Tennessee/Indiana to Play Public Charity Exhibition in TBA

[THEONLYTENISEE]

Losses in November mean jack s***.

Look at NC State, March and April is all that matters.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

The length and defense really stood out. Mashack, ZZ, and Felix are going to be beasts defensively

Felix had like 6 or 7 blocks, some called goal tend and some erased by fouls.

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

Expectations shouldn’t be high at this point so anyone disappointed in an exhibition result in October can only blame themselves. I hope this is the team that nobody expects much of in March and then they catch fire.

 

[TheBigOne10]

lol at people actually taking anything negative away from a scrimmage against a quality opponent. Give me a ******* break

 

[tnvols72]

I don’t care to list names. I was just pointing how silly your statement was.

Just say it, you have no name.

 

[tnvols72]

Lanier is supposed to be that guy this year. He shot poorly today, but many of those were bad or contested shots. Let’s see how well he shoots it as the season progresses before passing judgement.

Lanier can be that guy but not shooting every time he touches the ball and taking bad shots. Igor can be that guy.Time will tell

 

[D3Athlete]

Not really worried at all
Defense is elite
Offense just gotta create chemistry and get a rotation.
Ceiling is high. Just gonna take several steps to get there
Also, Tennessee wins that game if that weird Boswell and dubar lineup doesn’t go in. Tennessee wins

 

[Creeker]

What is Indiana projected?

Preseason ranked 17th

 

[TrapVol]

Lanier can be that guy but not shooting every time he touches the ball and taking bad shots. Igor can be that guy.Time will tell

I don’t disagree. That’s why I mentioned him taking bad or contested shots. Hopefully, he gets those out of his system and starts playing smarter.

 

[tev.sm]

I like the team though, seemed to all be playing aggressively on defense and were in good condition.

The offense will improve as we play together. Indiana played bigger and were willing to let us shoot 3s to protect the rim. We missed them early.

Agreed. Defense looks stout per usual. Offense has potential. The flashes of Igor driving to the basket had me intrigued. Hope we see more of that. Also, didn’t really see any 3’s from Igor.

I hope Mashack gets and takes more shots from 3. It’s clear he has the ability to make 3-pt shots efficiently when he’s open.

 

[VolArmy74]

We missed shots. Played good defense. Okpara was a massive defensive upgrade inside. Usually a guy like Indiana's big would kill us inside. Barnes noted post game that we played line ups and did stuff you won't see during a regular season game.

Exhibitions/spring games/pre-season are absolutely meaningless, win or lose, to the regular season.

 

[VOLED]

Gainey’s 12 points was another surprise.

I am surprised many are sleeping on Gainey. He will be a key player for us.

 

[tennrich1]

Definitely had some trolls in mid-season form. Some actually think people buy their crap as intelligent input, some just enjoy airtime and soliciting retorts. Wish they and the world could see all the eye rolls and cringes. Kind of gives free speech a bad name.

I am genuinely embarrassed FOR THEM. And I don’t like feelings of embarrassment . I mean…it can’t be sillier when we freak out over an EXHIBITION GAME. As a fan…I watched the entire game and never once felt stressed like it was an actual game.

 

[volmanNC]

Mashack with 9 pts(50%/67%), 4 reb, 1 ast, 3 stl
Okpara with 6 pts(50%), 6 reb, 4 blk
Zeigler with 13 pts(20%/20%), 3 reb, 8 ast, 5 TO, 1 stl in 37 minutes
Gainey with 12 pts(38%/33%), 2 reb, 2 ast, 1 TO
Milicic with 8 pts(43%/0%), 8 reb
Lanier with 10 pts on 16 shots, 3 reb, 2 ast, 2 blk

The team shot 18-21 from the FT line

Well, good FT shooting.

 

[D3Athlete]

One of either Dubar or Carr have to step up for this team to reach another level imo

 

[kyvol98]

You need to download the ESPN app and need to subscribe to a service that provides the SEC Network.

Did I really need blue font Thunder?

 

[Purplehaze26]

No disappointment from me. Wish we had won but we have to experiment with different lineups. I will be disappointed only if we don’t make S16. We have all the necessary elements to exceed S16.

Our D will be there regardless of lineup.

 

[vols 30]

VN-

Last year - " what a performance against Michigan State. Talent is there for a final 4"

This year - " it's an exhibition. It doesn't mean anything"

 

[VOLtaism]

This game went as I expected it to. A mix of returning players and transfers about 50/50 on playing time. Its going to take a while to get the defense elite but we know that will happen. The offense will get there but the new players will need time to learn the offense. It looked like a pick up game for both teams.

 

[VolArmy74]

VN-

Last year - " what a performance against Michigan State. Talent is there for a final 4"

This year - " it's an exhibition. It doesn't mean anything"

Both statements are true. The Michigan State game didn't mean anything, nor did the Gonzaga exhibition game. This wasn't a game we were playing to win. You'd never see the unorthodox line ups in the same game situations outside of a practice game.

 

[SGMVols]

VN-

Last year - " what a performance against Michigan State. Talent is there for a final 4"

This year - " it's an exhibition. It doesn't mean anything"

54 year old man child here to chime in after a loss as always

Never posts when we win

 

[volmanNC]

Definitely had some trolls in mid-season form. Some actually think people buy their crap as intelligent input, some just enjoy airtime and soliciting retorts. Wish they and the world could see all the eye rolls and cringes. Kind of gives free speech a bad name.

Only mid-season form? Gosh, guess need to step up some.

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

I am surprised many are sleeping on Gainey. He will be a key player for us.

Only sleeping because he didn’t do much the previous season.

 

[SGMVols]

I am surprised many are sleeping on Gainey. He will be a key player for us.

Lanier will take his spot in the starters when he’s back to 100%, but Gainey will be in the rotation when it shortens

 

[vols 30]

54 year old man child here to chime in after a loss as always

Never posts when we win

I post almost every game thread. You must not or you would know that

And you know what I posted is true. Sorry it got under your skin