NCAA Second Round: Tennessee 83 Ohio 68
by Will on Mar 20, 2010 6:44 PM EDT
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Ohio played so well in every minute of the Georgetown upset, you had to wonder if they could duplicate that feat - both in terms of their shooting percentages, and their energy. We liked this matchup for Tennessee coming in, but in March you never know. And sure enough, Ohio came out with guns blazing yet again, scoring 10 points in the first four minutes, and knocking down four of their first seven three pointers.
But unlike Georgetown, Tennessee played with them step for step, getting off to an equally hot start that gave us an 18-18 tie at the under 12 timeout. From there, Ohio seemed to hit the wall. Tennessee did not.
The Bobcats get a standing-o for their late season run, and they created lots of memories for themselves in winning the MAC Tournament and upsetting the three seed Georgetown. Little stories like theirs are part of what makes this opening weekend so great. But Tennessee made sure their little story didn't become a big one. And when Ohio's tank was empty, the Vols stepped on the gas.
This was an "old school" BruceBall effort, with several lightning-quick runs that put enough separation between the two teams for the Vols to stay loose. The first came after that second media timeout, and was the result of Tennessee continuing to play great defense: a 16-2 run was helped along by a CHI$$LE! and a five point burst from Cameron Tatum on consecutive possessions, and Ohio committed six turnovers during that span. It helped the Vols to an eleven point halftime lead.
Replenishing their tanks in the locker room, Ohio again played with the Vols through the first two media timeouts, working the lead down to five at 50-45 with 13:03 to play. Tennessee kept them around a little longer this time, but the Bobcats could get it no closer...and then with the Vols up 11 with five minutes to play, UT's final run sealed the deal.
The Vols went on a 12-3 spurt, this one sparked by a Scotty Hopson three, and when Ohio tried to turn up their defensive pressure, Tennessee broke it repeatedly with dunks in transition, and broke the Bobcats once and for all. The Vols pushed the lead to 83-63 before Ohio scored the game's final points in an 83-68 victory. It sends a spirited Ohio team home...and sends Tennessee to the Sweet 16 for the third time in four years.
Unlike the balanced and fairly even matchup we saw Thursday night, today we knew where our advantage was, and we used it: our perimeter length really bothered Ohio's shooters, creating a night-and-day difference from the Georgetown game:
- Armon Bassett: 9 of 17 vs. Georgetown, 2 of 10 vs. UT
- D.J. Cooper: 8 of 12 vs. Georgetown, 5 of 13 vs. UT
- Entire team: 58.2% FG, 56.5% 3PT vs. Georgetown, 37.9% FG, 38.5% 3PT vs. UT
On the other end of the floor, we also knew we'd have a huge advantage inside, and yet again we used it: the Vols owned the paint, outrebounding Ohio 39-28 and crushing them in points in the paint. And while Ohio was running out of gas, the Vols used their depth and got quality from everywhere:
- J.P. Prince 18 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists
- Scotty Hopson 17 points (7 of 9 from the floor)
- Wayne Chism 9 points 12 rebounds
- Brian Williams 8 points 12 rebounds
- Josh Bone 7 points 4 rebounds
- Bobby Maze 9 assists 4 rebounds
The Vols shot 56.7% from the floor, and had 34 made baskets on 21 assists. Tennessee played sensational halfcourt defense on Ohio throughout, and then got out and ran when given the opportunity on the other end. It translates into a complete effort that sends Tennessee to the tournament's second weekend.
When all of this is over, we'll sit back and think about what a great season this team has had (they're now tied with the 2000 team for the second-most wins in school history at 27-8), and what an unbelievable job Bruce Pearl has done with this program. But right now, it's not over. The Vols will get either (2) Ohio State or (10) Georgia Tech on Friday night in St. Louis, with yet another chance to make it to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history.
We'll focus on the overall story when it's over. And we'll start looking at the Buckeyes or the Yellow Jackets next week. But for now, let's celebrate. The tournament is headed for its second weekend...and the Vols are still standing.
Survive. Advance.
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If anyone hears ...
that UT will be selling tickets for St. Louis like they did this past week for Providence, please post it. If I can get a reasonably priced ticket, I’m really thinking about driving to St. Louis. It would be about a 6.5 hour drive for me…
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
they are
there are only 500 tickets available, and donors have priority. I think if there is anything left over, the will go on sale Monday at noon
So if
Each school only gets 500 (4 schools *500 = 2000 tickets) how do the other seats in the building get filled?
by VolfanatETSU on Mar 20, 2010 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
So....
are you a donor? And are you buying tickets? If not, would you want to buy them for someone else who isn’t a donor?
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Are those pretty decent seats?
