I will not make any excuse for the pathetic game we played tonight, but how many seconds were lost while the refs wouldn't give us a foul at the end while we were TRYING to foul Vanderbilt, but they were calling everything prior to that.
glad to hear most of you all are not blaming the refs. Grabbing the jerseys and running into players are going to get a whistle every time. Whether you're ranked 286th or first. Poor execution on the Vols part, especially since Vandy kept fouling in the final minutes instead of wrapping it up.
It wasn't just the refs fault of course. Shots weren't hitting, it happens. But the shot selections and defense at times were atrocious. There was one time Lofton took a three shot in transition and not one orange jersey was in the area to rebound, great if it hits, but it clearly didn't. That's just one example of course. The timeout before the end of the first half killed us, not only was it a waste of a timeout, but it was poor execution the moment the ball was inbounded. That could have easily been the difference in the game with a switch in momentum.
It was pretty bad, I was sitting there wondering how we can be called for some fouls, and on the opposite end of the court Vandy would do the same exact thing and not get called. It happened enough that I started noticing it every time.
And for those of you who like to call me a 'second class' fan because I don't spend my life on the computer posting on this board, I would like to know how many games you all actually attend. I have been to EVERY home game this season, so do NOT lecture me on 'fan ethics'... who cares anyway? No other SEC team uses 'fan ethics', why can't we complain when its obvious we were wronged several times?
Because they sure did get the job done efficiently tonight.. atleast 5 calls went against us that made no sense that vandy got points out of...
call it whatever, but a combined 69 FTs in a game is far too much ref intervention.what beat tennessee was vandy's big man being able to beat the "hot press" so often. It didn't look pretty, but after the first couple of possessions in the second half, vandy figured it out. Tennessee had too many spurts of the same sloppiness I called out in the Memphis game and this time Vandy capitalized. The refs had nothing to do with this game, other than calling a tight game. If you can't play your game when the refs are calling it tight, March is really going to suck for you. I don't really care for Tennessee basketball, but I'd hate to see UK sneak up and win the freaking SEC.
what beat tennessee was vandy's big man being able to beat the "hot press" so often. It didn't look pretty, but after the first couple of possessions in the second half, vandy figured it out. Tennessee had too many spurts of the same sloppiness I called out in the Memphis game and this time Vandy capitalized. The refs had nothing to do with this game, other than calling a tight game. If you can't play your game when the refs are calling it tight, March is really going to suck for you. I don't really care for Tennessee basketball, but I'd hate to see UK sneak up and win the freaking SEC.