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South Carolina Gamecocks at Tennessee Volunteers, Jan 17, 2009 6:00 PM EST


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January 17, 2009
6:00 EST
TV: FSN South
Internet TV: ESPN360.com
Radio: Vol Network
Phone Broadcast: TeamLine
Live Stats: UTSports.com

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No. 24 (AP)
NR (USA Today)
 
NR (AP)
NR (USA Today)
Tennessee
Ht.
Wt.
Yr.
PPG
RPG
APG
C 4 Wayne Chism
6-9
242
Jr.
12.8
9.1
1.5
F1 Tyler Smith
6-7
215
Jr.
17.8
6.1
3.8
G 30 J.P. Prince
6-7
205
Jr.
9.8
3.8
2.1
G 32 Scotty Hopson
6-7
185
Fr.
8.3
2.3
1.1
G 3 Bobby Maze
6-2
185
Jr.
10.0
3.1
3.8
South Carolina
Ht.
Wt.
Yr.
PPG
RPG
APG
F 24 Mike Holmes
6-7
230
So.
11.5
8.1
0.3
F 21 Dominique Archie
6-7
200
Jr.
11.1
7.0
0.9
G 5 Brandis Raley-Ross
6-2
193
Jr.
7.1
3.7
2.0
G 20 Zam Fredrick
6-0
203
Sr.
16.2
3.1
2.0
G 2 Devan Downey
5-9
175
Jr.
19.6
2.7
4.2
Jackson the Mule says . . .
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. . . Down with Downey!

Leave your pre-, in-, and post-game thoughts below.

Go Vols! Hulk smash greedy guard!

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Dave Neal's Face

does not match his body. Before today I never knew he was fat.

by Vol Navy on Jan 17, 2009 6:01 PM EST reply actions  

How much will Downey score tonight?

I’m thinking 15.

I’m gonna try to watch on ESPN360, but might have to drop back to Bob and Bert.

by wvvol on Jan 17, 2009 6:05 PM EST reply actions  

I'm guessing

just a bit over 20. Say, 22.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 6:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Hopefully,

they’ll just absolutely shut him down, but I just don’t know that motivation is all it will take.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 6:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Or maybe not.

I’m getting the game on channel 721 DirecTV. Not sure why. Not sure I want to.

by wvvol on Jan 17, 2009 6:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Lots of movement

along the baseline early.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 6:08 PM EST reply actions  

That's a freaky-looking coach

CAn’t put my finger on why, but . . . weird.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 6:09 PM EST reply actions  

Maybe it's time to get nasty.

Hard foul on Tyler but the guy got the ball. Wish out D was that tough at times.

by wvvol on Jan 17, 2009 6:14 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah

We do need an intimidator.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 6:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Ooh

Tyler Smith is not the guy you want to intentional hard-foul, I don’t think.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 6:14 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah

That was some nice interior passing. More of that.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 6:14 PM EST reply actions  

Is that Ted Valentine?

Just ruined my night that that SOB still has a job.

by wvvol on Jan 17, 2009 6:17 PM EST reply actions  

It's simple corporate strategy:

You keep one guy around that nobody likes. When annual review time comes around, you can use him to keep your averages in line while giving everybody else high ratings. You don’t fire the guy unless downsizing is mandatory; then he’s the first to go and you figure out a new scapegoat.

It makes management’s life easier at the expense of, well, everybody else.

;-)

by David Hooper on Jan 17, 2009 6:21 PM EST up reply actions  

So far

Defense is much, much better. Playing the right guys close, forcing turnovers. And the offense is following.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 6:20 PM EST reply actions  

Is it me

or did Hopson not hustle down the floor for Downey’s last steal?

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 6:26 PM EST reply actions  

So far, Downey's on a 12-13 point pace.

I’d guess he’ll end higher than that still, but it’s certainly a better start for UT than what they allowed against a certain other guard.

by David Hooper on Jan 17, 2009 6:36 PM EST reply actions  

Negedu plays and we're kicking butt

Am I the only one to make that connection?

by wvvol on Jan 17, 2009 6:53 PM EST reply actions  

I bet Negedu's thought the same thing. ;-D

But I hadn’t caught on to it. (Haven’t been able to keep up well.) Thx.

by David Hooper on Jan 17, 2009 6:54 PM EST up reply actions  

5, 5, 0

The zero is rebounds. Huh.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 7:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Huh.

I’d guess that B. Williams has the lion’s share of rebounds then.

It’d be hard for anybody else to outrebound him when he’s having a good night. They’d first have to get past him.

by David Hooper on Jan 17, 2009 7:05 PM EST up reply actions  

Will be interesting

to see if we have the same energy in the second. Or was it just a short-lived response to Meeks?

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 7:09 PM EST reply actions  

I'll be more curious to see if they play with this same energy in the next game.

If they keep this up through the season, it may be a sign of maturity setting in.

by David Hooper on Jan 17, 2009 7:12 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh, and Downey had . . .

four points in the first half. That’s good.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 7:11 PM EST reply actions  

Wow.

Sounds like SCar isn’t ready to go down quite yet.

by David Hooper on Jan 17, 2009 7:14 PM EST reply actions  

Woo

Hopson having a solid game.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 7:19 PM EST reply actions  

7:3 0 left,

and SCar hasn’t gained a point on UT since halftime. Nice work.

by David Hooper on Jan 17, 2009 7:44 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah, that was weird.

I meant 7 minutes, 30 seconds, and the point differential was the same as halftime.

by David Hooper on Jan 17, 2009 7:47 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh

They called it. Williams broke the plane. First time I’ve seen that called.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 7:47 PM EST reply actions  

The out of bounds play

Where our big guy guards the guy inbounding the ball. The ref called Williams for getting too close to out of bounds.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 7:52 PM EST up reply actions  

Who's the guy

that’s seven feet tall? He’s a good couple of inches higher than Williams. He was just in the huddle.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 7:49 PM EST reply actions  

He was listed at 7' during recruiting.

I don’t know where the 2 inches went, but he is the tallest guy on the team without question.

by David Hooper on Jan 17, 2009 7:55 PM EST up reply actions  

Maybe he was standing on something?

I don’t know. I’d never seen him before.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 7:57 PM EST up reply actions  

Ah.

Well that rules out Jurick.

He was probably on a chair then.

by David Hooper on Jan 17, 2009 8:02 PM EST up reply actions  

WOW

AUTHORITY from Smith.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 7:51 PM EST reply actions  

And Chism

Poor Wayne. Air balls a three, then gets called for another foul and is out of the game.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 7:58 PM EST reply actions  

Dont' recall seeing Prince go out

but at least Chism, and probably Prince.

Tatum has missed the front end of two consecutive trips to the FT line. They keep fouling the right guy.

Two shots now.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 8:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Maze missed the first, got the second. They shoot a three, miss, get the rebound, the guy hits the shot and gets fouled.

Tatum’s had a very bad last couple of minutes.

It’s a three point game with them at the line for one.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 17, 2009 8:11 PM EST up reply actions  

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