The Official #10 @ #17 North Carolina Game Thread, 7:15 PM ET, ESPN

[Vols All Day]

Zeigler and Vescovi are mia this season

It was expected with ZZ coming off the acl injury, but most assumed SV would be better than he has.

 

[7maxims]

Knecht was the team. Bunch of scrubs otherwise

 

[Caz]

Great comeback effort, and their is no moral victory whatsoever, but you can not come out and stink up the game as we did and expect different results.

 

[KeyVol14]

Guess we're back to moral victories...what happened to our defense?

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

Team showed remarkable heart and grit at the end.

 

[Sudden Impact]

ridiculous free throw at at least 3 4 point plays home cooking but we came in flat which was the difference

 

[BreatheUT]

Appreciate and hate that Gainey is unafraid to shoot.

I don’t get the leash being nonexistent on that stuff though.

Who else is playing like a big time player that needs to take the shot? I see a bunch of scared dudes.

 

[fear]

vescovi gotta be hurt or sick. he's only taken one shot

 

[JCP201]

I hope it's just an Awaka kind of injury and he's back fast. And Barnes had Vescovi benched forever. He was always good for defense and stealing the ball, regardless of his offense.

 

[Caz]

This is actually the worst. Why does this always happen to us

Some kinda curse

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

In other words, a very uninspiring and struggle prone team.

Not going to be fun to watch. Maybe ZZ and Vescovi figure things out. If they do, this team will win 20 or more, be safely in the tournament, but an otherwise uninspiring season.

 

[WiscVols]

Knecht was the team. Bunch of scrubs otherwise

Thought James was decent

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Man DK looks devastated. Wouldn't be surprised if he's done for the year.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

This program can’t have anything nice. It’s crazy. 3 losses to start the year but at the very least we got to watch Dalton Knecht dominate and now we don’t even have that.

 

[therealitytheory]

Guess we're back to local victories...what happened to our defense?

Depends...what's a local victory?

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

The fact that UNC fans gave a standing ovation to Knecht being helped off floor, shows they really appreciate good basketball, Knecht deserved that

 

[CornbreadVol]

Some kinda curse

It doesn’t matter the sport or year. Hooker, ZZ, DK…who’s next?

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

Who else is playing like a big time player that needs to take the shot?

Not a bad point. But when it’s not falling and you are missing this badly, time to look for another shooter. JJJ? SV? ZZ? Work inside? Someone on the bench?

 

[BradstarVols]

Knecht was the team. Bunch of scrubs otherwise

JJJ was great as well

 

[tnvols72]

they dont even have enough sense to foul

 

[berryvol]

Back walked. Took 2-3 hops on his pivot foot.

 

[Volstylexx]

Can’t put pressure on it. Season over, if this is as bad as it seems.

nah. Anyone who's played basketball has rolled an ankle. It's scary af. He's putting pressure on it on the sideline and is still sitting there, so that's good news. The prognosis will be whether or not it was a high-ankle or not.

 

[johnboyhunter]

The guy just walked.

 

[Zues1]

Good lord...foul someone

 

[volfan__18]

Man DK looks devastated. Wouldn't be surprised if he's done for the year.

Didn’t look season ending to me.