The Official #5 Tennessee vs. Louisville Game Thread, 5:00 PM ET, ESPN2

[Larkin]

Nice work!!!!

 

[1985Vols]

We'll take it. On to Kansas

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Is this a tournament? What is this talk about playing Kansas?

 

[ttocswob]

92-81 final, Vols! Big NIT tipoff win.

 

[71VOL]

Score wise a close game, but we dominated. It would’ve been a dog fight to the end the past few years. I feel pretty good about the way they’re handling things. I know Louisville is no power house this year but we’re tough inside and stout!

GBO!!!

 

[tnvols72]

Good win

 

[508mikey]

We arent as good as our ranking.

ok - neither is Duke

 

[VolGee4]

I'm familiar with basketball, just battered like an old barn at this point lol.

No need to be battered. I could understand if it were football. But we are good, and Barnes has built a damn good program. Enjoy it.

 

[zaqhhh]

Teams are hungry to beat us. Louisville kept coming today and we denied them every time they got close.

Need to clean up some defensive lapses and ft shooting. Great win though. I think Louisville is easily a top 40 and maybe even a top 25 squad.

 

[Jking3212]

Won by 11 against a team that shot the lights out all game. We’re a good team and I hope we get to play Kansas to see how good we really are. Go Vols!

 

[jakez4ut]

Boom. GBO

 

[1985Vols]

Puke on Duke

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Down goes Duke.

 

[VolGee4]

Yeah it’s not ridiculous or anything. But Grant got some calls that were pretty meh.

He should because he has gotten beat up the last 2 years.

 

[Larkin]

Dook loses. We have a shot to show the basketball world we are ready for the big time! Man, this is exciting!!!

 

[VolGee4]

Tennessee plays a great ooc schedule but SEC doesn't carry same weight nationally as Big 8 or ACC schedules. Nationally SEC is Kentucky and a football league still.

They were talking about OOC schedules.

 

[JCP201]

Team started playing better when Grant/Alexander bumped heads. What happened to Fulky?

 

[calban]

Teams are hungry to beat us. Louisville kept coming today and we denied them every time they got close.

Need to clean up some defensive lapses and ft shooting. Great win though. I think Louisville is easily a top 40 and maybe even a top 25 squad.

Projected to finish top 20 rpi wise.

 

[Vols All Day]

Welp we got two big games ahead of us.

 

[Jking3212]

Puke on Duke

Watching them play against Gonzaga and even Auburn I’ve learned that they are a very, very good squad no doubt, but not unbeatable.

 

[hUTch2002]

What a great way to close the game. The Zags knocked off Duke. That will be a great game. I can’t wait to kick some Gonzaga butt!

 

[508mikey]

Won by 11 against a team that shot the lights out all game. We’re a good team and I hope we get to play Kansas to see how good we really are. Go Vols!

Still I wouldnt mind seeing Kansas lose their game tonight just because of all the hype they get

 

[VolGee4]

Teams are hungry to beat us. Louisville kept coming today and we denied them every time they got close.

Need to clean up some defensive lapses and ft shooting. Great win though. I think Louisville is easily a top 40 and maybe even a top 25 squad.

This is the type of game previously where we might have struggled offensively to score enough points. But we have an inside and outside game that we can rely on now. We are good on both ends now.

 

[508mikey]

Watching them play against Gonzaga and even Auburn I’ve learned that they are a very, very good squad no doubt, but not unbeatable.

and Kentucky was way over rated

 

[Chris4Vols22]

Louisville has a weak inside presence, but they have some good talent. We did as I expected minus the Cards hitting some ridiculous 3s.