The Official #3 Tennessee vs. #11 Michigan NCAA Tournament Game Thread, 5:50 PM ET, CBS

[Voltopia]

Well, it's better than punching people, I'll give him that much.

 

[tnvols72]

The same clowns bashing Barnes are the ones who were praising him after the SEC Tournament Championship. You people are pathetic.

of course they are. He was not missing wide open 3s

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

You said not scoring enough points might cause us to lose? That's some serious analytics

Wow you’re so witty if you’re oblivious to our offensive droughts this season that’s on you bc we’ve done this all season go numerous minutes with no points

 

[C-south]

These tournament rims are stiff…anytime one hit the rim it sounded like someone was kicking down a door

Except the tallest guy on their team was banging them.

 

[LucidZ]

He's the coach. Draw up non 3 point plays when they're not falling

Plays don't always go according to plan. Plays break down often according to different factors. That was more so the players thinking they had a look, not a play.

 

[YankeeVol]

ON might have made a difference today

Not that much

 

[peerless98]

Anyone who didn’t expect this hasn’t been paying attention

Paying attention to what? Please explain exactly what, other than BVS, that should have made anyone "expect" this.

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

We got to see Tennessee win the SEC tournament. Today hurts, but I’ll take it.

I'm almost with you, but they should have made to 16 or 8.

 

[TrapVol]

What is it with Barnes and struggling in the NCAA tournament?

Barnes has his problems in the NCAAT, but I just think it’s a Tennessee thing. Pearl only made it to the Elite 8 here, but proceeded to make a Final Four as soon as he got to a different school.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

I’m honestly just happy I got to see Tennessee win a SEC Championship in a major sport that I can actually remember.

Wellllll technically....

 

[Volunteer_Kirby]

At least we have baseball. Lol

 

[TheVolsFrog]

We see who had heart in this game.
Chandler...his crying says it all

 

[Vol49er]

Another reason why he is a one and done. We Tennessee’d ourselves like usual today gents.

Yeah I’m not coming back after I give that performance for my teammates to shoot 1/15 from three to lose us the game in the second round

 

[BreatheUT]

I think when we went smaller it didn't pay off.

 

[Rickyvol77]

All that belly aching about being a three seed.

Give me a break Barnes has been losing games in the tournament he had no business losing his entire career even at Texas get your head out of the sand

[/QUOTE]
Stop we played a B- game and the refs helped beat us

 

[lilesrt]

We are such a fickle program. Even when we have more talent. Unbelievable yet very believable. Disappointing.

 

[Bighorn67]

We have struggled with sustained intensity against equal teams in high pressure, close games for most of the season. We forgot how to play defense at the 6 minute mark and let them go 6-0 to flip the score. Was a trap game from the start. Couldn’t close out. Hunley-Hatfield should have been in the game for last 4 mintutes.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Can’t have 0-10 from JJJ/ZZ from deep. They kept Santi from getting good lucks but JJJ & ZZ had a few and just missed.

Tough loss.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

All you Barnes haters are dumb a$$es, forreal.

He didn’t miss those open looks for three nor cause the ball to roll off Chandler’s foot.

Fake a$$ fans with zero clue on how sports work.

 

[vol94]

I really thought we’d win this game and go to final four. I was concerned about their interior game and their perimeter defense. Chandler was the only one who was comfortbale w the ball in his hands. This sucks.

 

[Dirtyhairies]

“The refs hate us, Barnes is trash, our rims are smaller than theirs”
Any other temper tantrums that im missing?

 

[johnboyhunter]

We got to see Tennessee win the SEC tournament. Today hurts, but I’ll take it.

I agree. First championship since 1979 but folks on here can’t understand how competitive basketball is

 

[firestorm]

Chandler crying fits because he did play great which was futile because the Wolverines offense surge in the 2nd Half.

 

[AllThingsTN]

Damn. We’ve been great all year from 3. It seems like we were scared to shoot the 3 the whole game though….

Hats off to Michigan. It was a good clean game and they just beat us…all there is to it.

Thanks to this team. You guys were so much fun to watch. To our senior (Fulky and Bailey) thank you guys so much for your time. Kennedy Chandler…damn I’m going to miss watching you play. We lost but it was an awesome season. Man it hurts.

 

[Vawlranger88]

Hate it for Fulky.

Why?!? Just because he has been around to long?