Teams who pack in a Zone defense...

[Polemicvol]

And can rebound, can beat the Vols this year. Just like Bama did today.

We've gotten better in our sets against man to man and if most teams want to run with us, we'll shred them.

But we struggle against a zone with length under the goal. We just don't shoot the three ball consistantly enough to shoot teams out of a zone defense, game in and game out.

And we just aren't good at attacking a zone out of a set offense. If we can't make you run, you got a good chance to beat us. Which is why we lost to teams like Bama and Kentucky, and beat teams like South Carolina and Florida.

[Athenian]

All true, except we make 50% of the free throws we still win.

[Polemicvol]

The place we've improved the most this year is on defense. I have believed for awhile that the effort it took us to play proper defense, detracted from our offense.

But today, on the free throws, I think it was just a lack of focus. And Bama had a game plan to keep it close to where they could win if we didn't play our best. Kudos to the Bama's coaching staff today.