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

[87&91ALUM]

Get your NIL money and buy some #21 Sharps.

 

[Vol737]

They can drain it. We shot too many doinks today.

 

[Mid Tenn Vol]

Alabama had same issue, tons of teams fall apart like this.

I get it but sooner or later you gotta get it done.

 

[SGMVols]

Brand new team next year, don’t know when we’ll see our next Elite 8 much less a Final Four. It’s depressing

Every year is going to be a new team in this era

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

Hats off to Houston....they just a better team than we are. Plain and simple

 

[BeardedVol]

And that’s the difference. I think all their guys can shoot.

Especially if you leave them wide open.

 

[87&91ALUM]

46-62

 

[tnvols72]

Offense was always going to be the reason for our exit from the tournament. Every one of us knew it since late January.

Said this all year. I dont care how good of a defense you have , you got to have an offense

 

[Sportslady]

Hate to say it out loud, but a loss like this with the players we have could mmake Barnes rethink retirement. This was a great opportunity and we fell apart..

We didn’t fall apart. Emotions killed first half.

 

[sportsnut624]

Death taxes and Tennessee sports letting its fans down. The governmental conspiracy to see how much a fanbase can take continues in earnest

 

[Caz]

Epic beatdown on the national stage at the elite 8. Just hard to watch

 

[johngunn44]

Perfect game plan by Houston. Run an additional person on the ball on the perimeter
No concern at all for our bigs. Not having an inside offensive presence got exposed

 

[volnbama_]

Brand new team next year, don’t know when we’ll see our next Elite 8 much less a Final Four. It’s depressing

I feel like this is said every year

 

[VOLinAL]

Offense was always going to be the reason for our exit from the tournament. Every one of us knew it since late January.

All those games where we couldnt hit the broad side of the barn just culminating in the Elite 8.

 

[KeyVol14]

So much for this great D , they got exposed

How does Houston struggle against Purdue but play lights out today....just makes no sense

 

[Vol737]

Get your NIL money and buy some #21 Sharps.

Buy 5 of them!

 

[Other_Guy]

Better offense

I just can't see a Rick Barnes offense being better than his EE ceiling.

 

[Switch 625]

This just sucks. Crap rebounding, crap defense, crap shooting, crap FT shooting

 

[SGMVols]

I get it but sooner or later you gotta get it done.

Nothing in this life is guaranteed. If your parents didn’t teach you life isn’t fair they did you a disservice.

You could do everything right and still never get the result.

 

[TheFlash1971]

football has nothing to do with that op's question. thats not why.

NIL money gets you good players , nothing more.

 

[UTK]

Houston was the bottom 1 seed. Us the top 2 seed. I get that some of yall will feel better thinking there was some imaginary talent gap, but this isn’t us vs Ohio State in football. We loss this game because we weren’t mentally ready for the first 15 minutes of game. That’s a much more painful thing to face, I get it. But it’s the reality. It is what it is. The players will be the first to admit it in the press conference. As frustrated as we are, I promise it’s nothing compared to how they feel. It was a special group of guys this year, it’s tough way for them to go out, but this will go down as an all time great team here. Kudos for a great season, and if we keep knocking on that final 4 door, eventually it will open. We’re making progress, before we wouldn’t even get to this point. We have now in back to back seasons.

 

[RAVOL]

We completely dug to big a hole against outstanding Ball Team. All things equal just overall better team. But not this much. In CHRIST Alone

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Cry me a river Sharp

 

[ashleyyy]

Historical looking probably a diff coach. No disrespect he’s made us a very respectable bball program but we don’t have a killer instinct and his teams don’t always shoot the best. How do you come out flat with a ff on the liner. No excuses.

when I said "we" I was absolutely thinking of Barnes, but when he's mentioned a history lesson always follows. I love Barnes but this might be as far as he can lead a team. the game preparation and adjustments for this one was atrocious. Houston is good, but this game should have never been this lopsided.

 

[hUTch2002]

Hats off to Houston....they just a better team than we are. Plain and simple

I think we’re close actually. If we played 10 times I bet we win 4.