The Official #4 Tennessee vs. #9 Florida Atlantic NCAA Tournament Game Thread, 9:00 PM ET, TBS

[ColinS]

I hate to say it but we are lucky at the end of the half. They were getting wide open looks and we were getting nothing.

 

[peerless98]

Team that won 30 games is bad?

33 actually

 

[Allvols98]

Fau with open shots.

At some point those are gonna go.

 

[SGMVols]

We are letting a bad team stay in

Nobody wins 33 games by accident

 

[johnboyhunter]

Phillips doesn’t even look comfortable dribbling

He would be making a big mistake trying to go in the draft IMO.

 

[Caz]

We get 1 good game out of 5 from out big men and 1 good game out of 9 from Key. Geez terrible

I’d like to see 1-9 from Phillips too

 

[VOLinAL]

Key also ice cold again as usual.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

Nobody wins 33 games by accident

They do if their schedule is like 150th... They played nobody

 

[mr.checkerboards]

5-point lead at half feels demoralizing. FAU has had an insane number of wide open 3’s they missed. They aren’t going to keep missing them at this clip.

We gotta stop leaving our feet

 

[VolDave53]

Why TF do some of yall even watch the games....

It is Ramadan. Time to flail the flesh.

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

Lol. ON with 0 pts and 2 rebs at the half.

 

[Volstylexx]

34%. Santi 1-4, Key 1-5, Philips and ON both 0-1
thats 2-11 combined . 18%. Really hurting us .

and yet we’ve led essentially the entire game. Can you imagine how mad the media is going to be when we start hitting some shots in the 2nd!?

 

[Hoggervol]

We have no Scorers. I keep waiting for Phillips or Key to show something

Don't torture yourself. I don't think it's going to happen.

 

[Larkin]

To hit their average scoring, they would have to score 50 in the second half. That ain’t happening. lock them down in the second half!

 

[OC VOL FAN]

Not upset that Key and James will be departing. This team is atrocious on offense 90% of the time.

 

[TNVOL68]

The lead would be bigger if they didn't miss close shots

 

[BisonVol]

Not a great first half. The talk of the half will be how bad our offense was, but our defense is concerning as well. We’ve given up several wide open looks that they haven’t knocked down. They will start knocking those down at a higher clip if we don’t get it together.

Gotta come out in the second half and stay in front of their guards better. Also gotta get going downhill on offense. Swinging the ball around the perimeter isn’t the way to attack pressure defense.

 

[TheBigOne10]

Get rid of the corn rows and score some points ORN

 

[sportsnut624]

Well we will see what happens the next 20 minutes. If history for this season holds true we are in trouble. Feels a lot like candy and at auburn games where we slopped it up in the first half but they came out scoring the second and we couldn’t keep up

 

[Sportslady]

Got fortunate they missed a lot of open 3s. Need to start making more shorts second half. 10/31 isn’t going to cut it.

FAU got hot from 3’s in the second half of the FDU game. Don’t give them hope they can come back.

 

[GBO18]

We have nobody that can beat their guards off the dribble. I trust Barnes and the staff will make adjustments to get more open looks.

 

[vols 30]

Why is the offense so bad???

No ZZ. Key is a bust. Nobody on the team can put up 2 good games in row

 

[DC_Vol]

Fau with open shots.

At some point those are gonna go.

Hopefully ours will start falling too.

 

[vol4eva]

The offense is an abomination. Olivier took the first half off, and Key couldn’t be any worse.

 

[Shakinthefat]

Plav having his best game tonight

Yay maybe, thrown up a few balls just hoping they go in