The Official #5 Tennessee @ #15 Kentucky Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN

[Vols till I fall]

I don’t want to hear anything again as to how Lanier compares to DK. Chaz is not prime time when it counts

Damn, idk if you can even compare Lanier to Skylar McBee on this point

 

[Mid Tenn Vol]

looking like it’s time for a change after this season. Can we please hire a coach that recruits shooters. Man watching Kentucky drop 3s we need those kinda guys

 

[Go47]

Tennessee just isn't good enough offensively. They will beat some great teams because of their D, but the O will trip them up at some point. Gotta be good on both sides to win consistently.

Yes. As I said . . . The first time in the NCAA tourney that Lanier has a game like tonight - we will lose.

 

[TheBigOne10]

Damn erased the deficit and took the lead; gave me some false hope. That's life as a Vol fan.

Well considering we just won a Natty in baseball that’s not true. Need more winners and competitors like Tony on campus. Cut throat, stone cold killers.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

I love Barnes but he is setting basketball back.He is still stuck in the 80s when it comes to offense.

Setting us back?

My god, just shut up.

Your stupidity is out of this world.

 

[volgr]

You're probably drunk

You have to be drunk to watch this team play.

 

[D3Athlete]

That was annoying. 2 dudes who avg 5 combined points a game went for 19. That’s just annoying. Is what it is. Not really concerned. Go beat Vandy and find some new stuff for the offense.

 

[wmcovol]

Coaching coaching coaching.

Piss poor scout.

Barnes, like you, will rip his team. But Barnes makes 5.7 mill per year. lol.

You think those guys played well?

I’m no Barnes apologist. He decided not to fill a roster. Wonder how much those two “frat rats” Ky played tonight that beat his ass cost them in NIL $?

 

[Wilk5]

In Danny White we trust. I love Barnes don’t get me wrong, but it’s time.

 

[TartanTurff]

Tennessee got schooled by two freshman guards from Kentucky, Rick's bargain bin transfer emporium looks great on paper, particularly against smaller teams, but can't show for the big games on the road where talent is key and basketball skill sets are a must

 

[Just a VolinTears]

The post-loss meltdowns in here are always cinema. No, Barnes is not a bad coach. Yes, Tennessee is still a top 10 team in the country.

 

[Legion of Doom]

Just a tough loss on road. Team will be fine in March.

 

[Voljayton]

We bought Lanier to be a shooter. If he's not doing that then what use is he? He should be coming off the bench at this point.

 

[vols4lfe]

8th Quad One win - same as us. They’re inconsistent but they can beat anyone in the country. It pains me to say that.

We are about to lose that 8th quad 1 win after UF beat MSU this evening.

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

This team is a first weekend out team. If we get lucky, they have a hot shooting game and we get to sweet 16. But I’m not expecting much. We have a lot of ball left and will be lucky to finish .500 conference play.

I think we finish 10-8. But yeah, depending on the draw, we could easily exit quick this year.

 

[RAVOL]

3/17 on 3s.

All 3 made were Igor's

Can't win big games when all your guards Can't score from 3 27 more points from Arc hard to overcome. In CHRIST Alone

 

[87Vol]

Lanier just can’t get it done against big time competition. Once again his shooting was pathetic and let us down.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Lanie has been very consistent and it has cost us most of our losses. I will admit that when he is hitting, he has won a number of games for us. I can not claim Tennessee is a top 4 team at this stage of the season. If we get hot, we win tight games, if we don’t get hot we lose the tight games. Gaming is also with really good or not very good. When both are not good, we are not very good.

 

[tnvols72]

This team is a first weekend out team. If we get lucky, they have a hot shooting game and we get to sweet 16. But I’m not expecting much. We have a lot of ball left and will be lucky to finish .500 conference play.

This team is going home early in both tourneys.They just dont have the shooters to compete.

 

[JCP201]

blah

 

[Volhoops]

The only thing worse than a team that cannot shoot the basketball consistently is a coach that hand selected every player on this mediocre team and takes no fault.

 

[jasonvol18]

Think Barnes is done at seasons end..who would be on everyones list?

I hope so. He's running into the same issues he had at Texas. He got lazy and quit recruiting. When was the last 5* or McDonald's all American he signed? He living and dying in the portal.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

its a disgusting brand of basketball and you cant really win big with it in this era.

but we do it every yr and thats why we go home early.

 

[LittleCat]

That was annoying. 2 dudes who avg 5 combined points a game went for 19. That’s just annoying. Is what it is. Not really concerned. Go beat Vandy and find some new stuff for the offense.

I mean they average none cause they normally don’t play. They only played cause UK is down multiple guards and a center who is hurt. Next man up

 

[JMSqb11]

26-5 regular season isn’t bad folks

Correct. Finish 6 losses or less and I still feel great about a 1 seed