Official Game Thread - SECT: Friday, 1pm (ESPN) vs. MSU

[Chris4Vols22]

You could stop at "playing".

I haven't been this embarrassed since the Wade Houston years.

Good point.

 

[Hoggervol]

They have bigger, more talented bigs than we do. It’s that simple

How is Aidoo 2nd team All-Sec? Dominated by every physical big in the conference.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Barnes needs to clear the bench and make a point to these guys.

They are getting boat raced on defense now. The least they could do is put up some effort on d.

If you have to make that point in March at the beginning of the SECT, you might as well wrap it up.

 

[martyvols]

Curb stomped by a team that coming in to the SECT wasn’t sure they were even in the dance. Barnes ball.

 

[Madscientistvol]

Losing always sucks, getting embarrassed and blown out by an inferior team is soul crushing. Yay, we win the regular season championship then lose in horrific fashion after our double bye in the SEC tourney.

 

[tnvols72]

Barnes needs to clear the bench and make a point to these guys.

They are getting boat raced on defense now. The least they could do is put up some effort on d.

He should have did that against Ky. Benching them will not make them become shooters all of a sudden

 

[RockyTop140]

Theirs more to it than that. Our guards are nowhere to be found to offset that.

That’s true. Normally you can expect Vescovi, Ziegler, James to all be rock solid on defense. But goodness it’s just a **** show all around today.

 

[PKT_VOL]

They have bigger, more talented bigs than we do. It’s that simple

They are not bigger or more talented.

They are simply tougher. Tough beats bigger and talented all day if big and talented play soft.

 

[Voltopia]

Is Miss St just a bad matchup for us? They seem big and long

When they're allowed to use that size and length to physically impact Tennessee? Sure.

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

I love Barnes but he is not exempt from criticism. He did not have them ready and thats his job. We are seeing what this team will look like next year if he does not go out and find more than 1 shooter.

This. It’s embarrassing.. every year Tn fans get excited but you know the rest of the country just laughs and says wait til march… then we get put out in embarrassing fashion.

 

[landscapingvol]

Cleary 1 team is trying to make a big statement for the committee. The other team just wants to take their regular season title and call it a year.

That would be a great point if we hadn't seen this same garbage offensive play most of the starting guards all season long

 

[RAVOL]

Go home and rest and get in gym with DK and get up shots. Look at yourself in mirror in CHRIST Alone

 

[Vols All Day]

I love Barnes but he is not exempt from criticism. He did not have them ready and thats his job. We are seeing what this team will look like next year if he does not go out and find more than 1 shooter.

I don’t think this is totally on Barnes. Barnes didn’t envision Santi and Gainey stinking so bad. On paper you thought Santi and Gainey would be good shooters. Then Barnes believed he would have Dillone and Jefferson also available on the wing.

 

[Volfan574]

Auburn or S Carolina will show us how to beat Miss St.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Go Auburn. Beat Carolina.

 

[Orangeblooded615]

Dread it, Run from it, Tennessee not showing up in tournament play comes all the same.

 

[GBO18]

Haha having Knecht on the bench is giving up right now.

 

[Voltopia]

Curb stomped by a team that coming in to the SECT wasn’t sure they were even in the dance. Barnes ball.

Well, they won't be on the bubble anymore. Funny how that works.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Worst I've seen this team play on both ends all year... too focused on the next game or the big tournament?

Just confusing, especially after losing to Kentucky. Expected a way better effort.

 

[Chris4Vols22]

I know Barnes is a man-to-man guy, but at some point when you’re getting beat repeatedly off the dribble, don’t you have to consider zoning it up?

I'm not sure how beneficial it would be for a team that hasn't played it to this point in the season, unless I'm forgetting an instance.

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

They are not bigger or more talented.

They are simply tougher. Tough beats bigger and talented all day if big and talented play soft.

Exactly. They definitely ain’t more talented we just playing soft af with no confidence. And that starts at the top and goes down.

 

[djwes]

I would not be the slightest bit surprised if this squad goes out in the first round on the NCAA, what a joke.

 

[tnvols72]

the worst 2 shooters on the floor JJJ and Santi

 

[NOLACHUCKEYTOM]

The way we are playing may even cost us the top #2 seed!

 

[Vol49er]

Idk how you can just keep sending Aidoo and Awaka out there. The freshman bigs literally couldn’t do worse, and you may as well send a message to your upperclassmen