NCAA First Round: The Official #5 Tennessee vs. #12 Oregon State Game Thread, 4:30 ET, TNT

[BreatheUT]

What's the magic number point total for Oregon State? They've almost doubled us up.

 

[KB5252]

What are we doing?

A lot of aimless dribbling and passing beyond the arc on offense.

 

[orangejuice]

Our offense is just really crappy street ball.

 

[Delmar]

Lol. We like to trash Mike White on here a lot, but he is now most likely going to the Sweet 16 (I am assuming ORU can't keep this up for two games) and will be 7-3 in the NCAAT. We no longer have a leg to stand one in that conversation.

Mike White’s a good coach. I don’t question that. I question why it took him so long to deal with the Payne situation. He appears to have finally done something.

 

[ButchPlz]

A lot of aimless dribbling and passing beyond the arc on offense.

Throwing the ball out of bounds, lobbing bricks and airballs, standing around in the post, the usual.

 

[zaqhhh]

Going to try and sunshine pump here but Oregon State is still shooting pretty hot and that isn’t indicative of their year.

If we can pick it up and they fall to their norm, we have a shot...

Not a good one, but a shot.

 

[DarkAvenger]

Maybe Barnes needs to hire an offensive coordinator.

I would have figured Kim English would be that since Schwartz runs Defense. Maybe English is a hell of a recruiter but not the developer that Rob Lanier was.

 

[LakeMaryFLVol]

I think we were better game 1 than we are now. Feels like we got worse.

Started off slow but then tapered off

 

[imw8n4u]

It's pretty clear Fulky has a huge impact on this team, we are dearly missing him.

 

[KB5252]

Throwing the ball out of bounds, lobbing bricks and airballs, standing around in the post, the usual.

And those were the highlights!

 

[TheMookieMonster]

What's the magic number point total for Oregon State? They've almost doubled us up.

Depends on which Tennessee offense shows up in the second half. Does the team from the first half against OSU show up? They might only need 7 points this half to win. Does the Tennessee team that beat Kansas by 20 or was up 15 on Alabama show up? OSU will need to get to 70.

 

[Border Vol]

What are we doing?

Laying a brontosaurus size egg is what the BasketVols are doing today

 

[Vol423]

Remember when Barnes said that this team was finally getting it? And that we found something in the SEC tournament? Where did that something go?

Obviously, Coach really has the pulse of the team.

 

[ButchPlz]

19 points in a half though.

 

[djohnnyg]

19 points in first half? Can u believe this team was ranked 6th in the country at one point? Wow.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Mike White’s a good coach. I don’t question that. I question why it took him so long to deal with the Payne situation. He appears to have finally done something.

Political timing. Reduced the focus on the incident when announced at game time. Timed to keep his peeps in chill mode.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Deficit is manageable, but ugly. Game will come down to hitting shots. We need at least 5 threes in the second half to come back.

We can definitely win. Oregon St. isn't even that good nor really playing that well. If we start hitting we can win but we can't mess around.

 

[Dergibvol]

Which one is the shooting gaurd?

Touche

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Rebounds will be big in the second half too, Org St smoked us on the boards

 

[Delmar]

ROMAN SILVA?? We have allowed 10 points to a guy whose feet haven’t left the floor yet. Double his game average. One would think that’s a guy that Uros could hold his own with but I guess not. If he can’t guard a slow, non-athletic 7 footer, why is he on the team?

Correction. We’ve allowed him to score 12 POINTS.

 

[KB5252]

Like a doobie at a Willie Nelson concert.

 

[VOLinAL]

What's the magic number point total for Oregon State? They've almost doubled us up.

Need a monster second half. Hold them to 25 in the half or so. Then of course outscore them by 15.

 

[vol94]

Bailey didn’t push that guy locked arms with him

Bailey pushed off

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

If Pons picks up a quick foul, we done.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

I'm not saying we aren't playing like garbage, but the Beavers have turned a few tricks in the past few games. . . they did handle their entire conference. Maybe they're the team that's finally "gettin' it".