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

[Rocky Top T]

vescovi should have left last year

And taken JJJ with him!

 

[tennrich1]

Personally, losing this game in this tournament does not really upset me that much. Let’s go home and have a week to rest and recover….. one of the reasons many are talking about doing away with the postseason conference tournaments . But money probably wins out in the end. State playing for an NCAA bid and they secured it today for sure.

 

[barney]

man every year I start knowing that this is where things are going to end up and then they play well enough in January and February to give me hope only to collapse again in March. Barnes teams peak the second week of February.

 

[FlVols]

So frustrating to have been good so very good all year long and then look like trash today

 

[theroyz71]

Will we score 50 points today?

 

[UTS4EVR]

What these refs call and what they ignore is very telling….

You can’t blame this loss, and it’s going to be a bad loss, on refs. Tennessee couldn’t hit water if they were on the Titanic.

 

[Volstylexx]

I wouldn't be that confident. The powers that be are always looking for a reason to smack ole UT!

The powers that be can’t change the results of the body of work:

#4 SOS
#13 out of conference SOS
7 quad one wins (8 if Florida wins today)
Only one quad 2 loss, no Q3, Q4 losses
6 wins over ranked opponents

Just stop with the silliness.

 

[charleyhorse]

I don't understand bball anymore. Shoulders into chests, arms extended into players, driving straight through on offense...foul on white only.

dEI don’t apply to sports

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

Yeah we won the sec tournament just 2 years ago

Let’s all clap and say good game after getting beat by 20 to the 9 seed!!! Wooooo

 

[OrangeInKy]

They have a lot of downtime to correct it

Not enough time. Guys other than DK not scoring enough isn’t a new concern.

 

[TNVOLFN]

Same. I'm still in the crowd of they do bring a lot of good to the table, but my first preference would have been to replace them. I don't blame them or the staff for taking them back though, it wasn't a bad idea.

I don't think anyone in Volnation could've predicted Santi's shot to fall off like it did, there HAS to be something that hasn't been disclosed about his health - I'm at a loss.

 

[theroyz71]

DK ain't winning the NPOY with this performance.

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

One of, if not THE worst performance in the Barnes era. Shooting is abysmal and they look like pitiful on D. Our bigs have been totally owned, and not a soul seemed to feel a need to step up and lead.

Shh the Barnes whiners are coming out

 

[Rocky Top T]

JJJ has had his moments but Santi been trash all season.

JJJ is pitiful

 

[Chris4Vols22]

Mashack best player and coach in orange today.

 

[KTrain]

I feel bad for the fans that bought the whole session.

 

[cgrish]

Right but consistently he’s good. My point is, this team may not be as talented as we think.

I am a big Vol fan, but honestly, I never thought we were a top 4 or 5 team in the country. We just play so inconsistant, when we play our best, we can beat anyone in the country, but on our down games like today, the bottom of the conference can beat us.

 

[D3Athlete]

Just a cursed program. It hasn’t mattered who has been the coach, or how much talent has walked through those doors. Always came up short no matter what.

 

[KeyVol14]

Pathetic...first round exit next week

 

[JoeMiltonsAgent]

At least Mashack is showing a little fire still.

 

[Putbacks]

Refs are going to have to slow down Mashack. He is killing them!

 

[Volfan574]

we need 4 more Mashacks

 

[Dadof2Vols]

Officials??

Let’s put it this way, I would have told Greg if you assign Pat Adams to any UT games in SEC tournament, we will not play it.

I would have let today be dead air.

not that he is the reason this game was lost but the fouls, lack of travels the MSU clear outs under basket have been ridiculou.

I just watched a play where Adioo literally got pushed back in a clear out 6 feet so the MSU guy could get uncontested layup and no call.

 

[volman128]

I am a big Vol fan, but honestly, I never thought we were a top 4 or 5 team in the country. We just play so inconsistant, when we play our best, we can beat anyone in the country, but on our down games like today, the bottom of the conference can beat us.

We've been bipolar all season. Look at the ass whoopin we got at A&M

 

[GAVol]

I don't think anyone in Volnation could've predicted Santi's shot to fall off like it did, there HAS to be something that hasn't been disclosed about his health - I'm at a loss.

It’s flat out weird at this point