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

[ChattownVFL]

Inbreds defeat vols. Water is wet

 

[GBO18]

So what are the odds Barnes calls out Fulky in the post game presser?

 

[VolFreakJosh]

I’m not going to jump off the ledge.

Yes, it was a bad game for us.

However, sometimes the ball doesn’t bounce your way. College basketball is unpredictable.

We’ll be fine.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Well...so much for the final four nonsense. You have to be able to shoot and make baskets to win big. This team can't shoot and make baskets. That's a problem.

Season is young, gonna be great film for this team.

Still a very young squad, start 2 sophomores & have 2 freshmen playing big minutes.

 

[1985Vols]

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

Fulkerson was crap tonight.( and I love Fulky but he was Off tonight)

 

[ColinS]

And Kentucky is about to win at Mississippi State. Could this night get any worse?

 

[I4Vols]

F*** Bama

For you younguns who don't have the history, you need to learn how to despise everything about bama. And while I'm at it,, Phil, you're an f'in idiot for hiring a guy from there. For that, you should have your butt fired again.
Yup, I'm totally PO'd

 

[aWhiteLoftonChism]

I’ve been thinking he must be injured. It would explain his uncharacteristic misses at the free throw line.

Remember he fell on his wrist at Mizzu. I’m sure it’s hurting and probably swollen or sore still.

 

[Vols All Day]

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

I don’t think he can help if he is out of shape. I sure hope he is just out of shape and is better than the players in the 2019 class that come off the bench.

 

[Caz]

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

Bama or Auburn....we piss down our leg when we play anyone from AL

 

[peerless98]

Especially after a beatdown of the #12 team on the road and talks of dominating the SEC. I mean yeah we still can but.....this game tells me it's time to pump the brakes a bit.

This game might just be what gets the team's attention.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Jesus Christ. Will some of you calm down?

It’s almost as if you have never watched the game of basketball before.

For me I'm pissed because we always play Alabama badly in basketball. Almost every single freakin time. Can we not beat the sh** out of them?

 

[etsuvol13]

Whoa. What's wrong with Coors Banquet? It's better than that Coors Light trash

Hey I'm trying to at least be nice because I am speaking to fellow UT fans. But if they are light drinkers, they need to shut the hell up and switch teams.

 

[BreatheUT]

I don’t think he can help. I sure hope he is in the doghouse and once he gets in shape is better than our 2019 class bench players.

Good point.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

This game might just be what gets the team's attention.

I certainly hope it does.

 

[omghulkhands]

For me I'm pissed because we always play Alabama badly in basketball. Almost every single freakin time. Can we not beat the sh** out of them?

It’s just variance.

 

[VolArmy74]

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?

Gonzaga, Baylor and Iowa look like they are on a tier above everyone else. After that we've played as well as anyone and I'd have us in a group with Kansas, Villanova and Wisconsin. I like that we play strong defense, we played awful on offense tonight after losing one of our most dependable scorers early and we were still only down 6 with 3 minutes to go.

 

[nirwin]

When you shoot 32 percent, you lose the basketball game. Simple as that.

 

[1985Vols]

Especially after a beatdown of the #12 team on the road and talks of dominating the SEC. I mean yeah we still can but.....this game tells me it's time to pump the brakes a bit.

Yep

 

[Rylee_Vol18]

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

It's one game princess, calm down.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Lol, he’s way far off from being good enough for “ the league”.

Then why is his name in the ‘22 mock drafts already with Chandler?

Y’all are some of the most trash fans, our style of ball isn’t to have 20ppg by one guy, the motto is literally “it’s not about me”

Be a fan, love our elite team even after a tough loss where we shot bad, had our 2nd leading scorer go down and missed our best defender most of the 1st half with foul trouble.

 

[gainesvol82]

All I will say is that if we shoot that bad while the other team shoots lights out from 3 and we only lose by single digits (while having multiple chances to close late, missing our best dribble drive option to injury, horrible 1st half officiating against Pons and Fulky playing his worst game in a long time) then I'm not too worried.

We will grow from this. Just hate losing to Bama and that sewer rat looking mofo that wears a Petty jersey.

 

[Bigorange123]

This team will get bounced second round in tourney playing like this.

Zero shooters.

And No big guy

 

[C-south]

Here's to hoping you are better at golf than coaching basketball. Chances are, however, that you can't tell the difference between a sand wedge and a putter.

I don’t coach basketball but I can recognize a mediocre player when I see one. There’s having bad games and there’s being Vescovi.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I swear if the Titans lose tomorrow: