The Official #7 Tennessee vs. Alabama Game Thread, 6:00 PM ET, ESPN2

[steelejacs]

I mis

Springer had a non contact injury.

I’m concerned it’s a little more than a rolled ankle.

missed that part.
did he hurt himself bad

 

[tnvols72]

You seen this offense coming all year. It was fools gold when they were scoring 100. They struggle too much shooting.

 

[amaralfan1]

Barnes needs to figure out what to do when Pons has foul trouble. The team never got going after he went out early and Springner's injury could really hurt us.

 

[GoVolunteers]

We are going to lose some games this year and that is ok. It is basketball and we won’t win them all.

 

[beachvol23]

We look like we had no legs tonight and what the hell is Fulkerson doing good thing Barnes put his ass on the bench!!!!

 

[WestTennesseeVol]

At least we can laugh that 1-6 Kentucky is in 2OT against basketball powerhouse Mississippi State

 

[Roustabout]

Given how Bama shot from 3 and how we shot period, I am less concerned with this game.

We knew we were going to lose some, have to improve but not too worried.

Bama is not a strong post team and we failed to pound it inside. Very poor showing.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

I’m tired of having a sliver of excitement for Tennessee athletics and having our hearts repeatedly ripped out and stomped on.

 

[JCP201]

We had our chance but just couldn't hit the shots. Hope Springer will be okay.

 

[GBO18]

We need an Alpha to emerge if it ain’t going to be Fulky.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Yikesss

Finished @ 32% and 19%

Real bad.

 

[vol4eva]

Shockingly bad

 

[1985Vols]

Jeez...it's one game. Even the best teams minus maybe Gonzaga will lose a couple of games.

Agree however, many more efforts like that and we will lose a lot more than a couple of games

 

[hUTch2002]

We are a veteran team with great freshmen. I don't have big experience concerns.

I’m curious about which teams are better than us though. Who would you list? I was going by my gut feel for what I saw on the court in saying we’re top 15 but when you look around the country there aren’t any real juggernauts out there. So who are the 5 best in your opinion?

 

[VolsSportsFan]

It's because it's stupid Alabama. If it was anyone other than Bama, UK, or UF people wouldn't be as up in arms honestly. Lol. It's just stupid that Bama doesn't even belong on the same court as us but either finds a way to beat us constantly or play us down to the wire. I just want our basketball team to rightfully beat the piss out of them for once.

Not sure about that. UK appears to be the worst they've been in forever and if we lose to them it's going to feel like nothing changes.

 

[Matt2496]

I just hope our team learns something from this loss.

 

[govols105]

Barnes cost them game. Garbage. Why cant we beat bama in basketball?

 

[vols 30]

Jeez...it's one game. Even the best teams minus maybe Gonzaga will lose a couple of games.

True, but you shouldn't lose to an unranked team at home

 

[Lankykong]

Not sure if we should have had more plays to Fulk just to try to foul out their good bigs who had 4 fouls or not gone to him because he couldn’t hit FTs and was a liability on defense today

 

[tnvols72]

No, he has hurt, that is for sure, but the team as a whole has been off tonight. It happens, now, we need to see what we are going to do about it from here on in the season.

Had a chance to cut it to 4 or 3 and Tn had a little momentum and he did some dumb drive and the air went out

 

[1985Vols]

Finished @ 32% and 19%

Real bad.

Whew... Won’t beat many teams shooting that bad

 

[BreatheUT]

Does Walker Jr need to play? Weak inside game and average outside shooting won't equate to a deep tourney run.

 

[C-south]

You are trolling now. You show up 10 minutes ago to stir the pot. Nice try!

Na I was at Top Golf watching earlier and got home to see the last 12 minutes. There’s not trolling needed to recognize Vescovi should be a 10 minute bench player at best.

 

[etsuvol13]

Good lord. The only thing worse than tennessees shooting tonight were the jack a** fans booing Pember, and some of the moronic over reactions on here. Some people need to just calm the heck down, put down the coors banquet, and put the internets away on game day.

 

[Caz]

No, he has hurt, that is for sure, but the team as a whole has been off tonight. It happens, now, we need to see what we are going to do about it from here on in the season.

We need to identify whose going to lead this team offensively. Pons showed up, but we had nothing clutch in our mix at all tonight.