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
just checked the ticket sits
Ticketmaster, upper concourse $166…. Stubhub has it from 200-1471 bucks. Just UT’s game is 124-490
Expensive!
by VolfanatETSU on Mar 20, 2010 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
NoIowa needs to go back to that inside game
only 7-21 from three, and they’re jacking one up almost every possession now
that's what i originially thought...
there have been a couple over the years… i guess you can’t believe everything that those guys say
thats what we call a busted bracket. :)
by VolfanatETSU on Mar 20, 2010 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah. Doesn't bother me in the least.
I usually take about 1-2 minutes filling one out and promptly forget about it. I got curious and peeked at how badly Villanova’s loss killed it, though. They were my other final team.
But I hate having my bracket affect my rooting interests, so I just slop one together and abandon it.
That is the way to do it
Mine is pretty much busted too. I think I had kansas winning, but I can’t remember.
by VolfanatETSU on Mar 20, 2010 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Somebody seriously needs to check the guys who restock Gatorade at these venues
to see if they have any shady Vegas relatives.
votes to stop w/ the Chance to win
because with every update, a bad play happens for Northern Iowa
by VolfanatETSU on Mar 20, 2010 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
if that happens
no matter who won between Maryland/Michigan State, we’d be the best team in St. Louis
I'm not sure if UNI can hold on
they are melting under pressure
It's simple Cubs in the spring and summer, Vols in the fall and winter.
wow
they cannot handle the press
It's simple Cubs in the spring and summer, Vols in the fall and winter.
one more free throw
should do
It's simple Cubs in the spring and summer, Vols in the fall and winter.
Tickets in St. Louis just got a lot cheaper
It's simple Cubs in the spring and summer, Vols in the fall and winter.
We just became a sexy Final Four pick
and us getting there just entered the “not totally insane” realm in conversation
Hey!
Are those to Northern Iowa guys the Ivan Brothers?
by Joel on Mar 20, 2010 7:54 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
The Lady Vols post will go up tomorrow.
After today, it’s a good night to think about the men’s bracket. And be incredibly happy that we have Pearl.
He is Volnation's resident "Basketball Expert"
But he hates Pearl. Thinks he is one of the worst coaches ever.
by VolfanatETSU on Mar 20, 2010 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
True, but for some reason all of VN loves him
Stupid NegaPearls
by VolfanatETSU on Mar 20, 2010 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
He lives in the cow pasture behind my house
and has been the blog’s mascot for some time now. He sometimes writes memos to the football team.
Advancing to the Sweet 16:
10 St. Mary’s
6 Tennessee
5 Butler
9 Northern Iowa
3 Baylor
11 Washington
Only one of those teams was supposed to be there
St. Mary's
I picked this one. The Gaels are quite good this year.
...just apologize for not thanking me.
Wow, Kansas huh?
Someone chose a bad time to take a nap. Now if only we can get the Yellow Jackets to step up…
So Sayth King Zach I
are you suggesting
Someone needs to go borrow Turner tonight? lol
by VolfanatETSU on Mar 20, 2010 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Kentucky now plays as the alpha dog
I think Wake is garbage, but it’ll be interesting to see if they’re flat or if they blow them out like they should tonight
I'm OK with the underdog role
We’ve played well with a chip on our shoulder.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I think around Monday/Tuesday
when everyone is re-evaluating and they say “give us a lower-seeded team that makes the Final Four”, we’re going to get a ton of love. So will anyone in the South Region that’s not Duke.
You're right golfballs
Maybe if the Selection Committee hadn’t fouled up so badly last week, we’d have a little more chalk.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
If you had told me before Selection Sunday
That we’d be playing Ohio to get to the Sweet 16, I would have been happy, yes.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
It's been redacted
No record of Tennessee’s accomplishments exist according to ESPN.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Scotty Hopson
Is one jumpshot away from being an All-American.
Well said, Hubert.
...just apologize for not thanking me.
Game Times
Does anyone know the gametime on Friday and the gametime on Sunday should we win? Trying to see if I can make it out to St. Louis but is hard without knowing.
If Ohio State wins tomorrow
I would expect our game to be the 7:10. Don’t they typically give the higher seed the earlier game?
we played the late game against them in '07
Memphis/A&M played first…they may look at which teams from the same conference are playing at the same time in other regions, stuff like that
I'm seriously thinking about driving down to St. Louis
I know I can’t afford tickets, but the atmosphere might be fun
So Sayth King Zach I
I will be there for sure
I was going to Providence to meet my dad bc he went to Georgetown, but after they lost we decided to make a reservation in St Louis.
