Team That Has More Devastating NCAA Tourney History?

[zaqhhh]

Seriously I cannot name another team with a more devastating history.

2007- Tennessee blows 20 point halftime lead in Sweet 16 to Ohio State

2009- Oklahoma State hits 3 pointer with 7 Seconds Left to Bounce Vols

2010- Foul with 2 seconds left costs Tennessee 1 Pt Loss to Michigan State at Elite 8

2014- Tennessee Erases 14 Point Deficit but Michigan squeaks win by 2 in Sweet 16

2018- Tennessee Draws Team of Fate Loyola who hits jumper with 5 seconds left to win by 1

2019-Tennessee erases 14 Point Deficit to Purdue, Takes 3 Point Lead with 1:00 left, loses in OT in Sweet 16

2022- Tennessee blows 85% chance to win with 8 mins left, scores only 8 in last 8 minutes to lose to Michigan

 

[sportsnut624]

Seriously I cannot name another team with a more devastating history.

2007- Tennessee blows 20 point halftime lead in Sweet 16 to Ohio State

2009- Oklahoma State hits 3 pointer with 7 Seconds Left to Bounce Vols

2010- Foul with 2 seconds left costs Tennessee 1 Pt Loss to Michigan State at Elite 8

2014- Tennessee Erases 14 Point Deficit but Michigan squeaks win by 2 in Sweet 16

2018- Tennessee Draws Team of Fate Loyola who hits jumper with 5 seconds left to win by 1

2019-Tennessee erases 14 Point Deficit to Purdue, Takes 3 Point Lead with 1:00 left, loses in OT in Sweet 16

2022- Tennessee blows 85% chance to win with 8 mins left, scores only 8 in last 8 minutes to lose to Michigan

Oh it’s absurd. Go look at the list of teams that have made a final four and it makes it even worse. I’m still convinced that we are a government experiment to see how much one group of people can take before they snap

 

[volsarelife1]

Fan or not. I'm throwing large money on us next year to not advance. Don't find a near almost sure thing bet like this

 

[Other_Guy]

I don't feel Tenn "blew" this game. Sure they had a cold streak but a cold streak is bound to happen every game to every team.
I feel Michigan was more ready and the refs... oh the freaking refs could've been the difference really.

 

[Voltopia]

I’m still convinced that we are a government experiment to see how much one group of people can take before they snap

I laughed.

 

[zaqhhh]

Oh it’s absurd. Go look at the list of teams that have made a final four and it makes it even worse. I’m still convinced that we are a government experiment to see how much one group of people can take before they snap

"The most dangerous ideology in America isn't fascism or communism, but faith in Tennessee. Tonight on 60 Minutes."

 

[Volfan1000]

Seriously I cannot name another team with a more devastating history.

2007- Tennessee blows 20 point halftime lead in Sweet 16 to Ohio State

2009- Oklahoma State hits 3 pointer with 7 Seconds Left to Bounce Vols

2010- Foul with 2 seconds left costs Tennessee 1 Pt Loss to Michigan State at Elite 8

2014- Tennessee Erases 14 Point Deficit but Michigan squeaks win by 2 in Sweet 16

2018- Tennessee Draws Team of Fate Loyola who hits jumper with 5 seconds left to win by 1

2019-Tennessee erases 14 Point Deficit to Purdue, Takes 3 Point Lead with 1:00 left, loses in OT in Sweet 16

2022- Tennessee blows 85% chance to win with 8 mins left, scores only 8 in last 8 minutes to lose to Michigan

Tennessee just does not match up well with Big Ten squads in the NCAA Tournament.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Seriously I cannot name another team with a more devastating history.

2007- Tennessee blows 20 point halftime lead in Sweet 16 to Ohio State

2009- Oklahoma State hits 3 pointer with 7 Seconds Left to Bounce Vols

2010- Foul with 2 seconds left costs Tennessee 1 Pt Loss to Michigan State at Elite 8

2014- Tennessee Erases 14 Point Deficit but Michigan squeaks win by 2 in Sweet 16

2018- Tennessee Draws Team of Fate Loyola who hits jumper with 5 seconds left to win by 1

2019-Tennessee erases 14 Point Deficit to Purdue, Takes 3 Point Lead with 1:00 left, loses in OT in Sweet 16

2022- Tennessee blows 85% chance to win with 8 mins left, scores only 8 in last 8 minutes to lose to Michigan

Thanks for the memory refresh, it was all starting to run together in my brain.

