Tennessee vs Duke (Exh) Official Game Thread - 7pm ESPN2

[MoCo_Vol]

Boozer is good & that Duke whistle gonna make him a name we hear all year.

 

[Chris4Vols22]

Jeez, unreal stats for Boozer. Fun exh for sure! This Vols team looks really fun!

 

[A-RodWiLks]

Gillespie c'mon man

 

[berryvol]

This game is going to give me unrealistic expectations for Brown lmao.

This is gonna be like Tyreke Key v Gonzaga on steroids for me

 

[Vols till I fall]

Got some CJ Black to him

I'm typically used to Tennessee either having undersized Centers or guys who tall but too thin to actually clash under the boards

 

[volsarelife1]

First half about what you would expect from a semi sloppy standpoint.

But man this is one athletic team. May be our "deepest" and most athletic.

Love what I'm seeing from Brown

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

I like Gillespie game. He missing but he will jack it up. Too many years we have seen ou point guards terrified to shoot, even on open looks

He's hitting those in practice or he wouldn't have that kind of green light.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Did…..did we not know we could hold for one last shot? What are we doing? Just gave Duke 2 free points.

Barnes probably wanted to take the time for a 2 for 1 moment. See how we react

 

[vol4eva]

Honestly doesn’t feel like an exhibition

 

[cncchris33]

Did…..did we not know we could hold for one last shot? What are we doing? Just gave Duke 2 free points.

Yep, terrible decision from a senior. He won't like the film session on that one.

Now, I guess it is possible, based solely on Barnes's reaction (or lack of) when he shot it, that he told him to shoot early so that they could get a rep defensively on how to defend in a end of game/half situation.

 

[Skooter]

Gillespie better not do that during the season or he’ll get reamed lol

We were working on something there out of the timeout btw. Thats why you disnt see Barnes even out of his seat after the shot

 

[NCVolintheTriad]

No, I think their chemistry may be better and as much as I love Z, it is not going to hurt having taller guards

 

[Vols till I fall]

Jeez, unreal stats for Boozer. Fun exh for sure! This Vols team looks really fun!

I like that we have real threats this year opposed to only having one guy who can take over

 

[Just a VolinTears]

Brown was the #16 C in the country this year. I don't think this is an aberration, but def more than I thought he'd give

 

[Special Ed]

Leroy Brown thought he was bad till DeWayne Brown came to town.

 

[hbvol1982]

1) Baseline drive by Ament was next level.
2) Rick not happy with all the transition 3s we are allowing.
3) Brown is a pleasant surprise. Great hands!
4) On ball defense is abysmal so far.
5) Dang, Cade Phillips has long arms!
6) not taking great shots and still leading vs a quality team.
7) Burg will get lots of minutes.
8) Boozer is a monster.
9) We are not quite a team yet. Lots of good pieces so hopefully by January it all comes together.

 

[StarRaider]

This is the first time I have heard Mike K call a basketball game, he is doing a decent job

 

[vavolfan6]

We could win by 20 and this Boozer kid is going to be the main talking point no matter what. ESPN is licking thier lips lips with all the storylines they can write for him this season

 

[Vols till I fall]

Brown was the #16 C in the country this year. I don't think this is an aberration, but def more than I thought he'd give

He kind of reminds me of Joel Embiid.

He's huge just for a freshman. This guy is going to be insanely jacked by the time he's a Junior

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Barnes probably wanted to take the time for a 2 for 1 moment. See how we react

There was no 2 for 1. We rebounded the ball with 28.5 seconds. Shot clock was off.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Gonna need to see guard play be better.

Abram, Burg, Bishop specifically….wonder if we will see Evans & Massamba

 

[Boca Vol]

Good grief we’re big and athletic!

 

[volhall16]

Did…..did we not know we could hold for one last shot? What are we doing? Just gave Duke 2 free points.

Yeah, guaranteed Ja’Kobi got an earful from Rick about that..

 

[Vols till I fall]

Seems like the older Barnes gets, the better teams he is forming here at Tennessee

This squad reminds me of the likes of what Houston typically has yearly.

We are really deep. Brown is going to be taking some minutes away from a lot of people lol

 

[volsarelife1]

We could win by 20 and this Boozer kid is going to be the main talking point no matter what. ESPN is licking thier lips lips with all the storylines they can write for him this season

To be fair. He's got 15/14 in the first half. He deserves all the talk he's getting so far