The Official #1 Tennessee @ Illinois Game Thread, 5:30 PM ET, FOX

[patrick]

And Gainey got fouled.

 

[steelejacs]

Why do so many of y’all give up on my Vols

 

[sportsnut624]

Igor with 14 rebounds

Yeah couldn’t throw it in the ocean but his defensive game was huge today.

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

Ha ha....those refs were ready up to give it to them in OT

 

[teeball]

Stole that one! Go Vols!

Ummmm ... I would say we avoided having it stolen from us. Worst officiating I've seen this year. Screw the B1G!

 

[#1HomeGrownUTVOL]

Wow!!!!!! What a win!!!
GB!!!!

 

[tmack50]

Suck it Illinois!

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

Piss on those refs. Laughable they tried their absolute best by keeping our 2 best players on the bench for over half of the second half and we still won. And we didn't even play well.

 

[Volswami]

Ref looked like he lost a bunch of money

 

[smokeymon]

I am exhausted. Phew. GO BIG ORANGE

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

Bwahaha...f*** Illinois and their trash ass refs

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Just caught the final minute and 9 seconds. What a play by Gainey! The foul called on Zeigler was bs, the Illinois big pushed him down, yet they called Zeigler. I'm assuming it was that bad all night by some of the ref. posts above?

If you missed it, the Illinois player pushed Zeigler down in the pile up.

Should have been an offensive foul.

 

[NCVolintheTriad]

Man, I know the calls go both ways, but there were some terrible calls against Tennessee.
None-the-less, very nice ending! I think my blood pressure will go back down in a few minutes.
So much grit by Tennessee.
I will give it to Illinois for their persistence as a team and how they have a huge fan presence right in the middle of the court.

 

[patrick]

Screw those damn hack officials.

How about Gainey.

 

[DocVol]

I’m sitting at the Tennessee theater and everyone must have been watching on their phone (me included) because the crowd cheered when Gainey hit that shot. lol.


I’ll post the game video later tonight when I get home for those interested.

 

[fear]

winning a game in a hostile environment without your pg for half the game and best scorer will pay dividends moving forward

 

[Orange Maniac]

The guys shoved that one straight up their hiney. GBO

 

[TrapVol]

I’ve just got a feeling Gainey is going to break their hearts with a dagger at the end.

Prophetic. Hats off, sir!!

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

Gainey with 23, Igor with 14 boards

 

[ttocswob]

Ref looked like he lost a bunch of money

They did.

 

[jtdavis]

Those ass***s announcing the games couldnt beat the Vols!

 

[Cartervol]

Should of been a 3 point play. He got hacked.

 

[Big Orange Rock]

My goodness to win that game under those circumstances with those refs and your two horses on the bench basically the entire second half. Igor was doing nothing as well. That is a BIG BOY win right there!!

 

[Jonboy]

I’ve just got a feeling Gainey is going to break their hearts with a dagger at the end.

Have any lottery numbers for us this week?

 

[Voltopia]

Illinois? Can suck it.
Officials? Can suck it.
FOX Sports? Can suck it.

Gainey? IS HIM.

Tennessee? STILL NUMBER EFFING ONE!!!