Welcome To Kentucky Day!!!
Reminder Before We Get Started: 
Garza Law Tennessee Basketball Overtime as soon as the Vols at Kentucky goes final. We'll be live on your Tony Basilio App, Swain Event App, Periscope, Facebook, etc....Tell a friend.
Signing Day Apptacular Tomorrow!!!
We'll be live in the Ray Mears Studio available on your Tony Basilio App, TuneIn, Periscope, YouTube Live & Facebook. Plus you'll be able to pick us up through Swain Event's app as well. All kinds of ways to hear and see the fun tomorrow!!!
How Will Signing Day Turnout?
The reportage of the past 48 hours has some Tennessee Vols thinking the worst. I'll remind you that many of the same people warned you that the early signing day was going to be borderline disastrous and it turned out pretty damn great (all things considered). Therefore, I'm going to reserve judgment until we live through tomorrow. And even them I'm reserving judgment because I love how this staff has gotten after it on the recruiting trail.
Let's Make A Deal I'm offering you the following deal deal...
Behind Door #1... Awaits a win over either Kentucky of Alabama. It's your choice.
Or
You can take your chances & reject my offer and take your chances that Tennessee will sweep the Cats and Tide.
Or
The Vols could end up 0-2 this week when you could've had a win.
Would you take my deal as Beano did yesterday on the air or reject it outright as my producer Brian Hartman chose.
Before You Make Your Decision, Here's A Little History Lesson.
Since 1999 (20 seasons) Tennessee has won at Alabama 3 times in 19 years and counting. Most times they play horribly.
Jerry Green won there for the first time since the mid DeVoe years.
Two years ago, Tennessee had them beat till Retin Obasohan went nutso down the stretch.
The SEC has 'mercifully' decided to reinstate Tennessee/Kentucky as a bi-annual series. The two years the schools played only once was an abomination to southern basketball.
Tennessee has won in Lexington TWICE since 1999 and most of the games have been absolute KILL JOBS. Very good Tennessee teams have found ways to get absolutely hammered there.
Even Billy Clyde Gillespie had a perfect 2-0 record versus the Vols in Lexington rather easily.
Tennessee hasn't swept Kentucky in basketball since 1999. Before that it was 1979. So we're talking about this team attempting to do something that our school has done ONLY TWICE in close to 40 years.
Kentucky Is A Wounded Animal They are 17-6 AND 6-4 in a less than stellar SEC.
Somehow they have a distorted RIP of #10. How?
They are projected as a 5 seed.
The best thing they do offensively is letting guys go 1-1. Isolation is it. They play porous defense and don't play hard in stretches. (See Mark Griffin's patented 3 pointers for more)
Kentucky still has to go to:
Arkansas
Texas A&M
Auburn
Florida
Plus they have there:
Tennessee (tonight)
Ole Miss
Alabama
Mizzou
Kentucky will EASILY lose 8 SEC games with this team they have.
Call me crazy but Tennessee SHOULD win there tonight. Then again, history is a thing and much better Tennessee teams have lost in that house of horrors. You don't and won't get calls tonight so Tennessee better continue to shoot it well and not turn it over.
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Mark Griffin's Three Pointers
Griffin’s 3 Pointers- Kentucky 1. Raining 3s???- When I think of this seasonʻs Kentucky basketball team, the first thing that comes to mind is their number of 5 Star players. The second is their lack of three point production. In their most recent outing vs. Missouri, Kentucky shot 2-20 (10%) from three in a 60-69 loss. Their 33.5% mark ranks 243/351 in Division One. The Wildcats produce 19.2% of their points on three pointers which ranks 350/351.
2. As A Team- 17-6 (6-4 SEC) 13-1 at home SEC ranked 3rd Field Goal %- 46.8 UT ranked 9th- 45.3
SEC ranked 4th Rebounding- 39.1 UT ranked 9th- 36.7
SEC ranked 7th Scoring- 76.8 UT ranked 5th- 77.8
SEC ranked LAST 3 Pointers Made- 113 (4.9 Per Game) UT ranked 6th- 185 (8.4 Per Game)
3. Who To Look Out For: Shai Gilgeous- Alexander- 6’6” Freshman Guard from Hamilton Heights in Chattanooga- Minutes Per Game- 31.4 Field Goal %- 105-221 47.5, Three Point %- 12-31 38.7, Free Throw %- 71-86 82.6, Assists Per Game- 4.4, Steals Per Game- 1.7, and Points Per Game- 12.7
Leads the team in 3 Point %- 38.7, Assists Per Game- 4.4, and Steals Per Game- 1.7
SEC ranked 3rd Steals Per Game- 1.7
SEC ranked Tied 4th Assists Per Game- 4.4
SEC ranked 12th Free Throw %- 82.6
This is the second time I have selected Shai as Who To Look Out For because I feel he is the key to Kentucky’s success. He’s tall, quick, and drives left very effectively for a right handed player. In addition, Shai has been the most consistent Wildcat all season.
Fortunately, for UT fans he played his worst game of the year against the Vols earlier this season scoring a season low 3 points on 1-6 shooting in 38 minutes.
Talk to you post-game tonight!!!
Mark'
Don't quit on us. We need you!!!
Students & Regular fan base
Did you ever think it would come to this? A Kentucky head coach asking his fans not to quit on this team...
Catch Rule Chris Collinsworth took some heat but he was right in that both Eagles TD's could've been overturned and maybe should've been overturned according to what rises to the level of a catch these days in that league. The way I look at it, today's NFL catch rules and subsequent rulings were born out of robbing the Cowboys in the playoffs and the cover ups that followed. Instead of admitting that officials got it wrong in that game a new ruling was born that's kicked the NFL into a really dark place. They're now akin to a person that's told a lie long enough and so much that they can't get back to the truth because it's non- discernible.
Analogies For NFL Catch Rules In Modern NFL:
A Lie That Continues To Fester & Grow Beyond Recognition
Government Workers Conditioned To Obfuscate Rather Than Admit Mistakes
Pat From Saturday Night Live
Can you give me more analogies for the obvious lie the NFL is living these days behind their shield?
The NFL needs to come clean and restore some order to a universe of fans, commentators, coaches, support personnel and officials that have no Earthly idea how to call these arbitrary plays.
Are you ready to believe???
Tone
A New Direction At TonyBasilio.com: Here at Tonybasilio.com we’re creating a series of programming with little to mostly zero commercial sponsorship. In other words, you will be digesting the following programs in coming days with almost no interruption. This is unprecedented in the history of my business. Nobody has ever done this. Here are the offerings coming your way.
Our Family Of Offerings:
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Vol-Scars: A podcast featuring Vol Historian Tom Mattingly and Eric S where we go back in time and commemorate the painful losses in UT football history that left a mark. These shows are extremely time intensive to put together. I’ve worked all summer on these offerings and am really proud of what we’ve compiled thus far. I think you’ll really enjoy this. COMMERCIAL FREE.
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