...... we have KJ and he doesn't. UT has no real pg, so they can't get into an offense and have little ability to attack the basket 1 on 1. That was our entire offense the last 5-6 min. They're decent inside (better than us), but golden seems to have regressed, although he was always really slow.

So CM may be a good enough coach given what he's working with (or without). If he had a true pg, they might be really good. If he doesn't find one quickly on the recruiting trail, then he'll be in trouble.

Another topic, but is it just me or us or the SEC or is college bball hard to watch with poor shooting, foulfests, etc. every team seems to have 3-4 6.5 to 6.9 guys who are athletic but not much else. Ugh.

luvemboth wrote: ...... we have KJ and he doesn't. UT has no real pg, so they can't get into an offense and have little ability to attack the basket 1 on 1. That was our entire offense the last 5-6 min. They're decent inside (better than us), but golden seems to have regressed, although he was always really slow.

This is a spot-on point. UT has major point guard problems. Golden is the only real point guard on the roster and something's wrong with him mentally this year. He's been mostly bad, although he'd played well the past couple games. Then last night he gets hurt in the first half and misses the whole second half. It's a big problem.

Next year on paper UT should be quite good with Stokes, Maymon, McRae, Robert Hubbs, and a bunch of solid athletes off the bench (Richardson/Moore/Makanjuola/Reese). But unless Trae Golden rediscovers himself, the team won't live up to it's potential.

Can't believe CM can't attract a real pg.  Vols are symptomatic of a lot of college teams today - a bunch of 6.5 to 6.9 "athletes" who can't shoot at all and are fundamentally bad.

luvemboth wrote: Can't believe CM can't attract a real pg.  Vols are symptomatic of a lot of college teams today - a bunch of 6.5 to 6.9 "athletes" who can't shoot at all and are fundamentally bad.

Bruce Pearl had the exact same problem. Other than a year of CJ Watson and the second of Bobby Maze's two years on campus, PG was a major issue for his teams. Of course, Pearl usually at least had a decent "point forward" in a Dane Bradshaw, Tyler Smith, JP Prince, or Tobias Harris that could mask some of those problems. But it still reared it's head more consistently than any other issue.