The Official #10 Tennessee @ Kentucky Game Thread, 1:00 PM ET, CBS

[JCP201]

You know things are weird when Mayshack is our leading scorer.

 

[VOLnVANDYland]

I just think UK is a bad matchup for this team. Is what it is.

I think the ball going through the rim on the road is a bad matchup for us…

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I told myself to expect to lose this game and I was back up for this team after Wednesday, but I didn't expect us to play this terribly. So basically it's pissing me off.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

The why are you still commenting? Stop watching the game. Everyone here is tired of your bitching.

Don't @ me

 

[Voltrapnbama]

We blaming refs?

 

[Volstylexx]

They've statistically played even worse since this post

lol. I would agree... and the probability of that having happened was slim to none . SIGH

 

[barney]

I’m tired of hearing that though. If he isn’t healthy enough to play then sit him. It’s either that or the injury thing isn’t a thing. All players are bruised at this point of the year. He looks fine to me, no different than anyone else out there.

Again, he is playing because he and Zeigler are the only scorers on the team. When both of them are off, we are SOL. Doesn't matter how good we play defense. And they've both been off a little too much this year. Maybe if JJJ were healthy, Vescovi would be resting, but here we are.

 

[VolsFan-TX]

Vescovi shooting percentage this year vs last year?

Last year, 41.3% FG (40.3% three-point). This year, 38.9% FG (35.8% three-point)

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

How was that a foul?

 

[TheMookieMonster]

It’s not fair to expect a win today. Just beat them in the SEC tourney bc they’re not bringing this on a neutral site. I’d like the return the favor since they’re honoring championship teams today and they beat us with Lofton’s jersey retirement. That’s UT’s fault because every single time we do legacy stuff in multiple sports we lay an egg.

How is it not fair to expect a win? I don’t think anyone here expects it to be easy at all, but we’re favored and this is NOT a good Kentucky team. They are one of the last four teams in the tournament right now. We’re supposed to be a Top 10 team.

We at the very least shouldn’t be getting our rear ends handed to us like we are. We should be better than what we’ve shown.

 

[OrangeBoro]

Just too many scoring droughts

 

[chuckb1448]

That was no foul

I agree 100%

 

[VolsFan-TX]

Cool for him and all, but it’s a bad, bad sign for team

True, especially since he averages 3.5

 

[hUTch2002]

This offense is such unforgivable trash.

It’s like watching 2020 football.

They’re not moving at all. Then someone jacks a 3 and usually misses because the shot wasn’t created, it was taken. There’s a big difference and it shows in our percentage.

 

[JCP201]

We beat Number one Alabama and crickets, but let now the Barnes haters come out. Makes me think that they are Kentucky fans.

 

[firestorm]

I told myself to expect to lose this game and I was back up for this team after Wednesday, but I didn't expect us to play this terribly. So basically it's pissing me off.

Illinois Indiana is a thriller in Indiana.

 

[ChattownVFL]

How was that a foul?

he was wearing orange against 34

 

[chuckb1448]

We blaming refs?

It's Rupp.... it's a tradition to get bad calls

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

he was wearing orange against 34

Lol

 

[Phil-A-Man Jaro]

Choking against the big blue. Nothing worse for us vol fans stuck in kentucky.

 

[Caz]

Ue

I told myself to expect to lose this game and I was back up for this team after Wednesday, but I didn't expect us to play this terribly. So basically it's pissing me off.

Yeah, pisses me off too, but what do we expect? Seen this before

 

[barney]

Barnes has work to do with recruiting and roster management. This team is so trash offensively. Guy has no interest in getting shooters. Rather play 1992 style basketball.

We've been saying this for years. He's not gonna change.

 

[JCP201]

Kentucky has our team figured out more than any team in the league. I hate to say it but Calipari has coached circles around Barnes this season.

And Barnes has coached circles around him most of the years he's been at Tennessee.

 

[hUTch2002]

Again, he is playing because he and Zeigler are the only scorers on the team. When both of them are off, we are SOL. Doesn't matter how good we play defense. And they've both been off a little too much this year. Maybe if JJJ were healthy, Vescovi would be resting, but here we are.

Then he’s not truly injured. I’m sure he’s hurting, like everyone at this stage.

 

[vols 30]

Surely, y'all ain't blaming the refs for our sucking.