National media finally recognizes Ohio State's next opponent
by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 24, 2010 7:14 AM EDT
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- Well, whattaya know? Sporting News may be the first national media outlet to actually talk about both teams in breaking down the Tennessee-Ohio State Sweet Sixteen game. Should have known that it would take a 3rd-grader to actually do his homework. While the rest of the nation still believes we're a controlled chaos pressing and three-point shooting team (shhhhh!!!!), the local folks (and that TSN Aaron Kelly/David Archuleta clone) know that despite the recent history between the Vols and the Buckeyes, both teams are now as different as Jacob and the black smoke monster. Well, at least we have been to this point, as Tennessee might still be able to use its depth ($?) to its advantage against an Ohio State team that mostly rides its starters from tip to buzzer:
"They’re playing 40 minutes. That’s incredible; they’ve been doing that for 40 games," [Brian Williams] said. "I know their bodies are going to break down at some point. If ours do, we have five more coming off the bench that can take over for us. "We still have more legs than anybody in the nation right now."
Especially Williams (and Melvin Goins and Cameron Tatum), who had that involuntary vacation mid-season. Perhaps that's why Inside Tennessee says that this team, unlike some of Bruce Pearl's other teams, is peaking at the right time. So yeah, you'd think that maybe we can wear them out.
But . . . new style we've been winning with this season is more conducive to rest for the opposition than it has been in the past. So, you know, stay tuned.
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Swipa could've been eating tacos during the UConn women's game.
Perfectly acceptable reason.
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
Broken Link:
The Josh Bone line goes to the same one that “re-learning to tackle” goes to.
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Big fan of Wes Rucker
He’s about the only writer left in Knoxville who has any journalistic ability.
Plus...
He is THE MAN on twitter….
"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
Sporting News piece is a slam against the Vols
DeCourcy ranks the Sweet 16. Guess who comes in last?
The write-up reads as though we should be happy to be there because we were lucky.
16. Tennessee. Ohio did the Vols the favor of chasing Georgetown out of the tournament and then performing as though that had been enough. Tennessee made some big shots in that game and the opener against San Diego State and is proud to have come so far given its midseason tumult.
“It’s pretty big,” Vols center Wayne Chism said after reaching the Sweet 16. “I’ve been there twice already and came up short twice. I’m happy to be back on that stage again, and I just can’t wait to get there and be prepared to play the next team.”
To be fair...
Last night Hubert Davis did pick Tennessee to win the Midwest Region. But otherwise it’s been all UNI and Evan Turner talk, and deservedly so, but ya know, a little UT talk would be nice (I’m sure Mich. St. fans feel the same way).
[national media/]
i am really worried about how brian williams is going to match up with greg oden. and mike conley is a pretty tough guy to guard too. i bet both oden and conley will be nba lottery picks this year. at least we don’t have to play texas and face kevin durant though. [/national media]
The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.
I feel better about this game already
Seth Davis is picking Ohio State, specifically Lauderdale over Chism. I will eat that with a spoon all day long.
I saw that yesterday...
CBS’ Wise Men were all nodding their heads at the comment “Ohio State is going to win this game…”
I thought, “HUH? Where have these guys been all season?” As a UK fan, I see Tennessee this year as a dangerous team, capable of beating anyone. And I like the way they’ve been playing. Tennessee has been my pick all week to come out of that region, and I had them in the regional final against the Jayhawks with a question mark before Kansas stepped on their cranks against a bull of a Northern Iowa team.
So all I can say to the CBS bubble heads is, “Go Vols! — until you play UK, of course.. ;)”
GO SEC
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