Official Game Thread - SECT: Friday, 1pm (ESPN) vs. MSU

[OrangeVolMan]

Why in the hell are we not emptying the bench? The game is over so just give the kids some actual game reps. If we get someone hurt in these next few minutes I’m going to be beyond pissed

Why empty the bench. We don’t play a game for another 6 days. They don’t need to rest they need to work on their game.

 

[theroyz71]

They should have pressed the panic button a long time ago.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

You could stop at "playing".

I haven't been this embarrassed since the Wade Houston years.

It seems the team has fallen below the level of our prolific posting fans today. They deserve the big lead by executing a Few prayers and a lot of really good finishes. We just never got the lid off the basket. It happens. Hope the team and the fans can learn from it. Rest up and get ready for the tourney that counts. A closer 2 seed COULD be less enjoyed by some fans but the best thing for our prospects.

 

[GAVol]

Besides ZZ and DK, who from the Vols would be snatched up quickly by most other SEC teams. Aidoo would be taken but he has disappeared of late. That’s it really.

Hate to point this out but… ZZ has 1 Asst and 4 TOs today.

 

[SlyStone]

Why in the hell are we not emptying the bench? The game is over so just give the kids some actual game reps. If we get someone hurt in these next few minutes I’m going to be beyond pissed

A bit early to throw the towel in. The 4-5 min mark if we're still down by 20+ then make the changes

 

[RAVOL]

What a joke...again. nothing at this point matters. Once we fell behind from cold shooting early, we were no longer in position to dictate the game. Our seniors couldn't set the tone with scoring..even in the 2nd half we make a run and Vescovi misses open 3 which led to MSST run..

That miss was massive all the momentum

 

[volsarelife1]

Fans gotta get louder and off their seats. We need all the help we can get.

They need to be booing this effort

 

[VolsSportsFan]

This needs to serve as a wake-up call for the team. Bad mo going into the tournament, but will have a chance to flip the script

Again, I thought the UK game was the wake up call? And I ask again, why the **** do you need a wake up call at this point in the season

 

[87&91ALUM]

10:11 coming out of commercial break. 33-55

 

[theroyz71]

Can't miss free throws.

 

[JCP201]

why is knecht on the bench?

 

[UTS4EVR]

MississippI State currently has a 99.4% Win probability

 

[therealitytheory]

2 seed in the east beats 1 seed on west coast.

Brilliance of CRB on display.

 

[87&91ALUM]

They need to be booing this effort

That will help for sure

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

Honest question, is a 2 seed safe? Probably so but worth discussing after this performance.

 

[GoodTimeVol]

This needs to serve as a wake-up call for the team. Bad mo going into the tournament, but will have a chance to flip the script

We had good MO heading into the tournament last year and it didn’t really help…I’d rather just be healthy for the final stretch

 

[kiddiedoc]

Strikes again. It’s more impressive this year bc Dalton Knecht being on team. Good job Barnes you outdid yourself.

Barnes is shooting 3 for 9,000,000 from three?

 

[the_great_pumpkin]

I have said this numerous times this year that this team can't win 6 straight in the dance. I hope I'm wrong.

you're not

 

[87&91ALUM]

35-55 down 20

 

[Voltopia]

You know, there's been a lot of conversation in the past week about whether it was better to compete/fight for the conference tournament or to rest for the NCAA tournament. Tennessee tends to fight, most years.

I guess we're going to find out how it goes the other way.

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

I seriously don't know what we got in the young players.

My point exactly. And we don’t know until they’ve been in the system for a while and have practically no idea what they bring to the table.

 

[VolsFan-TX]

Why empty the bench. We don’t play a game for another 6 days. They don’t need to rest they need to work on their game.

To avoid potential injury in a physical game and to get some playing time for the bench guys.

 

[Dougie_D]

I think we’ll be able to have 12 possessions left. 12 times 2 is 24. . Gotta hit some 3s

 

[Big Orange#1]

Epic disappointment. Glad it’s happening now so I have no hopes for the NCAA

 

[tnvols72]

Barnes teams always looks gassed at tourney time