The Official #10 Tennessee @ Kentucky Game Thread, 1:00 PM ET, CBS

[Butch s]

Last 6 games:
Vescovi- 38%-3’s, 80%- Fts, 13pts, 5rbs, 1a, 1s, and only 1tnv a game while playing 35mins a game as hard as you can play on both ends of the floor. He’s the MVP of this team.

Yes he is, all the while getting pounded in every game

 

[Volnut]

 

[dillyo51]

Question is "why don't they"?

FTs are practice and muscle memory... Absolutely inexcusable to shoot less than 80%

Gotta be a coaching practice thing....

As a high school freshman, I went 1 for 12 from the free throw line in a game. It was embarrassing to say the least. As a senior, 13 of 15 in a game:

 

[vols4life1994]

I under stand that we have to make the free throws we do attempt. But to have that big of a difference in free throw attempts is absurd. When was the last time you seen a team make 20 more free throws than the other team attempted?

If we make our free throws it would be when we played mizzou. I get what you’re saying but worrying about how many free throws the other team takes or makes is the least of this teams worries. Taking 20 3 pointers takes a lot of the free throws away

 

[SGMVols]

Y’all get us featured on that account literally every time we lose a game

 

[tnvols72]

Stop whining. I’m moving on.

not whining , you just have no answer. Run along now

 

[GhostVol]

As a high school freshman, I went 1 for 12 from the free throw line in a game. It was embarrassing to say the least. As a senior, 13 of 15 in a game:

Apparently TN players aren't afraid of being embarrassed to miss free throws.....

 

[tnvols72]

And wouldn’t be surprised if went 4-0. You don’t know what you are gonna get from this team. It’s not as bad as the Covid team but it is frustrating. One thing for sure, ZZ has to stay out of foul trouble. He can’t play only 23 minutes like he did today.

Could very well go 4-0 , this team is so up and down

 

[sechamp2012]

KY only shot 21 more free throws than the Vols

Yeah, their fans were complaining that the refs were giving UT all the breaks.

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

How in the hell did we only shoot 6FTs in the 2nd half when we were in the bonus for the last 10 minutes.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

How in the hell did we only shoot 6FTs in the 2nd half when we were in the bonus for the last 10 minutes.

Because we missed a ton of front ends of 1 and 1

 

[KeyVol14]

Team won’t make it past the second round

 

[Buddr]

Team won’t make it past the second round

Yep be lucky to get past the first. It's all defense and no offense. Same ole problems all year has not been fixed and I have no faith it will be fixed.

Oh and the broom was on display today, because that was a sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

 

[Sudden Impact]

Team won’t make it past the second round

That is a bold statement. Too hard to say at this moment. too many factors, seeding officals, who will play and so on and so on

 

[OrangeInKy]

Well relax buddy… it’s called a question? And I could cared less myself but they are trying to bury us down the seeding lines for tourney and they always consistently do this.

you’re right, it’s a conspiracy on par with the JFK conspiracy. Everyone hates us. We are victims, wash rinse and repeat.

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Barnes sounds tired in his press conference. He may be getting close to being done.

 

[OrangeBoro]

Barnes sounds tired in his press conference. He may be getting close to being done.

One can only hope

 

[LibertyVol]

One can only hope

You better hope not. Back to the Wade Houston days we go.

 

[OrangeBoro]

You better hope not. Back to the Wade Houston days we go.

Nah this is a very attractive job now

 

[tennrich1]

I wish I didn’t care as much. Today is my 28th anniversary, so I will get over it when my wife and I go to dinner.

But I love the university and of course the three primary sports. I even watched TN and Monica Abbott play softball yrs ago, .

Some said this team was a final four contender so I had hope. But I’d bet against it as they lack consistent shooters and horrible foul shooting team. Phillips and JJJ aren’t the difference as we play like trash w those two, too.

Vol friend ….I highly encourage you to try to get to the place in your life where you can CARE but not let it CONTROL you. I’m speaking from experience. Many years ago when the Vols lost I acted like a sheer fool. And I’m ashamed to say that. Treated my family wrong etc but I can honestly say those days are far behind me. I still get excited when we win and don’t “enjoy” losing but by the GRACE OF GOD those days are gone! Enjoy the victories in the future. I think we’ll have plenty of them. JMO

 

[tommydin]

Sure could have. That was an ugly game for both teams

They got lucky because it was a foul.

 

[DownTheField]

Really hope our team gets a 3rd shot at Kentucky this year. GBO

 

[Caz]

Really hope our team gets a 3rd shot at Kentucky this year. GBO

I don’t..I’ve seen enough

 

[SGMVols]

Vol friend ….I highly encourage you to try to get to the place in your life where you can CARE but not let it CONTROL you. I’m speaking from experience. Many years ago when the Vols lost I acted like a sheer fool. And I’m ashamed to say that. Treated my family wrong etc but I can honestly say those days are far behind me. I still get excited when we win and don’t “enjoy” losing but by the GRACE OF GOD those days are gone! Enjoy the victories in the future. I think we’ll have plenty of them. JMO

Yeah, it just gets emotionally draining being in “championship or bust” mindset about everything all the time. Takes most of the fun out of sports, I’ve found.

I just don’t lose my mind over losing games in my 30s like I did as a teen or 20 something. I mostly just want to see a respectable product and if we win a title, great. But none of my teams had ever won a title in my adult life until the Braves did it in 2021. Championships are just hard no matter how good you are. There are 363 D1 teams and 362 of them end without a national title. I’m past the point where I have to be that one team to be happy

 

[tennrich1]

Yeah, it just gets emotionally draining being in “championship or bust” mindset about everything all the time. Takes most of the fun out of sports, I’ve found.

I just don’t lose my mind over losing games in my 30s like I did as a teen or 20 something. I mostly just want to see a respectable product and if we win a title, great. But none of my teams had ever won a title in my adult life until the Braves did it in 2021. Championships are just hard no matter how good you are. There are 363 D1 teams and 362 of them end without a national title. I’m past the point where I have to be that one team to be happy

Excellent points! Thanks for sharing!