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

[TheMookieMonster]

Pretty embarrassing performance. Listen, I’m happy we made a Sweet 16 and I’m going to remember that Duke win very fondly and overall this season was a success I guess, but to (most likely) have another path to your first Final Four right in front of you and a game against very very beatable team and to just lay an egg it’s so damn frustrating. So I’m going to vent and let my anger out so I don’t throw something at my TV. This just sucks.

 

[VolCalls]

Smug idiots?

Yes - check the other FAU threads. And Plavsic is the dumbest player to ever don the orange and white.

 

[GBO18]

There had to be an angle they didn’t show. No way the refs saw the same thing and called a flagrant.

 

[LieutenantNeyland]

This is sad...we need to hit our shots...but damn the ref can't call one sided fouls.m

well they’re doing it

 

[charleyhorse]

Lmao those blaming the refs, y’all need to learn the word accountability

Then can’t shoot. but referees clearly BLEW the flagrant even with replay. fAU centers 3rd flop.

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

Why has our best rebounder barely played? When they have killed us on boards.

There’s the question of the night. Beyond everything else, I don’t understand this (and the timeouts or lack thereof - but I’m numb to that anymore)

 

[Cartervol]

Refs are calling every little bs call on Tennessee right now.

 

[acd4476]

Why would a five star recruit want to pay for Barnes? Has he really helped a big time prospect improve? Phillips has disappeared

 

[SlyStone]

refs are sucking

It's not the REFS, our shooting is horrible. That dreaded drought we all knew was coming.

 

[volsforever27]

Phantom calls and obvious turnovers aren't called.

 

[BP4Prez]

I am the first to call a foul a foul but I didn't see anything either time to warrant a foul call. Here is where bragging about taking teams to the mud and so forth I think is biting this team.

I don’t even think it was a “common fouls”. Much less a flagrant

 

[Tenacjim]

I don't respect FAU especially that puss of a big man.

Hes been flopping all game.

Yeah, but it’s working. They would rather have a spot in the Elite 8 than our respect.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Its not, but it is a letdown losing to FAU.

Especially how we're going to lose unless something major changes quickly.

 

[volforlife10]

Dude's an asshat from Russia, so you know his life sucks.

He'll have nothing after his ****** little college career.

that’s such a weird thing to say… be better than that dude.

 

[Voldog1998]

To me, Michigan last year was the worse. Although this is competing. No reason we should have lost to Michigan.

Still worse NCAA loss ever was the one game with Pearl where we were up huge on Ohio State in Sweet 16 and they came back and won by a single point.

Oh that loss with Pearl ripped my heart out. We choked that game away.

 

[Voltrapnbama]

Need a turnover and some points this next possesion or it may get out of hand

 

[Vols All Day]

Why has our best rebounder barely played? When they have killed us on boards.

FAU is playing four guards. The staff doesn’t believe TA can guard the guards and navigate the motion.

 

[Caz]

We all knew this was coming eventually

Could see it on the first half. They just missed

 

[HollowaytoSeivers]

Getting out hustled on rebounding is what's really bugging me tonight. At least half of being just a decent rebounder is expecting a missed shot and then going after it when it happens. FAU is doing that.

 

[TennVols12]

Does Barnes know how to call a timeout ? Dam$!

For those asking why fans have BVS or worried, now we know why. There isn’t one excuse why we should lose this game. FAU is out hustling us and we can’t stay in front when they dribble drive. Hence, an open three ball look.

We look terrified offensively and jacking up bad shots.

I love my Vols but very disappointed. There is 7 min left but we’re down 7. I don’t see us making a run and stopping them.

And Uros with another stupid, unnecessary elbow. Just stupid. He’s done this crap all season and will cost us two possible points

Which elbow?

 

[patrick]

Congratulations

What a nice fan you are to congratulate FAU.

 

[LordVOLdemort]

If you think this has anything to do with the refs you need your eyes and brain checked

I guess me and the rest of the ppl here complaining. At least we have you to guide us. It’s not all on the refs, Rick has a big part in it, as does our poor shooting. But 9 mins left already being in the bonus, so many terrible calls bc the narrative for this game was already set. You heard the announcers say it. When you play physical like Tenn you’re gonna get bad calls. That was another bad call on Uros.

 

[volman128]

Too many wide open 3's, too many offensive rebounds, too long of runs w/o a time out. So much fail.

We really don’t box out at all. And Barnes will never learn with the TO thing. A leopard doesn’t change its spots.

 

[Vol4life2]

He did

He didn’t do anything. 50 initiated the contact and acted. These refs missed that one bad.

 

[Other_Guy]

Hoping for a miracle but that never happens for TN

They'll retake the lead and FAU will win on a half court Hail mary.