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Loved this breakdown. I think honestly it’s that the ancient wizard Zakai Ziegler is the mascot and fuel of this team that’s why we love them so. The depth, the fight, the lack of a true star, the lack of ego and the grinder that is that defense, It’s taken the shape of him as he’s become more confident and we seem to be better for it. He’s becoming an impressive play maker and reader of the game.

I love every season because it’s the one my grandfather and I have at hand but some feel special. After an amazing UT football season with only one bad 16 second closure (if I understand that dirge correctly? ) to USCe. And having seen our bball team in person beat Arky last year and win an SECG I can’t help but feel a sense of “this is it, they learned from last season, they won the SEC, but they lost in the big dance, we have seniors, we have shooters, we have big men, we have hunger this is it”

Thanks for these articles and site. I’m a sub of a bunch of places but it’s hard to find stat heads who love UT that I don’t have to explain that despite a weak resume adj EM accounts for opponent quality so kenpom 1 is kenpom 1.

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