Rick Barnes previews Tennessee-Appalachian State

On shot selections against a zone defense and thoughts on EJ Anosike
“Well, our first game we had open shots against Colorado in the zone. Not exactly in the spot of the floor you know like. Instead of 15-foot jumpers, we want that 8-to-10-foot jumper against the middle of the zone, but they weren’t bad shots. They were shots that guys practice. My biggest problem is guys turning down good shots and then having to settle for one that’s not as good. That’s what we’ve talked about. When we’re open, we want to shoot the ball. Again, I think that’s maybe settling here as the season gets started. E.J. is going to bring the energy. He’s a guy that’s terrific coming off the bench. You know he’s going to rebound; you know he’s going to work hard; he’s going to work as hard as he can on both ends to do things the right way. He’s going to try to make the right plays on the defensive end and he had a couple mistakes on rotations the other night defensively, but it was all the cause of his great effort. Trying to help his teammate, try to make the next play. Offensively, I think he’ll continue to figure how to play at a different level now with the taller players, bigger players and he probably is used to playing against all along. He’s going to keep getting better and better just because he works so hard at it and a guy that when he comes in the game, we have a pretty good idea what we know he’s going to bring to us.”