Well...
according to everyone here, prices on places like StubHub should be dropping with Kansas out.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
need Michigan State to lose tomorrow
Maryland fans will probably still travel well, but there are a few more miles involved. I’m going to assume we’ve been as fortunate as we’re going to get and Ohio State wins, and they’ll take tickets…but a group with Maryland, NoIowa, OSU, and Tennessee should put tickets in a reasonable market
The stadium still isn't sold out
So you can still get upper level tickets for all 3 games for 132. And if Michigan St. wins I would bet tickets don’t drop as much as you think – they travel extremely well.
I say just send reserves out there and Hack-a-Shaq on Cousins all night long.
by VolfanatETSU on Mar 20, 2010 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
absolutely
put your reserves in at the beginning of the game to do it, so he loses his mind and can’t play rest of the night
In Soviet Russia, the tie owns you!
um…sorry.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I miss Soviet Russia
still enjoyed cheering against non-Soviet Russia in the Olympics, and calling them that anyway
I was in Russia a few years ago
It was like time traveling to the 1980s—Mullets everywhere!
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes...
…except that nobody on the entire continent can dance.
I am being serious. Dance clubs in Europe are hilarious — it’s as if the beat is irrelevant.
...just apologize for not thanking me.
Same thing in Germany...
…and even moreso in Prague. This was three years ago. I have tons of pictures to prove it.
...just apologize for not thanking me.
I hope you got rid of your mullet
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Good
We wouldn’t want you confused for a Kentucky fan.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
ZING!
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
I was really hoping he'd set me up for that one.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Ethnically, yes
But my family has been here since the late 19th century.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
No
It was really embarrassing when I was over there and people kept coming up to me and speaking Russian.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
phonetic
O-che nyah, ne nyebyeh sek
(Sang the Lord’s Prayer in Russian in college; memory of first line pretty foggy.)
No clue
Hoity-toity choir thing. Wanna say it was a piece or collection of pieces called the Sacred and the Profane. So who knows what I know in Russian in the deep recesses of my mind.
The one bad thing about this
…is that it will make it much easier for Kentucky to win a National Championship. Ugh. Luckily, it’ll probably be taken away in the near future.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Can we start a pool to see when they end up with NCAA sanctions?
Over/under 4.5 years.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
nope...
I have the good guys winning!
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
In my "Tennessee wins it all and takes the most enjoyable path along the way" bracket
I didn’t want us to deal with Kansas again, so I had them going out in the Sweet 16. So I’m feeling pretty good, other than the fact that my UT-Vandy rematch in the Final Four is now an impossibility.
up 18-10, 10 to go in half
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha
Just got a text, “It looks like the refs still love Kentucky”
It’s unanimous
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I forgot to bring my laptop to work so I'm stuck watchin it on CBS
The work desktop is too slow to run MMOD
by VolfanatETSU on Mar 20, 2010 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
And that's
why Bobby Maze always opts for the layup.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
fer serious?
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Yeah
I just saw her on TV. You’d think I would have seen her at other games…
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, Pat Forde tends to mention it once a week in his Forde Minutes
by VolfanatETSU on Mar 20, 2010 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I think I forgot to mention this today...
I hate Kentucky.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
I'm all for some Kentucky hate.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Great quote from Seth Davis today...
when CBS was showing the Midwest Bracket…
" I think we need to get out of this predicting business".
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Coach Cal
First coach to 5 consecutive 30+ wins.
First couch to have sanctions brought against three universities.
So Sayth King Zach I
That's awesome.
the NCAA tourney is really a very special event.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
But just like the US hockey team at the Olympics
I bet their school is rushing to make travel reservations tonight. haha
by VolfanatETSU on Mar 20, 2010 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
getting chippy in KSU/BYU
K-State on a huge run to retake the lead, BYU has three players with three fouls in the first half, coach just got a warning
Evening Session:
The Favorites Strike Back.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Except that Parts 1 & 2 are better.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Everyone knows that Episode #4 is the best.
by VolfanatETSU on Mar 20, 2010 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
No WAY
Episode 5.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Mar 20, 2010 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Later dudes...
Time to relocate to my housesitting/catsitting location for the rest of the evening….
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Time for me to rewatch the first episode of "The Pacific"
I think it’ll be more exciting than the 2nd half of these late games
by VolfanatETSU on Mar 20, 2010 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Why Kentucky is so dangerous
Darius Miller drops 16 points and 6 rebounds in the first half out of nowhere.
Miller and Bledsoe are key
Cousins and Wall will be Cousins and Wall. When Miller and Bledsoe start hitting, that team is nigh unbeatable.
...just apologize for not thanking me.
The guy who is #1 in ESPN's Bracket Challenge is a Tennessee fan
He has Tennessee losing to Michigan State in the Elite 8
he picked the entire Midwest Region correctly
and the only bad miss he has is Minnesota in the Sweet 16
by golfballs03 on Mar 21, 2010 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
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none of the other sbnation sites i’ve been to have any of this
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