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

[Freak]

Wow! That is late!

Past your bedtime old man?

 

[Bringback98]

I'll take the win. We will find out a lot about how ELITE this team is over the next few weeks. (Possibly Kansas, Gonzaga, and @ memphis)

 

[BowlBrother85]

I'll take the win......ugly, but I'll take it

How was that an ugly win? We shot 54% from the floor and we only had 10 turnovers for the game. We also had more assists than they did and more total rebounds. You can point to foul shooting, I guess... but even that seems like nit-picking. We hit 8 threes (which is good for us) and won the game by 11 points.

 

[JCP201]

Exactly! Everybody based so much off that game too

yeah, Duke did look unbeatable after that game. They looked pretty good against Auburn, but maybe beatable.

 

[Larkin]

Past your bedtime old man?

Heck yeah, can’t they play it at 5pm again so I can watch while eating din din?

 

[Freak]

Bro, 1 vs 3 and a tight game. Lighten up

That was a great game too, from the bits and pieces I saw during commercials.

Congrats to your Zags @Notorious B.E.N

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Number 1 going down to Number 3 is far more interesting to the national audience vs Number 5 over unranked

100% though. No post game commentary still.

 

[Larkin]

I'll take the win. We will find out a lot about how ELITE this team is over the next few weeks. (Possibly Kansas, Gonzaga, @memphis)

I like the fact that we are in that position. Tennessee fans deserve this excitement

 

[vols 30]

I'll take the win......ugly, but I'll take it

LoL

 

[JCP201]

How was that an ugly win? We shot 54% from the floor and we only had 10 turnovers for the game. We also had more assists than they did and more total rebounds. You can point to foul shooting, I guess... but even that seems like nit-picking. We hit 8 threes (which is good for us) and won the game by 11 points.

Seems to me that their team was mostly having to shoot for threes (and they were doing better than they average) or go for the free throws. We played really well.

 

[Jking3212]

Which is hilarious because after the Duke/UK game, a UK fan at work swore to me that Duke wouldn't lose a game.

Unfortunately I live in Lexington and believe me I heard so many excuses from them about that game. They just weren’t even close to Duke, simple as that

 

[Freak]

Hats off to Louisville, they faded down the stretch but made big shots all night, including more tough threes than I care to recount.

 

[Chris4Vols22]

I'm very pleased with Fulk so far. Kinda wish he would have crashed the boards a little harder, but he played a great game. Not sure if he missed tonight.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Not sure we're in their league yet, but fixing to find out Friday.

You want to be the man, you have to beat the man! - Ric Flair

 

[backdoorcutvol]

Starters played more minutes than I expected. Did Walker get in game? Fulkerson played well, looked much more athletic. Offensive ececution was pretty good for game 4.

 

[Freak]

Starters played more minutes than I expected. Did Walker get in game? Fulkerson played well, looked much more athletic. Offensive ececution was pretty good for game 4.

Welcome to the board.

 

[minorvol]

Just watched. I think Louisville hit some congested shots that you really can’t do much about. Nice win. Let’s go Vols.

 

[calban]

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

Our interior defense had a lot to do with their inside presence. watched a couple of their games and actually thought they could bring it. Hitting 3s with a hand in their face is all that kept them in the game.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Starters played more minutes than I expected. Did Walker get in game? Fulkerson played well, looked much more athletic. Offensive ececution was pretty good for game 4.

I’ve been very hard on Fulkerson but he’s really impressed me so far this season.

I think his injury set him back but he’s getting better.

 

[1985Vols]

Starters played more minutes than I expected. Did Walker get in game? Fulkerson played well, looked much more athletic. Offensive ececution was pretty good for game 4.

Fulkerson has improved 100%. Walker played a minute or two in the first half

 

[Freak]

That Turner air-balled free throw though. lol

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

ESPN talking heads didn't say a word about TN's win in their post game coverage. But they did raise the question which of Gonzaga or Kansas will be ranked #1 next week. They've already assumed that Kansas beats Marquette and TN. ESPN hates us.

 

[Power T-Rev]

Now I just need the Grizz to get the W against the Spurs tonight

 

[Chris4Vols22]

That Turner air-balled free throw though. lol

Sometimes the Ice Man gets a little cold lol.

I could tell he was gonna miss from watching him get ready for the shot. Did not look confident. I am, however, confident that he will be back to his stone cold killing ways. Heck, he kinda was tonight.

 

[utvolpj]

That Turner air-balled free throw though. lol

I was sitting with my son explaining basketball when that happened. He didn't understand why I was laughing but had fun chanting airball