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

[vol94]

and Duke. So much to be proud of, and so many memorable moments!

Good point. I admit that’s why I’m so disappointed. I had plans to take my son to final four if we made it. That and the college playoffs are in my bucket list. He’s a sophomore at UT and I’m 51 so not sure if that day will ever come in my lifetime. I thought last yr was the yr but we lost to USCjr. Win or lose, the memories at a game with someone close to you is priceless.

 

[volinbham]

Still can’t believe they called Aidoo for that charge. That swung the entire game.

the game done been swung before that

I started getting concerned after about 14 minutes in - our drought then and their stopping with the turn overs were the early signs.

 

[barney]

33% from the field is disgraceful. Nkamhoua not having a shot til the second half is inexcusable. Key playing more minutes than anyone is a mistake, and I’m pretty sure he played more than everyone. He’s a walking handicap. Letting that team get more than 3 consecutive baskets merits a time out. Rick barnes is solely responsible for the 20-4 run that lost us this game. We lost the game in the last 10 minutes, that’s embarrassing. This whole season was the tale of two teams, injury after injury, missed shot after missed shot. Proud of them for beating bama, and for beating duke last week, but overall the seasons a failure and every member of the program knows it. Hope they get their sh!t together this summer, replace key through the portal with an actual scoring threat, and for god sakes learn how to make a pissing free throw.

yeah I'm gonna have a hard time if they still think Key is the #2 at pg next year.

 

[D3Athlete]

Atleast we’re relevant in all 3 major sports

We are. Literally relevant in every sport, but gotta be due for a deep run in something though.

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

did they leave Awaka on the subway or something?

They needed him out there. Let him foul out but we got out rebounded with him on the bench. ON couldn't do anything. Amazing.

 

[Volstylexx]

yep Vols or FAU are/were going to get blown out by K State.

Sometimes cindarella keeps riding. Those two teams will match up pretty well against each other. It wouldn’t shock me to see a close game.

 

[Frozevol]

Some of us are pretty old. not sure we make it.

I’m one of them!

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Another year another disappointing loss in the tourney

 

[vol94]

28

We lost by six so they scored 39. Wow. They owned us in the second half.

 

[LieutenantNeyland]

Who you trust to bring in right guys who can play?

Barnes has been here for a few years and we see what we get on offense. You know the definition of insanity right?

 

[walkenvol]

You think JP is going to stay?

At this point do you really care? Dude became invisible in most of conference play and definitely both tournaments.

 

[JCP201]

They were a 3pt favorite and we were the 4 to their 5 so where were we supposed to get smoked?

They were the hot team on a huge winning streak, we lost our point guard, Vegas picked them, etc. etc.

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

Ya'll know good in damn well that if we would've of pulled that out tonight...we would have played a hell of a game against Kstate.....it's how we've been all year

 

[tnvols72]

How many points did we score in second half?

24

 

[Volstylexx]

Poor UCLA was up 20 and now haven’t score in 10 minutes and trail by 10. That would be a bad way to go out.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

I’d be interested to know why Awaka didn’t play more.
I also heard Kessling is retiring. Any truth to it? I know he’s no John Ward, but he had to follow Ward, which would be difficult for anybody. I enjoyed listening to he and Bert this season

 

[Other_Guy]

That's ridiculous. He needs to recruit some guys who can put the ball in the basket, not guys who will cry when they lose.

It's like you completely missed the point.

 

[turbovol]

I am sad for me, and for the VOLS seniors and team, but mostly sad for Rick Barnes. He creates great teams. Just not fair.

This wasn't a great team. A very good defensive team, but far from great, and our 2nd half defense lost us the game.

 

[ukvols]

Yeah, but you overlook that we were suppose to be smoked by Duke.

We were a three-point underdog vs Duke. To be clear though, I am not on the ‘fire Barnes’ train. I’m just expressing my frustration.

 

[sami]

I don't know, Key was a failure, Phillips played like a 2 star and nobody has seen BJ for 3 centuries. FAU was well coached and embarrassed TN tonight with lesser talent and resources.

Key was a huge disappointment, but Philips and BJ's time will be next year. It's time to turn the page on this group and bring in some fresh talent, and Rick must focus on getting guys who can score the ball.

 

[minorvol]

Who you trust to bring in right guys who can play?

They got to a sweet 16. Too inconsistent to do anything else. Barnes deserves praise but a lot of blame after tonight. But I’ll take a top 20 team every year over one every 3 years. That’s what we get with Barnes. Is what it is.

 

[barney]

Lets all rally around our lady vols tomorrow! We, not Duek, are the blue blood (orange blood?) in Women's basketball

 

[C-south]

ZZ most definitely is a difference maker. Not every game but there are games he carried this team. Highest assist total on the team . Don’t know how you can say the guy with the highest assists is not a difference maker. That assist guy is not Santi. ZZ had as many as 11 assist on some games and we had 12 total tonight . Noticed we did not have the ball movement tonight I have seen us have in some games. ZZ brings us more options.

He averaged 5 assists. It’s crazy the ball movement was fine last week but we get beat by an average team and now it’s an issue. We just don’t have any offensive players. It’s really that simple. Combine that with the rebounding effort tonight and our alleged great defense and here we are.

 

[tnvols72]

Ya'll know good in damn well that if we would've of pulled that out tonight...we would have played a hell of a game against Kstate.....it's how we've been all year

we will never know. But K St has proven they can shoot and Tn has proven they cant

 

[BigALWiLson]

He did play for 1 minute. Box score says so.

Go back and watch the first 10 minutes and you will see why.