#15 Tennessee vs. #1 Kansas Game Thread 4:30 PM EST CBS

[OrangeDew]

I can't believe Pearl has played significant minutes and we are tied at half. That in and of itself is an anomaly.

Remember, he's a gold medal winner!

 

[BigOrangeArsenal]

Isn't the score really 35-31????? Hall's basket was counted for Kansas!!!

Hey seriously... I'm pretty sure! Anyone else see this? Who's got TiVo?

 

[OWB]

Yeah - It's like he realized he shouldn't be trying to draw a charge but couldn't move out of the way.

I think that's exactly what happened. At the last second he remembered he had 2 fouls.

 

[All Vol!]

well, there's a bunch of reasons KU is #1...there's a whole bunch of quality teams we'd be running away from by now with this kind of crowd support and intensity, no?

 

[Mini Me]

Exciting half, Maze is playing pretty good, so is Hall.

 

[orange'nwhite25]

Raise your hand if you thought we would be tied at halftime

 

[GAVol]

I think that's exactly what happened. At the last second he remembered he had 2 fouls.

The possession before was almost as bad when he left his feet flying at a 3 point shooter. It didn't make a whole lot of sense for a guy trying not to pick up his 3rd foul.

 

[patrick]

hall is giving aldrich all he can handle

 

[utvolpj]

Raise your hand if you thought we would be tied at halftime

I thought we'd be ahead but can live with tied

 

[cbcollins]

So who gets MVP for the first half? Swiperboy? Hall?

 

[MphsBlues]

Bad move by Wayne there at the end. Still, I'm thrilled to see this halftime score. Screw moral victories but hanging w/ these guys is pretty strong.

 

[Volfan_TrappedN_KY]

I thought it was 28-31. Hall its a layup. after the missed FT. Then Kansas makes a three.

Making it 33-31 UT

 

[DiverDown]

Isn't the score really 35-31????? Hall's basket was counted for Kansas!!!

They didn't give Kansas their 3 points (Basket plus Free Throw) until UT was driving down the court. I wish it was 35-31!

 

[Voldaddy]

We are tremendously better with Brian Williams not stepping back on the court.

 

[Wise-Vol]

When you play Kansas, you have to beat them and the refs.

Right now the Vols have outscored Kansas by about 8-10 points, but the refs have been worth that many with their BS calls. Two bad foul calls on Chism, a BS foul called on Josh Bone down the stretch, giving Kansas the ball when they knock it out of bounds.

What is most frustrating is when Aldridge takes a flop and they call a foul on Chism and then the next trip down the court Hall gets pushed to the floor and the refs all swallow their whistles.

Oh, and Kansas should put a new play in their play-book. The Collins distortion shot from three point range. As long as he takes a really bad shot distorting his body, tosses up a three and there is a defender close by the blind ref will automatically call a foul. No contact required.

I'd say Kansas has at least 8 points from the FT line that they got on BS calls.

 

[BigOrangeArsenal]

Helloooo!!! VOLNATION Listen!!!! Isn't the score really 35-31????? Hall's basket was counted for Kansas!!! Can anyone confirm this?

 

[OWB]

I think Pearl should have just let Chism ride the bench going into halftime.

 

[MphsBlues]

Swiperboy looked good that half. Very nice 3balls he put up.

 

[EricFreakingBerry]

Hey seriously... I'm pretty sure! Anyone else see this? Who's got TiVo?

No, they originally counted the basket on the foul on Collins, took it off the board, and then put it back late.

 

[Soda]

Hey seriously... I'm pretty sure! Anyone else see this? Who's got TiVo?

Ya I think so too

 

[OWB]

So who gets MVP for the first half? Swiperboy? Hall?

Swiperboy lit the match, I would have to give it to him.

 

[VolGal423]

We are tremendously better with Brian Williams not stepping back on the court.

But the commentary isn't nearly as interesting without all the "he lost a lot of weight" stories.... dontcha think?

 

[BigOrangeArsenal]

They didn't give Kansas their 3 points (Basket plus Free Throw) until UT was driving down the court. I wish it was 35-31!

Really? I mean I could be wrong, but after Hall scored there were no points put on for UT, but Kansas's score went up +2

 

[Cartervol]

They're hanging around, maybe they can steal it.

 

[BasketVolKid]

why don't our guys play this hard on D and this smart on O every game? well... i'm not sure how smart the O is really... woolridge did bank a 3... but we are taking it to the rim... FINALLY. good to know our guys are capable... i wonder why we don't see this kind of effort every game.