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

[hjeagle1vol]

Coach Gainey tonight

 

[brockytop]

Any road win in that type of environment is sweet. Defines good teams from great teams.

 

[the_great_pumpkin]

Put that lil brown jug down and go brush yer toof

 

[VolDave53]

This team is really versatile with everybody contributing. They’re sort of like the line from that old song “Sixteen Tons”.

“One fist of iron, the other of steel. If the right one don’t get you, then the left one will!” I like the iron and steel in this team. They just keep coming.

Tennessee Earnie Ford Great baritone.

 

[walkenvol]

Anybody got links to the post game interviews for both coaches? TIA

 

[VOLtaism]

Cracker-box high school gym with the student section on the baseline and they wanted to mud-wrestle. Illi played soft for the last 3 minutes, got some great calls from the refs, and still lost. They were Gaineyed!

 

[Volfan574]

Good to get a win tonight. Refs sucked in this game. Late in the game should have been two offensive fouls on Illinois but the fouls were called on Mashack. This game reminded of the SC game we lost last year were we weren’t allowed to guard them without getting a foul called.

 

[Vols All Day]

Anybody got links to the post game interviews for both coaches? TIA

 

[hjeagle1vol]

Put that lil brown jug down and go brush yer toof

 

[WillisWG]

On the final play

“We’ll give you a little history lesson on that play. I was an assistant coach in 1980 at George Mason University. We didn’t have a big recruiting budget, so we decided — Joe Harrington, the head coach — we need to put out a monthly newsletter to all the coaches within a 250 mile radius and try to get George Mason on the map. And so I worked with our SID, and we came up with a segment of it where we were going to call it ‘Coach’s Corner,’ where we want to ask different coaches around the D.C. area or wherever, to put together their favorite play. And so my first time, I drove over to DeMatha (Catholic) High School and asked Morgan Wootten — legendary coach at DeMatha — I said, ‘Coach, you’ve been doing this a long time. I need you to give me your favorite play.’ And he said, ‘okay,’ and he gave it to me. That’s the play we ran today. So that plays been around a long time, but Morgan — God, rest his soul — I mean, again, it was his play and the first one we put in that newsletter that year.”

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[DC_Vol]

On the final play

“We’ll give you a little history lesson on that play. I was an assistant coach in 1980 at George Mason University. We didn’t have a big recruiting budget, so we decided — Joe Harrington, the head coach — we need to put out a monthly newsletter to all the coaches within a 250 mile radius and try to get George Mason on the map. And so I worked with our SID, and we came up with a segment of it where we were going to call it ‘Coach’s Corner,’ where we want to ask different coaches around the D.C. area or wherever, to put together their favorite play. And so my first time, I drove over to DeMatha (Catholic) High School and asked Morgan Wootten — legendary coach at DeMatha — I said, ‘Coach, you’ve been doing this a long time. I need you to give me your favorite play.’ And he said, ‘okay,’ and he gave it to me. That’s the play we ran today. So that plays been around a long time, but Morgan — God, rest his soul — I mean, again, it was his play and the first one we put in that newsletter that year.”

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See everything Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes said after the Vols escaped Illinois with a 66-64 victory at the buzzer.

www.rockytopinsider.com

That is classic Barnes. I love that man.

 

[Creeker]

Sounds like Momma Mashack was not treated well by the Illini fans.

The ones I was around in TBA last year were awful. One spent the entire time before the game explaining to his kid who was about 7 how stupid all the students at Tennessee were and how they would never be able to get into Illinois.

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

On the final play

“We’ll give you a little history lesson on that play. I was an assistant coach in 1980 at George Mason University. We didn’t have a big recruiting budget, so we decided — Joe Harrington, the head coach — we need to put out a monthly newsletter to all the coaches within a 250 mile radius and try to get George Mason on the map. And so I worked with our SID, and we came up with a segment of it where we were going to call it ‘Coach’s Corner,’ where we want to ask different coaches around the D.C. area or wherever, to put together their favorite play. And so my first time, I drove over to DeMatha (Catholic) High School and asked Morgan Wootten — legendary coach at DeMatha — I said, ‘Coach, you’ve been doing this a long time. I need you to give me your favorite play.’ And he said, ‘okay,’ and he gave it to me. That’s the play we ran today. So that plays been around a long time, but Morgan — God, rest his soul — I mean, again, it was his play and the first one we put in that newsletter that year.”

Everything Rick Barnes Said After Tennessee Escaped Illinois Victorious | Rocky Top Insider

See everything Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes said after the Vols escaped Illinois with a 66-64 victory at the buzzer.

www.rockytopinsider.com

Barnes is an absolute treasure. The guy has forgotten more basketball than most men have ever learned in their lifetimes

We are extremely fortunate to have him as our coach. And I absolutely dread the day he decides to hang it up after such an amazing career.

 

[patrick]

This kind of game, this officiating and this win is going to help the Vols in the SEC and the NCAA.

I’ll coach said in post game he wasn’t going to guard Okpara and he wanted Mashack to shoot 12+ balls.

This should be fuel to the fire - bulletin board material.

 

[Volfan1000]

#1 Tennessee Volunteers: 9-0 (0-0 SEC)

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Illinois Fighting Illini: 7-2 (1-1 B10)

GAME 10 | TENNESSEE at ILLINOIS- Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024 | 5:30 p.m. ET | Champaign, Ill. | State Farm Center (15,500)


Line: UT -1.5
O/U: 147.5

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Illinois Game Notes

Player of the game tonight for Tennessee was Igor Milivic with his 14 big rebounds.

 

[CDB]

They are young- will keep getting better-have shooters and atheletes. I actually think they win the big 10 this year

This will be big resume win at the end of the year (hopefully we don’t need it!)

 

[TheMookieMonster]

 

[volbound1700]

Great win

I was at a Christmas Party and saw game on. The host was actually an Illinois alumni and was rooting for Illinois. Plenty of Vols fans there though.

 

[Volfan1000]

I really wish we’d do a home and home with Illinois in football. I’d love to see VolNation take over Memorial Stadium

Red Grange and Dick Butkus played their college football careers at Illinois.

 

[walkenvol]

This kind of game, this officiating and this win is going to help the Vols in the SEC and the NCAA.

I’ll coach said in post game he wasn’t going to guard Okpara and he wanted Mashack to shoot 12+ balls.

This should be fuel to the fire - bulletin board material.

He said 26 shots

 

[Chemvol]

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.

Priorities

 

[hjeagle1vol]

 

[CDB]

We are not the number 1 team in the country this is pathetic

What would’ve been pathetic is if they would’ve quit trying. Shots weren’t falling, but. they busted their ass to keep us in the game. Like everyone else is saying in here, you showed your ignorance with this comment.

 

[patrick]

Just want to commend the Vols and coaching staff for an incredibly memorable win tonight against a very good Illinois basketball team.

It wasn’t pretty but man was it great.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

First of 2 wins vs not-so-B1G schools this week. Now on to THE OSU (you know, not the phoney OSU)

HOPING AU was just greasing the SEC machine for OSU tonight.