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

[Switch 625]

I’ll learn to read better when you learn to provide context to your statements…

I’m sorry you aren’t smart enough to know Barnes has been coaching for about 40 years.

 

[Volstylexx]

I'm predicting that "performance" drops us to a 3

I’ll take any wager you’d like to bet on that. Dont be a pussy either. Make it a good bet. You can pay my mortgage for the month.

 

[tnvols72]

Who knows. Since you brought it up, I'm going to make one more criticism today, and then I'll probably hang it up until tomorrow at the soonest. Dillione has been extremely disappointing. Out of all the players who got their first PT this season, Dillione does not look like he's been on the team since 2022.

Agree , not impressed with him. Car is who I think should be getting minutes.

 

[Navy boy]

wtf was that

 

[GBO18]

I'm predicting that "performance" drops us to a 3

Yes one game drops a team an entire seed line.

 

[Volstylexx]

Yes one game drops a team an entire seed line.

Against a quad one opponent … smh they have no clue how any of this works.

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

After winning the SEC tourney a few years and it not helping us out in the slightest bit seed wise. I don't care for it anymore. They would have found a way to screw us out of a one seed anyway. I can't stand conference tourneys.

 

[tnvols72]

wtf was that

thats what a team looks like when you cant shoot

 

[UTS4EVR]

We got out of Nashville with no injuries, just bruised egos. Regroup and move on. No one was ever going to judge this team based on what they did in the SECT

The selection committee is judging them. Losing a game in the SECT is one thing, but losing the way they did is very concernin. This is March, not December.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

He's talking about today. Today was an embarrassment. Not the season.

I agree. Shake it off time

 

[Vol-e-ball]

If Vescovi and James don't start scoring more we will quickly exit the NCAA Tourney.

 

[TennesseeFan07]

would love to see him add about 20-25 pounds of muscle in the offseason. He gets backed-down way to easy.

25 pounds? Hopefully Garrett Medenwald has some tren handy.

 

[GBO18]

After winning the SEC tourney a few years and it not helping us out in the slightest bit seed wise. I don't care for it anymore. They would have found a way to screw us out of a one seed anyway. I can't stand conference tourneys.

Agree. Move it up one day to finish on Saturday at least.

 

[tnvols72]

If Vescovi and James don't start scoring more we will quickly exit the NCAA Tourney.

too late in the year to start saying this. Its been like this all year.

 

[barney]

JJJ and Santi are in the process of laying eggs in some of the biggest games of their careers. Pretty sad to see.

 

[TartanTurff]

Tom, you're not a wartime consiglier, things could get rought out there,

Rick, you're not a post season tournament coach, things will get rough out there,

It is what it is,

 

[amorange]

Tennessee being Tennessee. No surprise here!

 

[ZZ13]

I would have loved this loss had we beaten Kentucky. Two wins over UK, eight wins in a row, One seed locked up and got out of this silly tournament as fast as we could. But with the Kentucky loss and the nature of how we lost today, I now don’t feel warm and fuzzy about the next game.

 

[Volstylexx]

The selection committee is judging them. Losing a game in the SECT is one thing, but losing the way they did is very concernin. This is March, not December.

They could have lost by 40 today and it wouldn’t have moved them off the 2 line. That’s just not how it works.

 

[PKT_VOL]

Hindsight is always 20/20. I would’ve expected Vescovi to get out of his funk at some point, but he hasn’t. It’s tough to watch

Easily the biggest mystery of the season and one of the biggest during the Barnes era. Both what happened to his offensive confidence and why he keeps eating up minutes over someone like Mashack/Gainey/Carr.

 

[BowlBrother85]

After winning the SEC tourney a few years and it not helping us out in the slightest bit seed wise. I don't care for it anymore. They would have found a way to screw us out of a one seed anyway. I can't stand conference tourneys.

There is not much evidence that the Selection Committee weighs conference tournament games when it comes to seeding.

 

[UTK]

Disgraceful. Period.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

And what did that team do in the tourney, they choked, spanked by an 11 seed. What's your point? Reg season is not worth s sh*t w/o tourney wins. sounds like some Butch Jones champions of life crap.

You made my point. We won the SEC tournament and got beat in the round of 32 by Michigan. It sucked. We struggled down the stretch last season and beat Duke to get in the sweet 16, without our point guard. The NCAA is a crapshoot, but I like our chances this year. Much like 2019. Butch Facking Jones never won a SEC championship. Butch Facking Jones never won on the road against our biggest rivals. WTF are you talking about?

 

[VOLtaism]

I don't think the tournament affects the seedings, at least it has never changed ours even after winning it. That being said we were a 2 and still a 2. These last 2 games will dispel all the national championship, final 4 talk and this team can come back down to earth. They had to earn the SEC regular season championship and they did it. How will they react now? I would hate to be playing them with their backs against the wall.

 

[Switch 625]

JJJ and Santi are in the process of laying eggs in some of the biggest games of their careers. Pretty sad to see.

Great NIL opportunities coming up for them with the community Easter egg hunts coming up.