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

[Franklin_Vol09]

Is Troy Henderson hurt, or something?

Something

 

[therealitytheory]

I guess too early in season for a joke?

Try blue font.

 

[A-RodWiLks]

Gillespie/Ament certainly ain't no Chaz/Dalton

 

[rocketskates]

This team has a lot of work to do.

They’ll be fine. They get a few cupcake tune up games before they start playing legit competition. It will get worked out.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Great crowd for exhibition
Great exposure on national TV
I see Duke got the whistle
Almost pulled it out and found a lot out about the team. Gonna be a great year!!

 

[MoCo_Vol]

I mean Duke treated it like a damn March game with their rotation.

I know Boozer played that long because of all the NBA scouts at the game. Barnes treated like an exhibition game & I think Ja’Kobi and Ament pressed a bit taking too many bad shots.

We will get better though, will be interesting to see if Carey, JP, & Burg play more minutes once things get going for real.

 

[Memphisvol87]

Duke makes their FTs... we don't.

They shot 27 we shot 14. Have to get to the line to make them.

 

[UTFranklinVol]

They’ll be fine. They get a few cupcake tune up games before they start playing legit competition. It will get worked out.

don't they play houson right out of the gate?

 

[vols 30]

don't they play houson right out of the gate?

Mercer is the 1st game

 

[A-RodWiLks]

I think we need to focus our offense through the paint... not isolating two players

 

[walkenvol]

My takeaway from this is Boozer is the best freshman I’ve seen since Bernard King

 

[RAVOL]

Not a good second half as Duke played with more intensity. Give them credit. Very good physical team. Much to learn for our Vols. Rick will get them going. In CHRIST Alone

 

[rocketskates]

don't they play houson right out of the gate?

Not until November 25th, they play a few scrubs, get their feet wet against Rutgers and then the showdown with Houston.

 

[A-RodWiLks]

They shot 27 we shot 14. Have to get to the line to make them.

We missed at least half of those

 

[RDU VOL#14]

It’s October 26…Lots of good ball ahead

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Some of you idiots already acting like the season over.

Absolutely no one has said that.

 

[ndubvols]

I mean Duke treated it like a damn March game with their rotation.

I know Boozer played that long because of all the NBA scouts at the game. Barnes treated like an exhibition game & I think Ja’Kobi and Ament pressed a bit taking too many bad shots.

We will get better though, will be interesting to see if Carey, JP, & Burg play more minutes once things get going for real.

Agreed, going to need a 3rd scorer to emerge. Can’t just be the ament/gillespie show. Those are the 3 candidates I’d leg for additional scoring

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Disappointed in how little of Estrella we saw. We never got a glimpse of the Ament, Estrella, Okpara, Gillespie, and Abrams/Burg lineup I thought would be possibly our best 5.

 

[cwbytruckers]

Really impressed with Brown in the first half.

 

[Col_Cathcart]

My takeaway from this is Boozer is the best freshman I’ve seen since Bernard King

He looks better than Flagg did at this point last year. He’s REALLY good. We’re gonna beat up on a lot of teams inside and he single-handedly beat us.

 

[Delmar]

I have a feeling this gives Rick a whole bunch of ammo and teaching moments. They’ll be fine.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Boozer went 7 of 20 from FG
Ament 5 of 19

One shot 11 FTs though.

Duke had 27 FTs to our 14 and we shot better FG%, 3PT% was just 30% but FTs really the difference, we didn’t miss a ton either just didn’t shoot enough.

 

[ttocswob]

Duke played some defense the 2nd half. TN didn't handle it.
Cold shooting, and getting out rebounded by Duke made the difference.
Free throws dismal early, but improved down the stretch.
No such thing as a good loss, even in exhibition; but this will keep TN under the radar for a bit.
Go Vols!

 

[TooLegit2Quit]

39 minutes for Cameron Boozer, wild.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Biggest surprise for me was how damn good Brown looked. Was worried he was a 3rd year project. I think he’s good enough to play 15+ mpg already.