Biggest Game? Good grief

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BernardKingGOAT said:
For sure the stakes were higher today in a game we battled, even with some sloppiness, and came out the winner when it looked like we were going to lose. Sears was top shelf making a ton of contested shots
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I normally hate watching sears but he had a good game today without the refs just giving him a million calls. Turns out I mostly just hate watching players get rewarded with FTs when barely looking at the rim. I gained some respect for him today and I appreciated that the refs didn’t just give him a call every time he touched the paint.
 
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Was at the Texas game in 06. I don’t remember both team’s situation but the environment I felt today I haven’t felt since then.
 
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Lefteye said:
Was at the Texas game in 06. I don’t remember both team’s situation but the environment I felt today I haven’t felt since then.
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I remember watching the Texas game in my friend’s basement. Super excited that he got to go to the game today!
 
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b-ball fan said:
I have to roll my eyes at all of the hyperbole that we hear during sports broadcast. Today, near the end of the game,(between Mashack’s last free throws) I heard Jimmy Dykes (who I like) say “they said this is the biggest home game in the history of UT men’s basketball”,
Who would say this? Obviously not anyone who has been a UT basketball fan for many years. Why is this game so big? It’s not for a conference title. It will affect SEC tournament seeding, and likely NCAA tournament seeding. Otherwise it’s a regular season game.
What am I missing?
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Jimmy Dykes is the hyperbole king. Everything is the biggest, best, most, etc. He has no middle ground or nuance in his vocabulary.

Was it a huge game? Sure. Anyone else could even maybe make the argument that Dykes was making and it might stick. But you hear him do it and it falls on deaf ears because the next game we play will be the "biggest game in program history" to him.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Jimmy Dykes is the hyperbole king. Everything is the biggest, best, most, etc. He has no middle ground or nuance in his vocabulary.

Was it a huge game? Sure. Anyone else could even maybe make the argument that Dykes was making and it might stick. But you hear him do it and it falls on deaf ears because the next game we play will be the "biggest game in program history" to him.
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Curt Gowdey was the same way - he used to drive my dad crazy with that talk
 
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All sports commentary is hyperbole and has been for a long time. It is almost unlistenable at times. When Mike Keith starts later this year, I may never listen to another TV crew.
 
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VolCalls said:
Great win but with almost zero postseason implications. Today was massive.
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You’re joking right? We were two points away from a final four. Beating a #1 Kansas even early in the season definitely impacted our tournament seeding
 
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To me, #2 Tennessee beating the undefeated #1 Tiger High back in 2008 was bigger. I thought after that game, Tennessee was ranked #1 (maybe for the 1st time ever)? If Tennessee can one day get into Final Four, that could be a bigger game.
 
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goldvol said:
You’re joking right? We were two points away from a final four. It definitely impacted our tournament seeding
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Dude, we were a #6 seed and 30th in KenPom that year, plus we lost by 30 in the SEC Tournament. There’s a massive difference in a #1 seed playing close to home and a #6 seed playing in Providence. Today’s game was massive for NCAA Tournament implications and everyone knew it coming into it. Don’t kid yourself.
 
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So...Two regular season games, and then the SEC tournament. What do we have to do to maintain a #1 seed?
 
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i2amavol said:
So...Two regular season games, and then the SEC tournament. What do we have to do to maintain a #1 seed?
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We win the last two, and Florida loses at Alabama and it's set in stone, regardless of the SECT, or so we've seen in the past that it cannot help your seed.
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
Exaggerating for the audience. We all know it wasn't the biggest. Thicken the skin
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Maybe it was just the biggest today. Sure did feel good seeing the VOLS win this one. Of course I don't remember what I had for breakfast, let alone the biggest Vol home BB game ever.
 
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Col_Cathcart said:
I would like to know the list. It’s definitely the biggest one in quite some time.
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I can’t really put one since 1998 when I started to school here that was bigger. Maybe it’s recency bias, but the fans turned out, students and blue hairs and those of us in between. It was electric to the core.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
We win the last two, and Florida loses at Alabama and it's set in stone, regardless of the SECT, or so we've seen in the past that it cannot help your seed.
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I think 1-1 in our last two still gives us a #1 seed due to our Quad 1 record. This is assuming Florida loses at Alabama then the Tide loses at Auburn.
 
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exotic_vols said:
To me, #2 Tennessee beating the undefeated #1 Tiger High back in 2008 was bigger. I thought after that game, Tennessee was ranked #1 (maybe for the 1st time ever)? If Tennessee can one day get into Final Four, that could be a bigger game.
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That game was in Memphis, the comment was biggest “home” game.
 
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