The Official #6 Tennessee @ Texas A&M Game Thread, 8:00 PM ET, ESPN

[acd4476]

Any idea why gainey plays so much? Honestly was surprised rick took him as a transfer

 

[87&91ALUM]

63-79….fat lady tuning up

 

[charleyhorse]

Tough game. Great fan base. Tough physical team. Not sure why they aren’t ranked.

Real officials wouldn’t let Goober and the boys play so physivv CB al. Out of SEC tourney in 1st round

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Vols better get tough, they could lose 4 more SEC games

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Any idea why gainey plays so much? Honestly was surprised rick took him as a transfer

Dad is one of the Vol coaches

 

[Bryan1]

Boy they sure get the quick whistle on every drive.

 

[DarkVolder]

This team will be bounced out in the second round playing like this. Awful performance tonight

 

[GBO18]

Game was never close and honestly Barnes needs to be resting guys a little more.
A&M has just been money tonight. Not a bad loss.

Yea I know. Dude is instant offense though and we got within 12pts.

 

[volsarelife1]

South Carolina and Aggies showed that the Vols are soft and can be manhandled on the boards. That is a template that many teams will follow and if Vols don't toughen up, they will be early outs in tourney season

Yep. The book is out on us at this point. Be physical and this team wilts quickly

 

[BisonVol]

I feel like we’ve all been saying this for weeks trying to will it into existence, but at some point soon it better start happening. Running out of time to get started on that peaking.

I think the peaking at the right argument isn’t planted in reality at this point. At this point, every team that prides itself on physicality has gotten the better of us going all the way back to the Purdue game in Maui. While tonight has been the only one where the scoreboard was terrible, the fact is we are 23 games into a 30ish game season and haven’t proven we can win a physical, mud fight style game.

I think the realistic approach to take is that we will have success against finesse types of teams. If we run into five of them in a row in March we could go all the way to the national championship game, but most likely we will have to play a mud fight by the Sweet Sixteen if not earlier. No reason at this point to suspect we would fair well in that kind of matchup.

 

[ShadeCBE]

Knecht our leading rebounder with 6. Garcia with 16 rebounds.

That is wild

 

[D3Athlete]

Not really. This is the stuff we tell ourselves to make is feel better. The truth is, we sucked balls tonight.

So what. Tennessee was off on the road against an NCAA tourney team. World not ending.

 

[berryvol]

Game was never close and honestly Barnes needs to be resting guys a little more.
A&M has just been money tonight. Not a bad loss.

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[87&91ALUM]

65-81….2:12. We haven’t had anything for Aggies

 

[rocketskates]

No just no. He is your best player. He plays.

Troy Fleming would be playing right now

 

[Vol49er]

I understand being worry but there still a lot of games left. It’s mid early in February and just gotta learn from it and get better. Last years UConn team was going through the same thing this time last year. Middle of Feb is when they took off. I’m not worried at all yet.

Uconn was really banged up in that stretch though. We are completely healthy

 

[Franklin_Vol09]

DK looks frustrated.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

63-79….fat lady tuning up

Lol it’s been over.

 

[BreatheUT]

I don't know if I will give this team the benefit of the doubt the rest of the year.

 

[Switch 625]

Does DK even practice FTs?

 

[berryvol]

I don't know if I will give this team the benefit of the doubt the rest of the year.

Whatever will they do?

 

[JRVOL11]

convinced, we will never beat a team who plays tougher and harder than us & a team with guards who can score off the dribble. just won’t

 

[BreatheUT]

Officiating is shotty at best.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

I understand being worry but there still a lot of games left. It’s mid early in February and just gotta learn from it and get better. Last years UConn team was going through the same thing this time last year. Middle of Feb is when they took off. I’m not worried at all yet.

I’m slightly worried. We’re 2-2 in our last 4 and the offense has been Jekyll and Hyde and still a lot of road games left. At some point you have to start the climb up the mountain before you can begin to peak, and we keep plummeting back to the bottom. This team desperately needs a complete game against Arkansas on Wednesday. If they come out with another stinker on offense then it’s goodnight for the season.

 

[NATHAN05]

63-79….fat lady tuning up

She basically sang the national anthem the way this one went.