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

[Volnbeers]

2023 UT Basketball: 19 points in a half

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

TN is what 2-20 from 3

Good gravy alive!

 

[VOLnVANDYland]

I’ll say it again. Ricks poor recruiting is what we are witnessing now.

He likes a bunch of project players… not surprising when the offense disappears on the road..

 

[Franklin_Vol09]

So loose ball foul on Awaka but not on the UK player holding him with two hands trying to get the loose ball

 

[VolArmy74]

This game will make a lot of the nega Vols very happy. I can just see them getting their after game threads ready with a big SMILE on their face. They’re saying now I can have some fun grinning ear to ear. It’s coming.

When you puke up an effort like this for the second time against your biggest rivals, people are going to be critical. There's certainly nothing positive to say about the first half outside of Mashack actually scoring.

Calling horrible play horrible shouldn't get anyone termed nega anything.

 

[turdherder11]

Vescovi is useless unless he gets a wide open shot

Yeah. Everyone worried about SV. Guy has the slowest shot in the NCAA and can't score on the move or coming off the dribble. Vs athletic or fast guards he's done. He couldn't hold CL's jock.

 

[volbound1700]

I’ll say it again. Ricks poor recruiting is what we are witnessing now.

Frankly UK started the season ranked higher and has more talent. The fact that we are 20-6 and they are 17-9 shows our coaching has been better this year. UK's size is definitely giving us trouble.

We are AT BEST a Sweet 16 team. Ignore the ranking as we were never really a top 10 team all year. We don't have any pure scorer, center, etc.

 

[zaqhhh]

Silver lining if you will is UK is up so much the crowd is going to be less a factor

 

[RiseToTheTop]

They could play like 8 more half’s and this team wouldn’t make up this deficit. They are ass.

 

[volsarelife1]

I'm glad we've scored 19 points in the half and Barnes didn't use a single time out.

 

[Pennheel]

In an ugly game like this, you need to hit your free throws when you get them. Kentucky has,and Tennessee hasn't . Outplayed at every facet of the game so far.

 

[Manchester Vol]

We seem to be rushing everything on offense and can not hit anything. UK has the better shooters. Looks like we will be down by 15 or so at half. Almost no offensive rebounds. Some big time half time adjustments if we expect to come close.

Down 28

 

[tnvols72]

Makes you wonder how this team has won 20 games

 

[hUTch2002]

Cal has showed us who’s the Daddy this year is between he & Barnes. Completely outcoached him in Knox & thus far again today.

Except Cal has had better players the entire time Barnes has been here, including this year, yet they’re about even overall against each other.

 

[landscapingvol]

Good gravy alive!

Yet we took 20 from 3 which is the issue

 

[Vol49er]

I’ll say it again. Ricks poor recruiting is what we are witnessing now.

Better to not speak and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt

 

[vol94]

We can NOT shoot. This is the most frustrating team to watch in the Barnes era.

Can not shoot nor make foul shots. I don’t mind losing at it happens, but this team has a horrible shooting percentage.
Mashack is our leading scorer so far.

Edit- ZZ w another missed foul shot and then Awaka fouls allowing KY to shoot two more

39-19. KY. Game Over!

 

[barney]

Sucks when you can’t buy a basket, and then blow free throws…

free throw shooting has been a huge problem for us this year. Our team % obscures the fact that so many guys on our team can't hit an FT and don't even seem to try.

 

[joevols89]

Just absolutely awful performance. Game may be out of hand before half. Bama win stopped the bleeding but only temporarily.

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Who believes TN can overcome a 18 point halftime deficit? It was fun watching them warmup before game. Team was not ready for this game, that is on Barnes and staff.

 

[ChattownVFL]

Feel like I should be paid to watch this game

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

2023 UT Basketball: 19 points in a half

2023 Volnbeers: Still a trash poster.

 

[VolArmy74]

That sequence was this game in a nutshell. A cluster.

 

[TheBigOne10]

Awaka is terrible today

 

[tdd]

This TEAM cannot shoot the ball. We didn’t get off the bus. Never close in this one.