Missed layups

[mtvols]

Missed layups lost us this game. ZZ missed five and JJJ one.

 

[volsarelife1]

Missed layups lost us this game. ZZ missed five and JJJ one.

100% this

 

[TrapVol]

It was just really bizarre to watch. Some of them were completely uncontested.

 

[Alto1]

Missed layups lost us this game. ZZ missed five and JJJ one.

Killer.

 

[barryrules99]

100% this

Three of twenty one from the 3 point line didn't help...Uros was the only one out there with a purpose. Jekyll and Hyde mentality is what will get them put out of the tournament again.

 

[TomcatVolFan]

The missed layups were gut wrenching and I have a lot of gut to wrench.

 

[vavolfan6]

I could point to 3 other stat lines that lost us the game too.

Rebounds: UK 43 UT 23
Free Throw Pts: UK 22 UT 7
Three Point shots: UT 3/21


Yet, despite all three of those things not going our way, we still had a chance to win at the end, but missed some layups.

 

[Smokey7]

Pathetic.
At least we own them in Football!!

 

[cncchris33]

Missed layups lost us this game. ZZ missed five and JJJ one.

I think that last one off the side of the backboard was actually Zakai's 6th.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Those refs making us miss layups was a killer.

/s

 

[sportsnut624]

Part of that is recruiting. I mean we barely play above the rim more than some women’s teams. There’s just not much explosiveness on this roster. You watch other top teams around the country and they dunk several of the ones we missed.

 

[posivol]

why did barnes sub when we went up 8-0 after 2 mins of play.ky promptly went on a 10-0 run.

 

[walkenvol]

why did barnes sub when we went up 8-0 after 2 mins of play.ky promptly went on a 10-0 run.

Because he’s been doing so through the last several games and the team has played really well.

 

[SGMVols]

why did barnes sub when we went up 8-0 after 2 mins of play.ky promptly went on a 10-0 run.

Guys need a breather eventually. Can’t play 40 minutes

 

[JoAllan]

Part of that is recruiting. I mean we barely play above the rim more than some women’s teams. There’s just not much explosiveness on this roster. You watch other top teams around the country and they dunk several of the ones we missed.

I think you and I watch two different Tennessee teams play.

I’ve seen this team make tons of dunks, tons of “above the rim” stuff, lots of dunk put backs, and a lot of explosive plays.

They just didn’t make many today.

 

[posivol]

Because he’s been doing so through the last several games and the team has played really well.

didnt work today..killed the momentum

 

[posivol]

Guys need a breather eventually. Can’t play 40 minutes

2 minutes

 

[mtvols]

Out rebounded 43-23 and Awaka our best rebounder only played 6 minutes. Makes sense.

 

[TartanTurff]

Against the top talent in the SEC, ZZ struggles down low, it is a verticle game he cannot compete in, today his jumps hot was consistently short, today was not Alcorn State, it was Kentucky and Tennessee was embarrassed and exposed on national television, coast to coast

 

[cncchris33]

didnt work today..killed the momentum

We've been doing it all year and were 14-2 prior to today. I'm sure if Barnes had his DeLorean up to 88 mph, he'd go back and do a lot of things differently, but that's basketball. Barnes didn't shoot 3-21 from 3 and Barnes didn't get outrebounded by 20. That substitution was part of our gameplan, and when you grab an early 8 point lead, it allows you to get some guys some rest and we don't normally have a drop-off with our bench players.

 

[posivol]

We've been doing it all year and were 14-2 prior to today. I'm sure if Barnes had his DeLorean up to 88 mph, he'd go back and do a lot of things differently, but that's basketball. Barnes didn't shoot 3-21 from 3 and Barnes didn't get outrebounded by 20. That substitution was part of our gameplan, and when you grab an early 8 point lead, it allows you to get some guys some rest and we don't normally have a drop-off with our bench players.

excuses...poorly coached game...period.

 

[sportsnut624]

why did barnes sub when we went up 8-0 after 2 mins of play.ky promptly went on a 10-0 run.

A big part of that is Kentucky put their best lineup On the floor too. They do what we do and try and change the game with their first subs and it worked today better than ours did

 

[cncchris33]

excuses...poorly coached game...period.

Ok, Danny White. Tell me what Barnes, without your benefit of hindsight, should have done differently.

I'm not saying Barnes was necessarily excellent for 40 minutes in this game, but your particular complaint of him adhering to his normal substitution pattern with an 8-0 lead is stupid and you're showing how uninformed you are.

 

[posivol]

Ok, Danny White. Tell me what Barnes, without your benefit of hindsight, should have done differently.

I'm not saying Barnes was necessarily excellent for 40 minutes in this game, but your particular complaint of him adhering to his normal substitution pattern with an 8-0 lead is stupid and you're showing how uninformed you are.

go ask texas why they got rid of him.if you can't see the same pattern here your not paying attention.i like the guy but too many times see the team not ready to play for 40 minutes.just my opinion no reason to get butt hurt.

 

[SGMVols]

go ask texas why they got rid of him.if you can't see the same pattern here your not paying attention.i like the guy but too many times see the team not ready to play for 40 minutes.just my opinion no reason to get butt hurt.

Texas got worse after they fired him. And after Shaka flopped they hired a morally bankrupt fool that they just had to fire for cause after less than 2 years. Just because Texas fired him doesn’t mean it was a smart decision.