The Official #4 Tennessee vs. #9 Florida Atlantic NCAA Tournament Game Thread, 9:00 PM ET, TBS

[djohnnyg]

Embarrassing.

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

I wish nothing but ill will to Dusty May and those goons.

 

[TheBigOne10]

All in all, unless we see some major Transfer overhauls on the roster it’s hard not to see this team taking a step back next year. I’m just amazed how tight Rick’s teams play on the big stage. I really hate it for him.

 

[LieutenantNeyland]

What y’all just witnessed was our best chance for a final four in history and we pulled a TN. Absolutely pitifu.

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

I hate to see Vescovi go out like that. Nobody gives more effort than that guy.

 

[minorvol]

Really disappointing to loose to this team. Puzzling how TN can be so good and so bad. Not surprised but still frustrating.

 

[VolMarine1371]

Did Awaka play? He may have helped with the rebounding. He didn’t play much, if so.

Nope!!!

 

[Volstylexx]

Congrats FAU! What a season you’re having.

 

[volinbham]

FAU is a legit team. Two of the Final Four in the NIT are runners up in CUSA

 

[rdk4121]

Man FAU is a bunch of low class punks. And world class floppers as well. Not a great way to end the season, but a good season overall. Needed ZZ in this game, just didn't have anyone that could create off the dribble except for Mashack. ON was a no show after a career game. Key and Jo just aren't consistent enough either. Too much on Santi's plate, and he didn't have a great game on offense. Aidoo and Mashack were great, and they're back next year.

 

[walkenvol]

Don’t really mind losing, but the complete lack of making good looks is nauseating. Oh well - maybe next year? Oh yeah - and getting out rebounded should be embarrassing to our guys

 

[GBO18]

guard play wins in March

Every time.

 

[Hoggervol]

FAU has 59 points with 1 minute remaining. Offense lost this game.

And rebounding.

 

[volbound1700]

Actually the SEC usually does decently well in March. Overall the league usually at least plays to their seed level, unlike the Big 10 that always gets great seeds that go down early.

B1G has teams like Illinois that have made the Title Game. Put the leagues in comparison on # of Final Fours, Sweet 16s, etc. They kill the SEC.

Half of the SEC's march success is Kentucky and only Kentucky.

It is actually quite pathetic that schools like Alabama, Tennessee, Vandy, Ole Miss, etc. with resources have NEVER made Final Fours but Butler has made multiple, George Mason has, FGCU has, Loyola has and more, etc.

There is no reason the SEC shouldn't have teams in contention with Final Four and making Elite 8s every year.

 

[BreatheUT]

Plain and simple. We played poorly. We didn't deserve to win.

 

[sechamp2012]

Awaka didn’t get a rebound

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

they were falling apart before ZZ got hurt

Who knows if we even beat duke with ZZ… you can’t out this loss on not having our pg, all teams have injuries it’s tennessee responsibility to have someone ready to step up. Everybody that is using the ZZ injury as an excuse just don’t wanna say how ****** we played.. would ZZ have gotten us those rebounds ?? No man we lost bc we got bullied and pushed around by a mid major team. They beat us with our identity and god forbid a Rick Barnes team be able to shoot the damn ball.. we will always be one dimensional with Barnes and when we get to the tourney some other team is gonna bully us out and make us look like we don’t belong .

 

[tnvols72]

well it saves Tn from getting ran out of the gym against K St

 

[vols4lfe]

At least they scored 62, so we can still say we were undefeated when holding teams under 60 on the season. I hope we never play at MSG ever again, it's never fun to watch.

 

[YankeeVol]

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[OC VOL FAN]

Can't say I'm surprised. Good season, but you had the easiest path ever to a F4 and absolutely came out flat. I love JJJ and Santi, but Key, Uros, ON, Phillips I won't be sad to see go. This team needs a reset.

JJJ sucks too

 

[ukvols]

Being eliminated by a lower-seeded team for the fifth straight tournament is ‘impressive’. Sheesh.

 

[tnvols72]

Awaka didn’t get a rebound

he did not get 1 second to play

 

[Ttucke11]

Thank you Senior class for all you did to get us to the Sweet 16. Truly. I appreciate it. I’m also excited though to see a roster refresh this off-season. The inability to put the ball in the hoop (the entire point of the game) is incredibly frustrating.

We refuse to recruit anyone who can do that. Grant could. But the last player we had who could go get a basket is Punter. Rick gotta change a little bit if he ever wants to taste a 'ship.

 

[ButchPlz]

Postseason crapping the bed once again.