The Official #1 Tennessee @ Illinois Game Thread, 5:30 PM ET, FOX

[VolsSportsFan]

OMfG

 

[Voltopia]

This happens to everyone and we've certainly seen it happen to us. When road officials decide to start leaning into the foul calls to benefit the home team, it's just hard to get anywhere.

 

[tntornadox]

They literally let the crowd decide who had possession.

 

[87&91ALUM]

Good grief these fans and their coach...like Texas...

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

My observations:

1. Our team is undisciplined
2. We have no scorers besides Lanier.
3. Mashack is awful
4. Tall guy is awful
5. Zeigler can’t play on the road

6. You’re trolling from your mommy’s basement.

 

[patrick]

And Barnes doesn’t say ish. What the hell Rick.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

DUBAR!

 

[VFL1127]

We suck today

 

[Chris4Vols22]

Frustrating. I can handle a loss. I can’t handle giving them the game. That’s what this is right now. You’ve seen the officials call fouls on almost anything tonight and we continue to play right into that. It’s low IQ basketball that we’re not used to from a Barnes team.

Something went wrong in scouting/prep for this matchup. We're really testing our adaptability now.

 

[Schasz]

Vols shooting has been horrible. This looks like the 1st loss unless they get hot in the last 9 minutes.

 

[zeppelin128]

Finally!

 

[BeardedVol]

Just don't think we have the bench to win a game like this one.

 

[hUTch2002]

Keep hanging tough guys!

 

[teeball]

Damnit refs let them play

They ARE ... but they're only letting Illinois play ... we're screwed.

 

[FlVols]

3

 

[87&91ALUM]

Duhbar three from downtown

 

[StoneokeyVol]

Dubar!!!

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

Back in it by hell!!!

 

[TrapVol]

At least ZZ will be fresh once he finally comes back in

 

[Cod]

9 minutes left…. Breathe in.

If we lose it isn’t the end of the world

 

[ttocswob]

Gainey 3 ties it up!!!

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

Tying this with the absurd officiating is very, very impressive.

 

[Col_Cathcart]

lol ivisic passed it back out when Gainey was guarding him in the post

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

Little bit of rhythm right now, expect the refs to destroy it

 

[87&91ALUM]

49-52....cmon Vols