008 1:03 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah

Lofton certainly didn't shoot very well. Until it counted, anyway.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Three cheers

for Georgia Tech and the Raycom crew. Glad we get to see this.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:03 PM EDT reply actions

Duke Crews

looks happy. Wonder what he's thinking?

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:09 PM EDT reply actions

Volume

It's surprisingly loud.

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by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:12 PM EDT reply actions

There, maybe

Here? Eerily quiet.

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by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions

There's someting about the AR coach

Not sure what it is. Maybe that he looks like a high schooler wearing his first suit?

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:15 PM EDT reply actions

My wife agrees.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions

T. Smith.

Ouch.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:19 PM EDT reply actions

WOW

ALL CAPS WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWO! MAJOR SLAM BY TYLER SMITH!!!!!!!!

wow

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:19 PM EDT reply actions

OOB TO

That's one.

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by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:20 PM EDT reply actions

OH!

CHISM TRIES TO GET in on the action with an identical move. Got fouled and almost got it anyway. Woo!

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:22 PM EDT reply actions

I'd like to see them draw more fouls

on Hill. Get him out, and Arky's whole structure collapses.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:22 PM EDT reply actions

He's the hippie, right?

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Heh.

yep

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Commercial break discussion.

Kentucky fans are quite upset right now. ASoB was an interesting place.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:29 PM EDT reply actions

Two!

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:29 PM EDT reply actions

It must be his height

that makes the Arky coach odd on the eyes.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:31 PM EDT reply actions

Gotta love college sports

Where else do you see girls proudly wearing something with all caps HOG embroidered on the front?

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:31 PM EDT reply actions

Funny!

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions

How to make a basketball fan

Take one six year old. Give her a box of strawberry Whoppers. Tell her she gets one Whopper for every point.

After that three, JaJuan Smith is now her favorite player.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:32 PM EDT reply actions

Was that wise with UT?

She might ingest about 15,000 calories by the time the game's over.

But that's a heck of a teaching tool. I'll have to remember that.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Pilot to bombardier... pilot to bombardier...

bombs away!

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:33 PM EDT reply actions

Those drawn inbounds plays

almost always work for UT. Pearl's great at them

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:36 PM EDT reply actions

2 for Hill

Good.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:36 PM EDT reply actions

Arkansas can't keep up in a footrace.

They'll tire out in the second if they run too much.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:37 PM EDT reply actions

Hope so

Good strategy to use tomorrow, too, especially if Georgia somehow gets there.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Tyler?

He doesn't hit that many threes, does he?

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by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:37 PM EDT reply actions

11/32 this year

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Perhaps the ugliest FT rebound I've ever seen.

Bodies everywhere, fullcourt.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:38 PM EDT reply actions

Um,

"Mom" wasn't the one embarassing the state of Tennessee.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:40 PM EDT reply actions

Howell getting a 3

may have been asking for a bit too much, eh?

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:41 PM EDT reply actions

Teardrops

doing it all.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:42 PM EDT reply actions

So why was Chism T'd?

That made no sense whatsoever.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:44 PM EDT reply actions

Emotion

That's why Duke's always on th eedge of danger.

Wait . . . Chism hurt? That's bad.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Must have let a choice word slip.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Safe bet of the day

Vols score 89.

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by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:44 PM EDT reply actions

JaJuan talking smack with

high school geek in $80 suit.

Love that.

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by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:47 PM EDT reply actions

Hey, if it distracts him from coaching. :)

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Somebody paint a huge bumble bee

at center court at TB just under the NASCAR Chicken Bucket.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:50 PM EDT reply actions

Took me a second to follow you there,

but I like the idea.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions

the SEC decided to allow 400 fans per team into the arena. Unfortunately, they did a horrible job of announcing it. Most of Kentucky's contingent was due to their abnormally large "school contingent" and a bunch of fence-hoppers who slipped past the makeshift security.

By now, the fans know, though. And I'm sure many more are getting in under the guise of being fans for teams who have lost. But that's why there's something resembling a crowd there.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:52 PM EDT reply actions

Squeaky wheels?

How did they decide which 400?

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by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't know.

But I'm guessing the security was more amenable to the Lincoln guest pass than normal.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Arkansas is really pushing themselves hard.

They're going for a lot of double teams and running all over the place. It might work, but it might gas them too.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 6:57 PM EDT reply actions

Halftime stats


47	Points	45
17/31 - 55%	Field Goals	16/28 - 57%
6/12 - 50%	3-Point FGs	6/12 - 50%
7/12 - 58%	Free Throws	7/9 - 78%
18 (8/10)	Rebounds (Off-Def)	10 (2/8)
11	Total Fouls	14
2	Steals	1
0	Blocks	2
12	Assists	6
6	Turnovers	7
12 / 6	Assist/Turnover	6 / 7
23	Bench Points	4
7	Second Chance Points	2
6	Points Off Turnovers	10
22	Points In the Paint	16
8	Fastbreak Points	4

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 7:03 PM EDT reply actions

wrong

Most of that just looks backwards.

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by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions

The bench points is very disconcerting.

Usually, it's the starting guards that get all the points for Arky against UT.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah

Was that mostly one guy? Can't tell.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions

14 for Thomas

ESPN's Gamecast does indicate who the starters are.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions

I think a lot of it is playing too loosely.

Arkansas is controlling the ball better so far. A lot of our passes are errant.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Hulk

has Ramar on a real short leash it seems, he pulled him right out after a few errant passes. I really wonder what Juanny was saying to the coach...

by Getoffmyvols on Mar 15, 2008 7:15 PM EDT reply actions

Tyler Smith

. . . is en fuego.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 7:17 PM EDT reply actions

Ooh.

I turn to help my wife by peeling potatoes and looky at the score...

Maybe I should stop watching for a little while.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 7:20 PM EDT reply actions

Maybe not hippie

Maybe more of a malnourished Paul Bunyan.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 7:24 PM EDT reply actions

They don't believe in blowouts anymore, do they?

But I think we can quit worrying about the free throw percentage so much now.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 7:35 PM EDT reply actions

uh-huh

Yeah, that FT percentage sure looks nice.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions

It's been that way for about 3 weeks solid, too.

They're better now.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Both starting Arky forwards

with 4 fouls.

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 7:40 PM EDT reply actions

Refs are touchy today.

Was their ice water not cold enough at halftime?

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 7:43 PM EDT reply actions

Yes!

We needed that from Ramar.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 7:45 PM EDT reply actions

The Arky defensive players are getting

into foul trouble. Pretty soon, they won't have anybody to hold the middle. Of course, they'll always have Thomas to score...

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 7:45 PM EDT reply actions

TYLER!

Woooo! Unstoppable!

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 7:47 PM EDT reply actions

Another close one

Just can't put them away.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 8:02 PM EDT reply actions

Somebody . . .

. . . better get Brian off the court. He's playing with a techincal in addition to his 5th foul.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 15, 2008 8:06 PM EDT reply actions

We could really save a lot of effort.

Every time possession changes, they ought to just run about 15-20 seconds off the clock, call a foul on the nearest defender, and let somebody shoot free throws.

Oh, wait...

by David Hooper on Mar 15, 2008 8:06 PM EDT reply actions