After scoring 35 in 27 minutes at Lexington, Dillinham's level of confidence against the Vols has got to be through the roof.
How will UT defend Dilingham?
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Try to pick him up early and hedge to shut off his driving lanes and hope he doesn’t hit half his shots. Also, try to get him in early foul trouble.
The best way to defend Dillingham is by letting Cal keep him on the bench until we are 10-12 points down early in Knoxville. 
The best way to defend Dillingham is by letting Cal keep him on the bench until we are 10-12 points down early in Knoxville.
Yeah, this is one game when UK can't afford to get behind 6 to 8 early.
With two quick fouls from their friends in stripes.
Tennessee's "defense"
This! It will be brutal with foul calls one sided and clear as day to see.
UT will " bump" him off his drives and body up on him on his shots.
Contact, contact, contact. The question is will the fouls that impact his shots/drives be called???
It really matters WHO calls this game.
Contact, contact, contact. The question is will the fouls that impact his shots/drives be called???
It really matters WHO calls this game.
So disconnect the scorekeepers horn so subs can't enter game.The best way to defend Dillingham is by letting Cal keep him on the bench until we are 10-12 points down early in Knoxville.
Fine by me. Then we rain threes on their heads.
Zoning our team would only be value added with the starting lineup as there is really only one three point threat (Reeves, although DJ has turned it up of late). Even then a zone won't make sense because it's not like that starting lineup has a whole lot of lane driving except the two guards that can also hit threes.
Running a zone with Shep, Rob, Reeves and even DJ or Z in the game is suicide, IMO.
This all day. If the crew calls the fouls in the floor I’ll be amazed.Tennessee's "defense"
I was just saying the same thing he's got to be bloodthirsty, I could tell he hated it last game and he is definitely a warrior. I can't help but think Wagner's strength will help open up Dilly's area of operation!!!
You are going to be on a long road to nowhere if you're going to speak in that gobbledygook language and then run around playing typo/grammar police.
See how dumb it is, thanks for saying it! I'm certain we're all using phones to type, and have busy lives. The phones autocorrect and change many things without us catching it and as we are busy, we don't have time to police that. We now agree my Blue Brother!
This is another " fresh" one. Been around for a while I imagine.
DOB 2-16-24.
Not suspect at all.
TN is a better defensive team than UK is. Rob will get his points today, but the question is how UK will defend TN. If it's going to be more of the same matador man to man with TN's scorers driving the basketball downhill into the paint all day, then UK will need >100 points to contend. I know Xa doesn't like zone, but it could make so much difference in a game like this one if Cal would just use a matchup zone on 4-5 defensive possessions just to mess with the opponent's concentration and momentum. But Cal prefers to "hold players accountable".
Dillingham would murder a zone. That doesn't necessarily mean playing a zone against UK is a bad idea. Sometimes Cal tries to attack zones as if they are man to man, which can lead to turnovers. But this particular UK team is better defended man to man, especially by a physical team with dominant rebounders like TN.
The best way to defend Rob is by playing the pick and roll well defensively. Unlike some UK opponents, TN has the personnel to do it. This will force Rob to take more difficult shots, but that won't stop him. Rob is a tremendous offensive talent with almost unlimited upside because of his quickness, vision, and midrange game.
Tennessee's "defense"
This. Foul foul foul then flop when he finally responds to the never ending dirt play. That's been the mo under Barnes and it works to perfection with the bizarre golden whistle they get.
Vescovi will be the one that flops to draws the potential retaliation foul. Grant Williams passed him the flopping torch.
I've always had the opinion that if refs aren't calling those fouls, make the game really chippy, really fast. Force them to make calls to avoid bigger problems.
Hey are you steering my car big bro lol, lots of assumptions in there. You know what they say about those. English- you're assuming I will continue to do the same thing over and over as if I want to continue the stupid behavior I did not initiate, of policing grammar, that's a no, it was done to illustrate it's futility, which we both agree on right? This isn't wonderland and I'm not after a pot of gold and you are no one special.
Williams the flopmaster the unspeakable lol. He had no shame on the court at all!
I hope cow really drills this into Dilly to watch for, and also hope he demands our best drivers to go right at Knechts chest to do same to him ASAP! Thiero needs 3 scoops of pre workout and lots of insults!!!
Just speaking from experience it's what I used to do to myself before I had hit the weights at the Craft center
Our players will not flop their heads and flail the air like UT's little be-otchs do.
Refs fall for those theatrics every time they do it.
Refs really are far above accountability and it should be addressed more and more.
Barnes gets such a good whistle. Sec officials love that man.
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