Miss State: Tuesday 1/26/2021, SEC NW, 7pm TN 56, MSU 53)

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Cut the turnovers back to 11 while forcing 18.

Held opponent under 33%.

Moved the ball better.

Good looks weren’t falling.

Main thing is that the losing streak was stopped and did it with Pons fouled out.

Men's Basketball vs Mississippi State on 1/26/2021 - Box Score - University of Tennessee Athletics

 

[walkenvol]

Cut the turnovers back to 11 while forcing 18.

Held opponent under 33%.

Moved the ball better.

Good looks weren’t falling.

Main thing is that the losing streak was stopped and did it with Pons fouled out.

Men's Basketball vs Mississippi State on 1/26/2021 - Box Score - University of Tennessee Athletics

Fortunate to pull out the win in light of the rebounding stats

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Fortunate to pull out the win in light of the rebounding stats

Luckily Adu was probably pulling them down on offense and looked like us with his put back attempts.

 

[walkenvol]

Luckily Adu was probably pulling them down on offense and looked like us with his put back attempts.

There’s some truth to that

 

[chuckiepoo]

Are they going to take us to the woodshed too?

SPANK ME!

 

[chuckiepoo]

The BasketVols will win 79-72

Hope you didn't bet the under...

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Don’t discount the fact that of TN’s 13 on scholarship, only 2 have more than a season and a half of experience at TN. This COVID disrupted season should be easier to maneuver for teams that have the majority of their rosters filled with upperclassman. We have 4 and two of those are in their first season playing at TN.

 

[ColinS]

Don’t discount the fact that of TN’s 13 on scholarship, only 2 have more than a season and a half of experience at TN. This COVID disrupted season should be easier to maneuver for teams that have the majority of their rosters filled with upperclassman. We have 4 and two of those are in their first season playing at TN.

So back to the Covid excuse. I guess we are the only team going through that this year. The Springer injury excuse ran out I guess. Why not just admit we aren't playing good basketball and leave it at that. Hey, sometimes you just have to find a way to win and move on. We at least did that.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

So back to the Covid excuse. I guess we are the only team going through that this year. The Springer injury excuse ran out I guess. Why not just admit we aren't playing good basketball and leave it at that. Hey, sometimes you just have to find a way to win and move on. We at least did that.

Read it before lecturing. It’s not a “COVID excuse”.

 

[OrangeBeachVol]

Its a win, move on. No one will care in march what it looked like last night.

 

[cardvolfan]

This is a game where Tennessee played with intensity, but just didn't shoot well. They answered the question of how you win when shooting poorly: play hard for 40 minutes and limit your mistakes. Also, Howland mentioned that his team played their best defense of the year last night. Everyone is giving us their maximum effort each game.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I bet that Howland was pissed about the probable missed shot clock violation. But the SEC Network is horrible. It was only replayed once or twice and from just one angle. They never even replayed if it brushed the rim or not.

 

[cardvolfan]

I bet that Howland was pissed about the probable missed shot clock violation. But the SEC Betwork is horrible. It was only replayed once or twice and from just one angle. They never even replayed if it brushed the rim or not.

I noticed that, too. Take away those 2 points and we win by one. Either way, missed calls happen throughout the course of a game. We may have gotten a good break there, but we've also gotten some horrible breaks in THE TOURNEY as well: against Michigan on the Stokes call and Purdue on the Turner phantom foul.