The Official #2 Tennessee vs. #3 Purdue NCAA Tournament Game Thread, 7:30 PM ET, TBS

[CAVPUT]

No they are NOT

99-94 says they are.

 

[Fun coupon VOL]

At least get the quote right.

 

[Trent4Pruitt4life]

Being a Tenn fan is brutal. Even when we have great teams we still can't win championships. For once, why can't the breaks go our way?

God hates us!!!!!! Bad

 

[shamwowpearl]

The ball was off the Purdue players foot. The damned thing changed speeds.

 

[gordonr24]

I think we’re in for fun next year too. Being optimistic.

 

[vavolfan6]

Ryan Cline was 7-10 from the three....I swear he made 5 in a row when the game was close in the 2nd....if he misses one we win....What a joke. I'm bitter

 

[Frozevol]

Yep that one play was why Tennessee was dominated for 75% of the game and those two kids from Purdue didn’t hit threes like I pound Doritos

Not at all the reason. But championship games deserve better officiating. If you allow pushing all night but then call brush fouls after a shot. That’s bullsh!t. Just like the charge against Michigan in the E8.

 

[Russdaddy2027]

So if I win 25% of the time and still beat you in the overall score I am not as good as you?

That makes 0 sense.

But I will ask.... Who performed this miracle you describe?

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Mark this please.

Why?

 

[n_huffhines]

The talent was there. The coaching wasn't.

Feel free to prove me otherwise.

Klein had the most unconscious shooting night of his life. He was well defended and hitting everything. We win by 12 if he has a regular game. We missed lots of FT's.

I'm not blaming Barnes, that's for sure.

 

[Freak]

And the 3 pointer could have gone in and they'd have won in regulation.

Not following.

 

[NCFisher]

Lamonte did not foul. LOOK at it
Controversial call costs Tennessee a trip to the Elite Eight

The earlier view from the corner, Turner did appear to fall towards and brush into him.

 

[UTK]

99-94 says they are.

Eye roll ..

 

[I Love Lamp]

Ryan Cline was 7-10 from the three....I swear he made 5 in a row when the game was close in the 2nd....if he misses one we win....What a joke. I'm bitter

Me too, I hate that ****ing guy right now.

 

[ScottyP5]

Anybody else thankful that Alexander will be replaced next year?

 

[orange_glory]

Let Barnes get some length in here and some shooters and we will be a consistent tournament B-Ball team for the foreseeable future. The more chances you get to the tournament the more chances you have to win it all. I would rather have back to back seasons like this than go years without even making the tournament. Already bringing in some 5 stars. This team with no 5 stars has overachieved the last couple of years.

 

[djohnnyg]

We actually DID get robbed by the refs...that's just the damn truth. They shouldn't have had the ball with 2.2 seconds left in the first place. That being said...nothing we can do about it. I'm sick of these refs deciding games.

 

[Matt2496]

Klein had the most unconscious shooting night of his life. He was well defended and hitting everything. We win by 12 if he has a regular game. We missed lots of FT's.

I'm not blaming Barnes, that's for sure.

Fair point.

 

[sportsnut624]

Over achieving group of 3 stars. We need more talented players if we want to get beyond the sweet 16.

This. And luckily they are coming from early returns in recruiting. The last two classes not contributing at all hurt us this year with the limited options we had when adversity, whether it was fouls or schemes occurred. It was a great season but if we are honest with ourselves this was a sweet sixteen talent level team and they damn near broke through.

 

[PhoenixAZVol]

The ball hit his foot and went out of bounds and that was not a foul. Fire every one of the refs. We beat ourselves but good night how coulf the refs blow those calls

 

[SKBubba]

about the 6 seconds it took to inbound the damn ball then ?

Yes, thought the same thing. I was counting down, and thought the whistle was for a 5 sec. violation.

 

[Fun coupon VOL]

.

I’m not attacking you. I’m saying Rick needs to get off his a double s and chew the refs up and spit them out. Again, I don’t have an issue with you. I have an issue with rick not throwing the coat on that BS foul call on a 3 point attempt .

 

[vavolfan6]

All the talk about Edwards, but he almost shot his team out of the game when things were close. It took a magnificent performance from Cline to beat us. Hard to swallow, but this is what March Madness is...We fought, but Purdue had the magic touch

 

[PhoenixAZVol]

No they are NOT

Bull we should have blown them off the court if we make our free throws. Refs screwed us twice at the end

 

[volsack]

The talent was there. The coaching wasn't.

Feel free to prove me otherwise.

How did coaching cause them to shoot less than 50% from the line? Feel free to prove me wrong