Official Game Thread #10 Tennessee vs #7 Purdue

[TennNC]

not getting to the rim on that last possession was the biggest mistake of the whole game. at least get to the rim and give yourself a chance to get a put back.

effort looked better, but it's depressing that we couldn't snatch a W in that situation - it was a prime oppy.

 

[whocaresgobobcats]

It's hard to be rational when you should've one. Wayne had a 10 foot jumper or possible lay-up if he would've have taken it in.

 

[VolsByNature]

I know he was wide open, but a 3? Really?

 

[VOLinNCsayWHAAAT]

I agree. the shot selection was not the coaches fault, but he could have saved one of those and called it then and got a play setup.

He had one left. So he could have.

 

[Volunt33rs]

No joke. What do we need to do to win a tournament? Any tournament?

Switch to Div2A

 

[Soda]

Lets use this game as a lesson and learn from it!

 

[hatingbamaisawayoflife]

I'm sure hat will dog cbp in the postgame but cbp didn't make the guys miss shots for 8 minutes or 3 wide open shots at end
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[Ericvol2096]

The only frustrating part is our continued ability to choke away close games with this combination of players...we need to learn to finish!

 

[TheVol]

Why does it always seem like we lose heartbreakers in the last seconds?

When you feel that way, just remember beating Memphis and being #1.

 

[SCSmokey]

Chism is an idiot

Why? Wide open look, that's his shot. Just didn't fall. Too many empty possessions in 2nd half

 

[whocaresgobobcats]

exactly. its an early season loss to a top 10 team. Should/could we have won? yes. Atleast we're not losing our exhibition games like other teams.

Yea, those "other" teams ('Cuse) are doing terrible.

Idiots.

 

[The Ambassador]

Why does Pearl REFUSE to ever call a timeout at the end of a game to set up a play? It seems like we lose so many games in this same fashion. Everyone is talking about Purdue but wait and see, Michigan State will wipe the floor with Purdue this year. I was expecting a whole lot more from TN than what I saw tonight. Very disappointing to me.

 

[Rockytoprowdy]

Eek....that last play hurts. You have to think that tyler or wayne should get the ball inside there.....why was Wayne that far from the basket? That was an exciting game....too bad we didn't walk away with the W.

I completely agree. I don't mind Chism outside during the course of the game, but with 20 sec. left and only needing 2 to win either Chism or Smith should have the ball inside. I am a Bruce fan, but not having a play set up for them inside is completely ridiculous. Any coach should have a play drawn up for that situation, especially when you just took 2 timeouts back to back and had one in your pocket. You can't take em home with you Bruce!!! This isn't AT&T...you don't get rollover timeouts!

 

[TheVol]

wonder what this will do to our ranking? anyone? anyone?

Move to about #15.

 

[Vol-Fox]

At least we play CofC next, should be a smashfest.

 

[VOLinNCsayWHAAAT]

My problem was the 3. All game had been a whistlefest and Wheezy and T Smith have been great at the free throw line, so WHY do you not take it inside for a higher % shot and/or the likely foul call.

 

[jwells]

There are no moral victories if you're supposed to be a top 10 team.

No one is asking for a moral victory, but our, ahem, 'esteemed colleagues' bemoaning the loss as a harbinger for a terrible season are not only uneducated, but possibly incapable of coherent thought.

 

[Rockytoprowdy]

Why? Wide open look, that's his shot. Just didn't fall. Too many empty possessions in 2nd half

He had an open lane and could have driven to the basket. I'm sure they would have called a foul at some point.

 

[Vol-Fox]

#15 when we lost to the #6 team?

 

[MphsBlues]

I would rather see McBee taking that shot.

 

[utucla]

Hi... Good to see everyone treating a one point loss to the #6 team in the country in a rational manner.

maybe it's because everyone saw way too many stupid unforced errors by this so-called "experienced" team....looks extremely similar to last year's team....I know it's still early, but still seeing the same things that plagued this team last year....tell me differently if you can....

 

[SGMVols]

Why? Wide open look, that's his shot. Just didn't fall. Too many empty possessions in 2nd half

It shouldn't be his shot with the game on the line. Like I said, if that's the best shot we can get, then we deserve to lose.

 

[Soda]

wonder what this will do to our ranking? anyone? anyone?

Not like it really matters but we will stay right around where we are!

 

[thagodfather]

not getting to the rim on that last possession was the biggest mistake of the whole game. at least get to the rim and give yourself a chance to get a put back.

effort looked better, but it's depressing that we couldn't snatch a W in that situation - it was a prime oppy.

Get to the rim and your chances are ten times better than Chism jacking up a three. He's not Chris Lofton.

 

[EvanStalcup1990]

We played against scrub teams up until this point. Purdue was a good measuring stick. Still a lot of work to be done. I saw too many turnovers caused by ourselves and just throwing the ball away. It is going to be inserting to see if we can make some decisions.
B.t.w Does anyone else feel like we have the Les Miles of BB? Honestly there was 13sec left and we had 1 timeout left. anyone taking a 3 is not a good call. I can easily blame this one on the Bruce for not bailing out his players when they need the T.O the most.