The Official #3 Tennessee vs. #11 Michigan NCAA Tournament Game Thread, 5:50 PM ET, CBS

[hUTch2002]

Team played hard, got a SEC tourney win, but the media and NCAA did not want TN to win this game!

Tennessee didn’t want to win this game apparently. Zero boxing out and pitiful defense.

 

[vavolfan6]

Not even fair to play a team that had no pressure to play in the tourney since they weren't there.. you could see the pressure got to our shooters..

 

[GOVOLS 1]

I can’t believe Rick Barnes missed all those three point shots
Tennessee fans are so stupid

 

[TheVolsFrog]

News flash . Barnes is not the blame for 12.5% from the 3 line when we have been in the high 30s.

Hate this but I also hate all the Barnes haters .

No but he should've called a timeout when MI started on that run...can't let that happen...
Refs want that Howard redemption story

 

[UTSuave’]

Not sure what the game plan was coming in. Had no answer for their big guy and let some no name dude crash the board and slap a few in.

The answer…we don’t have a dominant big man.

 

[vols 30]

Anyone who blames Barnes is crazy. We just got outplayed across the board.

Maybe he should've had the guys double team their big dude as soon as he touched it?

 

[chef3531]

You could see this coming from a mile away when we had such a good shooting game on Thursday. We've not had back to back strong shooting games in a while

 

[Madscientistvol]

Whoever is playing UM next is now my fave team......

About the only way I could root for Ohio State in anything, but I hope they curb stomp them like it’s their annual football game if they play each other.

 

[IluvdoubleD's]

No 3 pointers going down for us and Michigan is the third richest school in the country. After their last beating they had all the reason in the world to pull this. Absolute trash seeding and match up.

 

[BisonVol]

Just got out played. Dickinson had his way with us and our guards didn't do a good job of staying in front on defense. Three's weren't falling tonight either which probably was the biggest thing.

 

[acd4476]

If you think this Michigan team isn’t a threat for the Final Four I don’t know what to tell you

Lol. Michigan is a joke. Nova going to wipe the floor with them

 

[BallinVol]

Man, seeing the emotions of KC hurts.

 

[tnvols72]

2-18 from 3 and allowed MI to shoot around 50%. Getting turnovers kept TN in the game.

and they quit doing what put them ahead and started shooting 3s

 

[patrick]

I love Tennessee and this basketball team. But Barnes will never get it done in the NCAA Tourney! He is his record and his just isn’t good when it really matters.

 

[arkyvol]

I'm in my late 70s. I don't think I'll live long enough to see the Vols in the final four. I need to accept that. I say that because this is the best Vol team I've ever seen and it couldn't handle a very mediocre Michigan squad.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

Juwan Howard knows how to win postseason games.

 

[TC 83]

Michigan played lights out. The only we we were gonna lose is if they played at their highest level. They did and we went cold. Great season Vols—still proud of them.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Hate it for this team, definitely deserved to get a better called game than this. But all came down to how the 3 ball went.

We don’t win games shooting below 28% from deep, and shot 11% tonight.

 

[djohnnyg]

We won the SEC tourney. Yippee. Barnes can't win sh*t in the tourney.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

Team played hard, got a SEC tourney win, but the media and NCAA did not want TN to win this game!

Are you stating our play wasn’t responsible for the loss today?

 

[RAVOL]

Make shots even circus ones like they did. We didn't get same whistle either. Oh well. Go Vols. In CHRIST Alone

 

[aWhiteLoftonChism]

Michigan had to have the shooting game of their lives and we had to have a poor one. Seems like the VOLS in the NCAA tournament always hit a team that is hitting all their shots and we have the worst luck
I hate it for the guys

 

[Sam I Am]

CHOKE !

 

[UTK]

If you think this Michigan team isn’t a threat for the Final Four I don’t know what to tell you

The point of my post is they didn't deserve a bid in the first place. Anyone once in the tourney is a threat to make a final four. It's a bad loss, Michigan could go on to win the whole thing. Wouldn't make it look any better lol

 

[Vawlranger88]

Vescovi always plays flat in big time games, he can ball out when it’s montlow state technical college on the other side