 

[TrapVol]

It drives me crazy. You could add the Ernie and Bernie years when Bernard King got injured and we failed to advance. Could’ve won the title that year.

I would like to know if there’s another program with as many historically good teams and as many all-time wins as Tennessee that has never made a Final Four. It’s so frustrating. It feels like a running joke, at times.

 

[VOLnVANDYland]

"The most dangerous ideology in America isn't fascism or communism, but faith in Tennessee. Tonight on 60 Minutes."

Yup, to all our psychological healtth

 

[zaqhhh]

Tennessee just does not match up well with Big Ten squads in the NCAA Tournament.

Even so we are 2-7 in Tourney Games over the past 15 years that are decided by one possession or less

Find me a worse team than that

Almost Unfathomable

 

[Voltopia]

Once two strangers climbed ol' Rocky Top, lookin' for the Final Four.

... ... ...

*cough* That's it. They're still lookin'. Probably dead. 25% of sports accidents occur on mountains, you know.

 

[LadyinOrange]

I laughed.

Me too.

 

[zaqhhh]

Once two strangers climbed ol' Rocky Top, lookin' for the Final Four.

... ... ...

*cough* That's it. They're still lookin'. Probably dead. 25% of sports accidents occur on mountains, you know.

Folks never find a F4 on Rocky Top, (starting to) reckon they never will.

 

[VolBricks]

I knew we were in trouble when we could not get any 3 balls to fall about 1/2 way through the second half. We had a 4 point lead at the time and I told my wife this will not end well if we cannot hit some 3's.

 

[Boston Vol]

Don’t leave out the sweet 16 against UNC in 2000.

 

[zaqhhh]

Don’t leave out the sweet 16 against UNC in 2000.

Only 24, so these are only the ones that haunt my memory. Knowing how cursed we are, I am sure it goes back further.

 

[T Clifton]

I laughed.

Turned it off at halftime. I broke. I've been to invested for too many years.

 

[wtmvol]

It drives me crazy. You could add the Ernie and Bernie years when Bernard King got injured and we failed to advance. Could’ve won the title that year.

I would like to know if there’s another program with as many historically good teams and as many all-time wins as Tennessee that has never made a Final Four. It’s so frustrating. It feels like a running joke, at times.

Best programs to never be in a final 4 are us, Alabama, and Xavier I think. I might be forgetting one.

 

[zaqhhh]

Best programs to never be in a final 4 are us, Alabama, and Xavier I think. I might be forgetting one.

Cursory glance at Bama's history though and most of their losses are more disappointing blowouts, not heart wrenching close losses.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

You didn’t even mention 2000, the meltdown versus UNC.

 

[lilesrt]

Fan or not. I'm throwing large money on us next year to not advance. Don't find a near almost sure thing bet like this

I literally laughed loudly.

 

[mackievol]

Good grief . Give it a rest. We lost a basketball game, it happens. Move on

 

[volfan4lyfe]

Seriously I cannot name another team with a more devastating history.

2007- Tennessee blows 20 point halftime lead in Sweet 16 to Ohio State

2009- Oklahoma State hits 3 pointer with 7 Seconds Left to Bounce Vols

2010- Foul with 2 seconds left costs Tennessee 1 Pt Loss to Michigan State at Elite 8

2014- Tennessee Erases 14 Point Deficit but Michigan squeaks win by 2 in Sweet 16

2018- Tennessee Draws Team of Fate Loyola who hits jumper with 5 seconds left to win by 1

2019-Tennessee erases 14 Point Deficit to Purdue, Takes 3 Point Lead with 1:00 left, loses in OT in Sweet 16

2022- Tennessee blows 85% chance to win with 8 mins left, scores only 8 in last 8 minutes to lose to Michigan

Wake Forest would like a word. The New York Times wrote an article about WF being the MOST overrated tourney team in history.

 

[GBO18]

2010 - just hit the free throws Hopson.