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Vols Poised For Strong Run This Season
Posted by Tom Wilson | Posted in Preseason | Posted on 10-27-2009
Experience doesn’t always ensure success for any sports teams, but Tennessee has had enough in four years under head coach Bruce Pearl to make you think the 09-10 version of Vol hoops have some promise.
All five starters return from last year’s SEC East championship team as well as seven scholarship upperclassmen.
Pearl has promised that he will return to his pressing full-court basketball roots this season, and that’s a good thing. The Vols have never been a good half-court defensive team under Pearl. They’ve always been better at forcing turnovers and quick shots.
Personnel wise, if the Vols are to make another Sweet 16 push in March, they will have to do it on the coattails of sophomore wing Scotty Hopson. Hopson got off to a horrific start to begin last season, but finished the season finally showing Vol fans what all the recruiting fuss was about. Hopson finished last season averaging 9.2 ppg, and was pretty darn good in SEC play. He will need to double his scoring output on a consistent basis this season for the Vols to make a serious run.
The other key personnel situation to watch is the play of juco signee Melvin Goins at the point. I was critical of the decision to sign Goins last April, but in hindsight this addition may turn out to be the most important. A potential first-team All-SEC point guard Goins is not, but his addition will allow Pearl to keep a point guard on the floor for the entire 40 minutes this season. Last year, if you recall, when Bobby Maze went out of the game, Josh Tabb played the point, and the offense was often out of sync.
The schedule is also more favorable this season. The Vols should go undefeated (9-0) at least until Dec. 19 when they travel to Los Angeles to play Kevin O’Neill’s USC Trojans.
Have you seen John Wall! that dribble drive will work anywhere. going to be tough on the vols to handle him.
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