Did Tennessee tank the game on purpose?

[OrangeTsar]

Tennessee Basketball: Vols pull off OBVIOUS tank in SEC Tournament

Tennessee Basketball lost 73-56 to the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the Southeastern Conference Tourney Friday. It was an obvious tank by the Volunteers.

offthehooksports.com

 

[GAVol]

lol.., I knew the angle before I clicked. The article is just as bad as I thought it would be.

 

[VolArmy74]

Not gonna click but no.

 

[fear]

hard to believe they would tank when a potential one seed is on the line but hey what do i know

 

[Purplehaze26]

Uh, yeah….sure. That’s exactly what they did!

 

[OrangeTsar]

lol.., I knew the angle before I clicked. The article is just as bad as I thought it would be.

I definitiv see your Point. I am not sure I buy it either. Did make me think though.
I guess we will know for sure when we see how we do in the big dance.

 

[Zues1]

19 at the break....

 

[DonDiego]

I'm not reading anything written by Caleb Calhoun, but I'll just go out on a limb here and say no. They wouldn't do that, but I don't think they were as fired up as they should have been.

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

No. Simply weren’t mentally prepared to compete.

 

[Butch s]

Tennessee Basketball: Vols pull off OBVIOUS tank in SEC Tournament

Tennessee Basketball lost 73-56 to the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the Southeastern Conference Tourney Friday. It was an obvious tank by the Volunteers.

offthehooksports.com

If so. I want my money back

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

No. We just got our rear ends handed to us. Simple as that.

 

[65YearsAVol]

Yes, it was a tank alright. Unintentional but a tank. UK losing makes me smile though.

 

[onevol74]

If you go back and look this team has issues with teams that are aggressive defensively. It is a weakness that they are vulnerable to. If I were a coach against them I would play the most aggressive defense I could.

 

[Caz]

No. Simply weren’t mentally prepared to compete.

This and damn sure weren’t physically either

 

[VolFreakJosh]

If Barnes wanted to intentionally tank the game, he could have simply rested all his starters and played the young guys.

They just got beat.

Simple.

 

[Butch s]

Plain and simple. Couldn’t hit shots

 

[Good2bavol]

Well.... I don't know.... Does a last-one-in Miss State get into the NCAA with this win???? Only God (say SEC Office) knows.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Whatever happened, I hope they got it out of their system

 

[first time caller]

No, it just looked that way.

 

[first time caller]

Ok..the article makes me feel better now.

 

[volsarelife1]

Nope. Not at all. Just got our asses handed to us.

Granted like several said in the game thread. ZZ played so bad in the first half was like he had money on the game. Know it was in jest by some. But our guys did look horrible and like they didn't want to be out there

 

[Volfan1000]

Off topic but Hooker has a podcast pondering if the Lady Volunteers should fire Harper before the NCAA Tournament.

 

[wmcovol]

I never thought I’d say this but this team misses Uros & ON physical presence

 

[ftsandersvol]

If you go back and look this team has issues with teams that are aggressive defensively. It is a weakness that they are vulnerable to. If I were a coach against them I would play the most aggressive defense I could.

You are exactly right. In-your-face defense has given us trouble all year. Add to that the fact we can be easily out hustled, aggressive defense and hustle is our Achilles' heel. We won't make it through the first weekend in the big dance.

 

[rickyyrs]

Yes, it was a tank alright. Unintentional but a tank. UK losing makes me smile though.

There are some teams that you just do not match up very well against. In Tennessee case it is Miss St.