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

[GoodTimeVol]

I'd rather Tenn flat out suck than this crap. Can Barnes and get a tourney coach or zero NIL to basketball, put it all in football & baseball.

 

[Backwards K]

Not a fan of TN football, eh?

There have been bad football teams but I don't remember a team just flat out quitting. I guess you could go back to the SEC Tournament game in the early 90s where Kentucky beat the Vols by 50 or 60 points but that was just a bad team. This team had a lot to play for and they just quit early in the game.

 

[GoodTimeVol]

If Barnes wants to get serious about a tourney run it's time to cut Vescovi and James' minutes.

James is 6-28 his last 5 games.

Vescovi is 5-22.

Neither brings enough on defense or on the boards to justify that lack of production on offense.

You be sure to tell him

 

[One Vol One Fam]

Same song and dance with JJJ and SV. I know Dalton had a bad game, but JJJ and SV are the reasons I don’t have more confidence in a long run in the big tourney.

 

[508mikey]

Marty over there loving on him some MSU jersey….

He is a clown

 

[tnvols72]

According to Ron Slay yesterday on 104.5 The Zone, we held a “rough” practice and looked dialed in and playing aggressive defense against one another. He said he was there for an hour and Knecht only missed one shot during the whole thing.

so they got tired out in practice. One would think Barnes would chage up practice toward the end of the year. That when it seems his teams always runs out of gas or looks gassed come tourney time

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

What an embarrassment.

You must be talking about yourself. After winning this tournament 2 years ago, we got the same seed as we were projected going in to the tournament. Other teams besides us are good. MSU played great today and we didn't. We clinched the 18 game marathon with one game to play. Winning at Rupp, Coleman and Stegman down the stretch. We're 24-8 SEC champs and a 1 or 2 seed in the Big Dance. They're anything but embarrassing. You?

 

[Tenacjim]

JJJ has spent so much time cosplaying an old man in college that he actually plays like an old man

Hey now, I’m an old man and I take offense!

Honestly though, I’ve always liked JJJ. But damn, this year…..

 

[JoeMiltonsAgent]

You be sure to tell him

I'm actually texting him right now.

You got any suggestions you want to pass along?

 

[BowlBrother85]

I'm so ready for Santi and jj to move on. I appreciate what they've done, but it's gotten pretty stale.

I can't believe how bad they are playing right now. They are a liability on offense. A combined 1-12 today? Are you kidding me?

As bad as this looks, and it's pretty embarrassing, I don't mind having the extra days of rest. By the time Tennessee plays in the NCAA Tournament, they will have played only one game in 11 or 12 days.

 

[TheBigOne10]

I feel bad for Rick. Not his fault he has had cases on his team that see ghosts in the big dance.

 

[05_never_again]

I know their roles changed when Knecht came in, but those guys gave us 20 ppg last year and now they won’t even shoot. It’s bizarre.

Are they sulking?

 

[vavolfan6]

Well...you can't get any more embarassed than we did today. We got served some humble pie. At least the thought of getting embarassed won't be a new thought come NCAA tourney, since it already happened. We won't have that in the back of our mind...

 

[tnvols72]

Same song and dance with JJJ and SV. I know Dalton had a bad game, but JJJ and SV are the reasons I don’t have more confidence in a long run in the big tourney.

Same here.

 

[GoodTimeVol]

There have been bad football teams but I don't remember a team just flat out quitting. I guess you could go back to the SEC Tournament game in the early 90s where Kentucky beat the Vols by 50 or 60 points but that was just a bad team. This team had a lot to play for and they just quit early in the game.

Rewatch the Kentucky game during Tyler bray’s time

 

[vavolfan6]

Uh, no. That would be a 60 point thrashing at the hands of Kentucky.

Our worst point loss this season and it occurred in the SEC tourney..

 

[headhunter15]

Just saw the score…wow. What a complete dud in such a pivotal year.

 

[Tenacjim]

Well won't have to plan my Sat-Sun around the Vols game now, sadly.

Yeah, but there goes my “ready made excuse to the wife”!

 

[Voltopia]

I do not remember a single game in Tennessee Athletic history where the team showed less heart and less pride in wearing the Orange and White. They got punched in the nose early and they just flat out quit. They never attacked the rim nor did they defend it. They just flat out quit.

Something tells me you ddn't get the pleasure of watching Kevin O'Neill's last Tennessee squad. The one that scored around 40 points a half dozen times that year. I forget which year, but mid-90s.

Or hell, I remember, barely, some game against Kentucky when Wade was just about done, where Kentucky obliterated Tennesseee. They won by fifty or sixty points, I forget. It was absolute trash fire bad.

 

[Pacer92]

If Barnes wants to get serious about a tourney run it's time to cut Vescovi and James' minutes.

James is 6-28 his last 5 games.

Vescovi is 5-22.

Neither brings enough on defense or on the boards to justify that lack of production on offense.

But their defense though..

 

[amaralfan1]

What’s crazy is I think half of fanbase seem to think the season is over with comments like this terrible take after terrible take galore

You have the faith of a saint if you can watch what has happened our last two games and still feel some confidence about the NCAA tournament.

 

[Orange931]

so they got tired out in practice. One would think Barnes would chage up practice toward the end of the year. That when it seems his teams always runs out of gas or looks gassed come tourney time

Agreed, I do tend to think he overdoes it when it comes to that stuff. I mean, they haven’t forgotten how to play, no need to run them into the ground the day before a tournament.

 

[JCP201]

I feel bad for Rick. Not his fault he has had cases on his team that see ghosts in the big dance.

I want him to win one so bad. He is a good guy and he has great teams.

 

[GoodTimeVol]

I'm actually texting him right now.

You got any suggestions you want to pass along?

Sure in the text tell him congrats on winning the SEC regular season title, and good luck in the big tournament

 

[austexvol]

That game was such trash. Our guys should be ashamed of themselves. Still love my Vols, but they were utterly disappointing today.