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Outside of 18-point losses to LSU and No. 1 Kentucky -- and the Vols trailed the unbeaten Wildcats by four points with nine minutes left before being outscored 18-4 down the stretch -- Tennessee has been in all of the games it's lost during the current skid.
The Vols had game-tying shots rim out at the buzzer at both Ole Miss and Arkansas and also missed a tying 3 in the final seconds of a loss at Georgia. Tennessee led in Oxford by eight points in the second half and carried a 57-56 lead into the final two minutes. The game against the Razorbacks was tied at the five-minute mark.
Derek Reese missed a tying dunk with less than a minute left against Mississippi State, and the long rebound led to a run-out and three-point play from Fred Thomas in what was a lethal five-point swing.
A layup from Kevin Punter rolled off the rim against Texas A&M with Tennessee down five points inside the final 1:30.
"There's only been one half of one game where I wasn't proud of our effort," Tyndall said, "so to say, 'Well, could you do something different?' or is there a common theme, it's a tough question.
"We don't get any easy baskets," he added, "and in these one- or two-possession games, if you could throw it to the post and get two or three cheap buckets a game, or if you had more playmakers, which the only real playmaker we have from the perimeter is Josh (Richardson), it would make the game a little bit easier for everybody. But that's just an area we struggle in.
"We're grinding. We're fortunate to win the Vanderbilt game, but we've lost some heartbreakers. But I can't fault our effort. I really don't know if there's a common theme, other than we're learning on the fly with a very youthful team."
Coach Donnie Tyndall thinks UT Vols learning from 'one play' mantra | Local News | Times Free Press
Great to hear from DT......