I wasn’t able to watch the game, so I don’t know about the foul discrepancy in second half. Listening on the radio, though, it was pretty clear that the Vols had to inbound the ball a few times and try to run clock before they went to the line. Should have worked in their favor, if the refs called the fouls correctly instead of a quick anticipatory whistle.
The boneheaded play by Phillips to not attempt to score, as well as the choke job on both ends by Vescovi, is why the Vols lost the game.
Dude shot the 3 with around .1 on the clock. Several factors (quick whistle, clock operation) more than accounted for that.
I’m more concerned with how they come out of this. It should hurt. Bad. Hopefully, they’ll use it as motivation and finish the regular season strong with good seeding for the NCAAT