The Official Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt Game Thread, 9:00 pm ET, SEC Network

[YankeeVol]

Tennessee Volunteers: 9-8 (2-3 SEC)

vs.


Vanderbilt Commodores: 10-7 (2-3 SEC)

9:00 PM ET, January 20, 2016
Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee


Line: UT +2.5
O/U: 150


TV: SEC Network
Radio: Vol Network
Satellite Radio: Sirius: 93, XM: 190
Online: WatchESPN

 

[YankeeVol]

Overall: UT leads, 116-72

In Knoxville: UT leads, 70-18

In Nashville: VU leads, 53-39

Neutral Sites: UT leads, 7-1

Current Streak: Tennessee has won one

Last Meeting: UT won, 67-61, in Nashville (SECT), 3/12/15

Barnes vs. Vanderbilt: 1-0

Barnes vs. Stallings: Barnes leads, 1-0

 

[YankeeVol]

Detrick Mostella has scored in double gures seven times in UT’s last eight games, averaging 14.0 ppg over that span, with 20 3-pointers made.

Last season, these teams met three times in a 30-day span. The Vols won two of three, but Vandy was victorious in Knoxville.

Just 181.63 miles separate UT’s Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville and Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville.

 

[YankeeVol]

Improve Tennessee’s home record to 9-1 this season.

Give the Vols their first back- to-back conference wins of the season.

Give Tennessee a .500 SEC record one-third of the way through conference play.

Give the Vols a four-game win streak against in-state opponents, dating to last season (and a perfect 3-0 mark this season).

 

[T2Vol]

Any word on Armani yet?

 

[RoaminVol]

Time to whoop up on little brother again.

 

[ttocswob]

An Admiral just flat outranks a Commodore...

GBO!

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Eff eww VU.

 

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

Good chance to steal this one at home

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Hopefully Vandy is cold from 3 and we are hot, I think at a minimum that's what's gonna have to happen for us to pull this one out.

 

[Dallasbowlin]

Think jones proves to be too much for us, and expect Cameron justice to light us up. I'm gonna go vols 74 candy 86

 

[Dallasbowlin]

I'm gonna throw up.

 

[MphsBlues]

Mostella will save us.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Vandy is one of the best in the county from 3, and is also one of the best in the country defending the 3, on paper not a good matchup at all. They defend the rim well with Jones, and their length makes it difficult to shoot over, they've got a very good defense. The counter for that will have to be to limit turnovers, and to give ourselves some 2nd chance opportunities with offensive rebounds, combined with shooting a respectable number from 3. Tough matchup for the Vols for sure, GBO!

 

[VolGee4]

Vandy is one of the best in the county from 3, and is also one of the best in the country defending the 3, on paper not a good matchup at all. They defend the rim well with Jones, and their length makes it difficult to shoot over, they've got a very good defense. The counter for that will have to be to limit turnovers, and to give ourselves some 2nd chance opportunities with offensive rebounds, combined with shooting a respectable number from 3. Tough matchup for the Vols for sure, GBO!

All of that said, why have they lost so much this year?

 

[BruinVol]

all of that said, why have they lost so much this year?

stallings

 

[bleedingTNorange]

All of that said, why have they lost so much this year?

They're not a very good rebounding team, and they also were missing some key players earlier in the year, and their coach is also Kevin Stallings.

 

[cwbytruckers]

Any chance this game gets cancelled

 

[volnSC]

Any chance this game gets cancelled

I was wondering the same.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Any chance this game gets cancelled

I was wondering the same.

UT said about an hour ago the game was still on, snow has pretty stopped and is over in Knoxville, so not like it's going to get worse. Plenty of time for them to get out there and plow 99% of the roads in the surrounding areas, I don't see any way the game is cancelled.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Any chance this game gets cancelled

I'd be very surprised. The TV crew and Vandy's team were probably here before the snow arrived and the UTAD sure doesn't want to refund ticket holders. Even if Vandy was traveling today, I-40 was probably clear enough to drive and if they flew TYS was open.

 

[JackHVFL]

I live in Nashville, and most of my friends are Vandy friends... it sucks

So I have watched several Vandy games and I think we can mess them up a bit with our small lineup, I think they struggle at defending athletic guards
We can definitely out-hustle them, which is a reason I think they've let several games slip away

All being said, nothing crushes Vandy's fanbase more than losing to us in basketball, so it would be sooo sweet to pull this one off

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[ttocswob]

Just noticed we follow the Georgia at Misery game

 

[T2Vol]

Need to come out and play like we did against FL and beat Kevin Stalling bald ass