The Official #6 [2] Tennessee vs. #2 [1] Houston Game Thread, 2:20 PM ET, CBS

[onthehill71]

Yes, bad shooting is why we are behind - but refs are missing a lot.

You actually tried to slip in blame on the officials? The blame rests with the guys wearing Orange. Not one phase of the game has worked. Not one.

 

[floridavol25]

One of the most pathetic showings of all time ? Threes aren’t going in so let’s keep throwing them

 

[connor]

Tennessee making Houston look elite lol. This is crazy.

Houston is 33-4 for the year. What would you call that ?

 

[jasonvol18]

These announcers and folks on this board praising Houston defense is driving me crazy. This is all about missed shots.

Their D is keeping us from the paint and making us shoot 3's, which we suck at. And we're get killed on the board's. Houston deserve's all the praise they are getting, it's been belt to ass from the jump.

 

[rocketskates]

Time to forget this half - and start over. It is possible to make up 19 points.

The most frustrating part is that they were cold the last 5 minutes of the half and we did nothing to close the gap. Should’ve taken advantage of that.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Time to forget this half - and start over. It is possible to make up 19 points.

Possible; but very difficult against a number one seed playing elite defense. Houston would have to go completely flat

 

[joevols89]

Every Tennessee fan needs to be on their feet the next half. Not one second in their seat. It may seem like a longshot, but get it under 10 somehow and you for e some pressure on Houston.

A #1 seed with defense that elite is not giving up a 19 point lead against a team that struggles offensively. Sorry to say.

 

[CLT MAN]

We are on pace to set record for worse elite 8 loss in tournament history

Admit it…it’s all Igor’s fault!

 

[Vols All Day]

The Vols should not be getting beat on the boards like they are. The Vols have the size advantage. Houston's tallest players are 6'8".

 

[TheFlash1971]

Rick Barnes great regular season coach, rinse and repeat. Heck if we couldn’t win with Knecht then definetly not winning with this team.

 

[djwes]

There is a fairly significant amount of NIL $ on the court for UT. Athletes wanted pay for performance, welcome to adulthood .

Losing to a motivated, obviously better team is part of the game.

But focus and effort are within their control.

Barnes is an honorable guy who reps UT well but they won’t sniff a championship till he retires.

This is truly sad. Not pitiful or embarrassing, because our boys don’t deserve that type of negatively.
Purely sad

 

[n_huffhines]

I hope everyone in orange who made the trip gets up and WALKS OUT at half.

This is more embarrassing than the playoff game in Columbus and it’s not even close.

The spoiled, entitled mindset of some. We forsake the team because they didn't have it today? That's crazy. This was a great year, and they deserve more than a tantrum.

 

[PC Jr.]

Yeah… We’re all just dumb fans here. Thank you for keeping it so real.

So you agree?

 

[I4Vols]

Time to forget this half - and start over. It is possible to make up 19 points.

Yup, I believe it's the hoop at that end of the court.
That's all I can come up with and not blow a fuse

 

[Hoggervol]

He hit 40% of his threes and is 6’10

And he is letting 6'7" guys outrebound him all year. What's his percentage on 3 pointers this year ?

 

[connor]

SIUE might have scored more than us. What in the literal F

LMAOOOO

 

[Other_Guy]

Hey! Stop this negative stuff! Pull out your orange colored glasses, pour a nice cold cup of orange koolaid and let’s focus on the season and the great players we’ve had and all that stuff the sunshine pumpers like. C’mon guys! We’ll Get’em next year!

Everyone is upset because not only is this likely Barnes only shot at a title run, they're embarrassing themselves out there.

 

[UTK]

People Barnes cannot hit wide open 3s for them. We have the RECORD HOLDER for made 3s in a season on our team and he can’t buy a bucket. What are you gonna do lmao

 

[BradstarVols]

Tennessee is beating themselves. Houston is good, but this is on Tennessee. Houston isn't doing anything special.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

You can't miss that many open 3s. You just can't.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Reminds of the SECT, we finally beat Kentucky to make the title game and then Auburn ran us out of building.

I thought getting there last year we’d be a bit more prepared, but not yet.

Deep hole against an elite defense.

Surely we can shoot better than 21% FG & 7% 3PT

 

[n_huffhines]

There is a fairly significant amount of NIL $ on the court for UT. Athletes wanted pay for performance, welcome to adulthood .

Losing to a motivated, obviously better team is part of the game.

But focus and effort are within their control.

Barnes is an honorable guy who reps UT well but they won’t sniff a championship till he retires.

Sometimes the other team is just better. It's not that deep.

 

[Proud Army Wife]

When Tennessee is bad, it’s always historically bad

A tale as old as time.

 

[vol4eva]

Is there a better chance of us coming back or hell freezing over?

 

[A-RodWiLks]

Just laughable