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

[Volstylexx]

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.

Agree. I live in Houston. Would have been amazing to have them here. I think there’s two kinds of fans in the world. There are those who will blow up every message board and call in show this week to proclaim how horrible the coach is, how horrible the team was. They only care about lifting the trophy at the end. Then there’s those who appreciate the moments, and the memories that give them joy throughout the season. Celebrating the wins with your family and friends. I‘m not saying one fan is better than the other. We’re entitled to choose what our fandom looks like for each of us - but I sure appreciate the journey personally. I have no doubt you’ll have plenty more of those moments with your son. Cheers!

 

[tnvols72]

Enjoy it while you can FAU. You are a Mid-Major. Your coach will likely get promoted to a real school and your AD given a new job. Then you can suck again and your fans can go back to cheering for whatever real school they actually root for.

While this may be true, it still does not change the fact that they sent a top SEC team in Tenn home. They are enjoying this win and they should

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Since they will be back in class next week, I may hear something. I’ll post any new info as long as my son says it’s okay.

Be interesting to see what what happens

 

[Other_Guy]

Holy smokes. Ucla went from scoring 44 to 17 2nd half points. Now that's a choke job.

 

[barney]

They were the aggressor, had the momentum, the crowd, and were getting the calls during the 20-4 run. That's how these things go. Officiating momentum works like any other form of momentum. Our coach needed to call a timeout and try to stop this momentum. He did nothing.

yeah someone needs to stage an intervention with Barnes with these timeouts. Idk what the deal is with that.

Also I think our assistants aren't as good this year. Lets find someone who can actually coach offense and shooting. The anecdote about barnes being amazed by the red tape Arizona put on the glass to show players where to put their layups always gets me...

 

[JCP201]

Vegas picked them by 3 that’s not being smoked.

I guess we could have been Kentucky, or Perdue, or Kansas etc. etc. This is the tournament.

 

[D3Athlete]

We should have won this game. Offense was pitiful and we panicked in 2nd half. And they changed their game plan in 2nd half and wore us out with their quickness. Awaka should have played more imo. I’m a loss of words about ON, Key and others.

Idk how Akawa would have been on defense guarding Davis or the 7”1 guy. There 1-4 foot speed is elite. Our offense tho, just damn. Shrunk in the moment.

 

[BP4Prez]

I'm would wager Phillips is gone either to try NBA or transfer

I wouldn’t be shocked by a transfer either. I base this on nothing, but does he see the writing on the wall and want to try something else for his development?

 

[ukvols]

did they leave Awaka on the subway or something?

I presume he was deemed to be the odd man out with us facing a four-guard lineup.

 

[Ttucke11]

i dont know all the details of the BB program. Some kids look great until they don't. There is probably a good reason why Barnes didn't give the young guy run.

I'm sure that's true, and it is also his fault.

 

[tnvols72]

So close to greatness just to get kicked in the shins. Tis TN tradition. Losing Hooker and ZZ in devastating fashion at the most in opportune times. Choking away a playoff spot, Omaha, and now this. Frikin maddening. Painful. I’m just 🤬

Never get your hopes up , just always be prepared for anything lol

 

[Mustng959]

I didn't get to watch much of the game as I was trying to catch sleep before going to work. Mostly I saw, we weren't as physical as against Duke and couldn't hit a 3 pointer to save our life. As one poster mentioned, we were out of place often on rebounds, too.
Come on Lady Vols, "Lets get back to where we once belonged" (key Beatles Music)

 

[barney]

So close to greatness just to get kicked in the shins. Tis TN tradition. Losing Hooker and ZZ in devastating fashion at the most in opportune times. Choking away a playoff spot, Omaha, and now this. Frikin maddening. Painful. I’m just 🤬

honestly think we need to do a sports medicine review. seems like the injury (and specifically acl) bug have hit a lot of our teams this year.

 

[sechamp2012]

FAU is the type of team you love to cheer for in the tourney unless you draw them. The KSU game will be a track meet

KSU will kill them IMO they won’t have an answer for Nowell. That’s what we don’t have somebody that does it every game. Orn 27 points vs Duke missed everything tonight didn’t score first half. Same with all our players on Offense show up some games disappear next game it’s very frustrating. It’s just not orn it’s JJJ & Phillips & Key their great on D but bipolar on O. It’s very frustrating to watch.

 

[tincupUT]

While this may be true, it still does not change the fact that they sent a top SEC team in Tenn home. They are enjoying this win and they should

And????

 

[RebKell]

Boards, just killed us. So many in first half was missed so badly, even good rebounding position didn't matter.

 

[Madscientistvol]

Holy smokes. Ucla went from scoring 44 to 17 2nd half points. Now that's a choke job.

True, but at least they’re choking to a named opponent and not some nameless acronym team.

 

[JCP201]

Idk how Akawa would have been on defense guarding Davis or the 7”1 guy. There 1-4 foot speed is elite. Our offense tho, just damn. Shrunk in the moment.

Awaka just didn't look good the little he was out there-- Wasn't a good match-- think he will be our next great player, but he's very young still.

 

[utvolz98]

Got outscored 40 to 28.

FAU figured out that spreading the ball out on offense and using their speed negated the size advantage of the Vols in the second half.

Just an all around sorry offensive display.

If someone isn't lighting it up from 3 pt range for the Vols, they can't score. They don't know how to manufacture points in a structured offense and dont have the talent to create for themselves.

This team sorely needs a talent upgrade in the back court.

Love Vescovi but he has always been a little limited athletically.

Vescovi has no ability to create his own shot. JJJ is as inconsistent as it comes. Rick will never learn how to stop the bleeding of a big run by the other team with a timeout. What’s new?

 

[turbovol]

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

We used to be. The women haven't been to a Final Four in 15 years.

 

[vavolfan6]

While this may be true, it still does not change the fact that they sent a top SEC team in Tenn home. They are enjoying this win and they should

I told them to enjoy it. I was just reminding then that they certainly wont have another season remotely as satisfying.

 

[Proud Army Wife]

Never get your hopes up , just always be prepared for anything lol

I’m 37 born and raised a Vol fan from a family spanning generations of Vol fans. I know 😭

 

[barney]

Holy smokes. Ucla went from scoring 44 to 17 2nd half points. Now that's a choke job.

Down with the blue bloods!!! May dook rest forever in the depths of irrelevance

 

[ukvols]

At least the baseball team doesn’t have a team
MVP who wears No. 5.

 

[AllThingsTN]

This is how this season had to end apparently. Poetic and all that crap.