The Official Tennessee vs. ETSU Game Thread, 7:00 pm ET, SEC Network +

[YankeeVol]

Tennessee Volunteers: 5-5 (0-0 SEC)

vs.


East Tennessee State Buccaneers: 4-5 (0-0 SOCON)

7:00 PM ET, December 22, 2015
Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee


Line: UT -12
O/U: 153.5


TV: SEC Network +
Radio: Vol Network
Satellite Radio: Sirius: n/a, XM: n/a
Online: WatchESPN

 

[YankeeVol]

Overall: UT leads, 14-2

In Knoxville: UT leads, 10-2

In Johnson City: UT leads, 4-0

Neutral Sites: No meetings

Current Streak: Tennessee has won eight straight

Last Meeting: Tennessee won, 71-61, in Knoxville, 12/31/14

Barnes vs. ETSU: No meetings

Barnes vs. Forbes: No meetings

 

[YankeeVol]

Tennessee’s third-leading scorer, Robert Hubbs III (13.8 ppg), returned from a two game injury absence Saturday vs. Gonzaga and played 19 minutes.

Senior point guard Kevin Punter Jr. ranks 10th in the country in scoring, with 23.0 ppg.

Through Dec. 20, ESPN’s BPI listed UT’s strength of schedule as the third-toughest in the nation.

 

[YankeeVol]

Preserve the Vols’ unbeaten home record this season, improving them to 6-0 at Thompson-Boling Arena.

Give the Vols 18 wins in their last 19 December home games, dating to 2011.

Extend Tennessee’s home winning streak against non- conference opponents to 16 games. That streak dates to December 2013.

 

[MphsBlues]

Thanks, Yank. We gon' kick some ETSU butt. It's funny, the on time I saw us play them like 8 years ago, they gave us a run for our money. We won, but it wasn't comfortable. They were good and well-coached at that time.

 

[BruinVol]

Thanks, Yank. We gon' kick some ETSU butt. It's funny, the on time I saw us play them like 8 years ago, they gave us a run for our money. We won, but it wasn't comfortable. They were good and well-coached at that time.

Coached this go around by former Vol Assistant Steve Forbes. Also Jason shay is on staff as well.

 

[LittleCat]

Vols need a game to kick some butt. Good luck.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Another ETSU assistant was a GA at UT. Brooks Savage. That makes three of their 4 bench coaches former Vols.

Men's Basketball | Roster | Official Site of East Tennessee State Athletics

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

Coached this go around by former Vol Assistant Steve Forbes. Also Jason shay is on staff as well.

I used to love Jason Shay. Forbes I didnt like at all. But since the whole Pearl deal bump them both.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I really hope that Mostella keeps moving forward. He looked as confident in the second half at Gonzaga as he's maybe ever been in orange.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I didn't realize that Forbes was 50. I thought that he was closer to 40 YO.

 

[BruinVol]

I really hope that Mostella keeps moving forward. He looked as confident in the second half at Gonzaga as he's maybe ever been in orange.

I think if he would just scratch the 3pt shot and become a slasher only he can really help.

3pt % is just too painfully low to keep firing.

 

[vols 30]

Really looking forward to next year's game in JC. Will be interesting to see how much orange will be in freedom hall that night.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I think if he would just scratch the 3pt shot and become a slasher only he can really help.

3pt % is just too painfully low to keep firing.

He can hit them. He needs to be more selective though. Too quick jacking them up now and then. Being a threat out there helps those lanes to the hoop open up for him.

 

[BruinVol]

He can hit them. He needs to be more selective though. Too quick jacking them up now and then. Being a threat out there helps those lanes to the hoop open up for him.

He has over 100 attempts in his 2 years. He's right at 25%. Not sure it's happening this season. Maybe next if he works and really develops

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

He has over 100 attempts in his 2 years. He's right at 25%. Not sure it's happening this season. Maybe next if he works and really develops

100? That's hard to believe. Most of them must have been last year in the pre-conference.

 

[MphsBlues]

Coached this go around by former Vol Assistant Steve Forbes. Also Jason shay is on staff as well.

Wasn't Shay on the Pearl staff? Seems to me that they found out in November that they were going to lose their jobs at the end of the season and his wife went back into real estate so they would have some income. I could be wrong on which coach that was, though...

 

[BruinVol]

100? That's hard to believe. Most of them must have been last year in the pre-conference.

81 last year and 28 this year

 

[BruinVol]

Wasn't Shay on the Pearl staff? Seems to me that they found out in November that they were going to lose their jobs at the end of the season and his wife went back into real estate so they would have some income. I could be wrong on which coach that was, though...

Shay and Forbes were both on pearls staff.

Not sure on the other details

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

He has over 100 attempts in his 2 years. He's right at 25%. Not sure it's happening this season. Maybe next if he works and really develops

Mos needs to look at the improvement in KPs shot and Armani's and let the staff work with him too. Im confident they can get him hitting at a higher clip. But it will take comittment from him in time in gym.

 

[BruinVol]

Mos needs to look at the improvement in KPs shot and Armani's and let the staff work with him too. Im confident they can get him hitting at a higher clip. But it willtake comittment from him in time in gym.

Agreed but it will have to be done in the off season IMO

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Wasn't Shay on the Pearl staff? Seems to me that they found out in November that they were going to lose their jobs at the end of the season and his wife went back into real estate so they would have some income. I could be wrong on which coach that was, though...

Shay was a neighbor of the infamous Vol sports radio caller and Fulmer hater JC ("Hotty Toddy"/"Big White"/called Basilio "Stallion").

 

[MphsBlues]

Shay and Forbes were both on pearls staff.

Not sure on the other details

I read an article on it years ago, but couldn't find the link to save my life, now. I think that's how it went down..

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Mostella might need to learn how to relax. He looks really stressed out when he's in the game. Always looks like he's upset. Maybe he'd flourish if he was having fun on the court.

 

[BruinVol]

Mostella might need to learn how to relax. He looks really stressed out when he's in the game. Always looks like he's upset. Maybe he'd flourish if he was having fun on the court.

Hard to do that under the pressure of fighting for playing time.

Tyndall and Barnes both have yanked him out of so many games it's hard to blame him for not playing relaxed