We didn’t seem excited to play tonight

[Bud_Fox]

After being “assigned” to the 3rd place game after beating the best team in the tournament.

No sense of urgency in the 2nd half. Just frustrating bc we are better than KU.

Classic emotional let down game.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Meaningless game and we got screwed.

 

[macutvol]

We went up 12 and decided that was the game and just quit.

 

[CAVPUT]

Meaningless game and we got screwed.

Didn't get to see it, but I expected fatigue and an emotional let down after that great game last night. Understandable.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

I don’t think our level of excitement had anything to do with our performance.

 

[kell7517]

I think we used a lot of energy in the Houston game. Plus when we got up 8-12 points several
Times. Fouls seem to be called consecutively against us to stop our momentum and let KU back in it.

 

[Bud_Fox]

We went up 12 and decided that was the game and just quit.

We had absolutely no juice the last 10 minutes. Completely disinterested.

 

[vols 30]

Meaningless game and we got screwed.

Meaningless........lol.

We got screwed? How?

Our 2 main guys not shooting well at all tonight is getting "screwed"?

 

[ColtMathis98]

I think we used a lot of energy in the Houston game. Plus when we got up 8-12 points several
Times. Fouls seem to be called consecutively against us to stop our momentum and let KU back in it.

The whistle was laughable in the final 12 minutes

 

[volglassmaker]

We went up 12 and decided that was the game and just quit.

When JP went down we had no inside game. That was the turning point.

 

[BruisedOrange]

Do you get excited about working ovetime, no matter how much you're getting paid?

 

[EasternVol]

Do you get excited about working ovetime, no matter how much you're getting paid?

Who doesn't? After all it's about the extra money.

 

[Bud_Fox]

Do you get excited about working ovetime, no matter how much you're getting paid?

We played the last 10 minutes like we had a flight to catch.

 

[connor]

Good thing we didn’t get matched up against Michigan, the way we played that second half they would’ve beat us by 40…

 

[volKano]

They were probably tired. They lost to a blue blood team one day after playing Houston. Both teams barely shot 40% because they are fatigued. Add in a couple injuries and it’s easy to see why. It’s basketball and it’s gonna happen at times.

use you brain, it won’t hurt.

 

[olemtnboy]

After being “assigned” to the 3rd place game after beating the best team in the tournament.

No sense of urgency in the 2nd half. Just frustrating bc we are better than KU.

Classic emotional let down game.

percent TRUTH....

 

[GhostVol]

Meaningless game when you beat a couple of the best teams in the tourney but are only playing for third

 

[PigSkinOrange]

Last 10 minutes the legs were gone. That's why shots were falling short. Tough to shoot after working so hard the day before. And I know Kansas also played yesterday, but they didn't play a team as tough as Houston.

 

[KHVol]

Shot 28% from the 3 and gave them 9 more free throws

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Meaningless game when you beat a couple of the best teams in the tourney but are only playing for third

I’m not sure if you’re talking about Tennessee or Kansas, but I wouldn’t say Rutgers is one of the best teams in the tourney. Quite the opposite.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Looked like they were more interested in getting to the holiday weekend than having a knock ‘em down fight in a mostly empty arena.

 

[Bigorangefan 98]

We had absolutely no juice the last 10 minutes. Completely disinterested.

Yeah they simply hit a wall around just under 10 minutes go..

 

[BradstarVols]

Yeah. I think Tennessee was content with beating Houston. On a normal night Tennessee would smoke Kansas.

 

[DonDiego]

Normally, I just don't like people who say we got screwed by the refs, so I'll just go ahead now and say we didn't get screwed by the refs...no, not at all.

Those calls...It's like...wtf? Check out those foul calls---the ones that really matter, not the ones in garbage time the crooked refs use to even out the numbers so they don't look bad to review committees. The ones that really affect the game.

 

[Bud_Fox]

They were probably tired. They lost to a blue blood team one day after playing Houston. Both teams barely shot 40% because they are fatigued. Add in a couple injuries and it’s easy to see why. It’s basketball and it’s gonna happen at times.

use you brain, it won’t hurt.

Use my brain? Lol

So if both teams are fatigued as you say, I believe it’s fair to say Kansas was tired and very interested and we looked tired and way less interested the last 10 minutes.