The Official #5 Tennessee @ Missouri Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, SEC Network

[Hoosier_Vol]

Not pretty but a road dub is a road dub!

 

[ttocswob]

Tobe Awaka player of the game per Steve Hamer. 18 pts 10 rebounds.

 

[JCP201]

So glad we didn't lose a quad 3 game. Good coaching from Barnes to put Aidoo and Tobe in at the same time, when almost the whole team was lame.

 

[BreatheUT]

Wow, Knecht and Awaka stat lines.

 

[Ttucke11]

Win and move on. We lose this game the last few years.

 

[chuckb1448]

Whew, that was Ugly.... let's get ready for Saturday

 

[GAVol]

We played what was probably the only team in the SEC we could have beaten tonight. Just glad it's over.

There is no transitive property involved with road games. Every game is its own vacuum. Just win.

 

[vol94]

Look around the country this year, any conference road win is a good one.

True. Even Purdue loss on the road a few days ago against a bad Ohio State team.

 

[Tenacjim]

Looks like they might lose to Arky tonight

I know. Seeing that and them losing to Vandy makes getting blown off the court by them even more maddening.

 

[TNVOLFN]

Great move putting Awaka in there would probably lost without that move.

2. Play for and make the breaks. When one comes your way—SCORE.

I know this is basketball, but when their frontline got in foul trouble, we doubled down by playing two #5’s!

 

[The Tall Gguy]

Awaka was the difference!

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

Get you some of that.

I did

 

[Baulder]

Gates is a punk. Enjoy that 0-13 mark my guy.

I guess to get hired at Misery you have to be the most punchable douchenozzle in any room. Gates and Dorkwitz were both in there tonight so it's a tough choice

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Santi with 5 rebounds & 2 steals, wish he would just take his open shots. He is playing really good defense and helped keep Bates in check, but him turning down open looks slows down the offense.

 

[BisonVol]

What’s wild about tonight is we probably played well five out of the forty minutes. Just shows how horrific Missouri is. If there’s a coach in the league that deserves a season this bad, it’s Dennis Gates imo.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

Very short rest, playing a playground team away, with the refs against us. Take the road wins when you get them.

 

[ENGRVOL]

Probably gave a C- effort at best tonight and still won a sec road game. This Mizzou team is historically bad but will never be unhappy with a midweek sec road win ever.

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

Comes across as a very pompous guy with absolutely nothing to be pompous about. I’ve noticed that none of the SEC coaches seem to give him the friendliest of handshakes.

Entitled is the word to describe him

 

[TNVOLFN]

It blows my mind how many people watch basketball like a complete ignoramous lol.

It’s. Not. Football.

Two wins I thought were basically losses when we got the schedule: @Rupp and @Mizzou... Mizzou is obviously down bad, but I’ll take a win there after they beat us twice last year.

 

[vol94]

Got the win and now back home vs aTm. I think we take them but A&M will look to bully TN. I think TN will come out with more energy and play well in front of a packed house.

Have a good night Volnation and GO VOLS!

 

[berryvol]

It blows my mind how many people watch basketball like a complete ignoramous lol.

It’s. Not. Football.

Yup. You’re bound to have multiple dreadful shooting nights throughout such a long season. The key is finding a way to win on those nights. Great win tonight, even if we played horrible for 25 minutes.

 

[WillisWG]

Never in doubt, lol

had'em all the way

 

[Jimmyandjoes]

This game was physical. The next game against A&M will be a rematch of the most physical game we played. The were more physical than us last game. Here we go

 

[BisonVol]

Entitled is the word to describe him

Think he got a case of “too big for his britches” after he had a good first season. He better win with that top 5 recruiting class he’s bringing in. That’s the only reason they won’t fire him after they go1-17, maybe even 0-18, in league play.

 

[Tenacjim]

Well, both baseball and basketball played poorly against inferior opponents today. But they both won. I got to watch Vols sports for 4 1/2 hrs and come away with 2 wins. That’s a good day!

GBO!