The Official #10 Tennessee vs. #1 Alabama Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN2

[LibertyVolance]

Fabulous effort all around by coaches and players. That eases the pain of those heartbreakers quite a lot, wouldn't you say? I get well with victories over Bama.

 

[SmokeyGrayCA]

 

[kratos]

We needed this win so bad! Great effort from everybody all around. I loved the sign a fan held up that said “just like football” lol

 

[JCP201]

This was a really tough defensive effort tonight. Aidoo had the best game I’ve seen him play. It was nice to see Vescovi hit some late free throws.

Aidoo really won me over tonight if I had any doubt. And Plavsic played well without losing his mind-- Plus hitting the free throws!!

 

[Volstylexx]

"Blah blah Vescovi sucks blah blah," meanwhile Santiago's out there shooting 50% from 3 and pulling down 8 boards, some steals, and 15 points - all while being the primary key for Alabama on defense.

Thank God Barnes didn’t bench him!

 

[DuckInAPen]

Third Wednesday in February.

 

[Orange.]

Dixieland Delight! lol.

That's what I'm talking about!

 

[Tenacjim]

Fabulous effort all around by coaches and players. That eases the pain of those heartbreakers quite a lot, wouldn't you say? I get well with victories over Bama.

Well, most of us would trade losses to Vandy and Mizzou for a win in football too!

Well, not really. Who knows though, without those losses we may not have had the ‘nads to pull this one out.

 

[JCP201]

We needed this win so bad! Great effort from everybody all around. I loved the sign a fan held up that said “just like football” lol

When we were down by six, I was having flashbacks of the horror of the last two games. I don't know if I could watch basketball ever if it happened again.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

Fabulous effort all around by coaches and players. That eases the pain of those heartbreakers quite a lot, wouldn't you say? I get well with victories over Bama.

Doesn't ease my pain much. Those were terrible loses. We HAVE to get more consistent. We have the ability to be a final four team but we disappear for games at a time.

 

[Caculator]

Aidoo really won me over tonight if I had any doubt. And Plavsic played well without losing his mind-- Plus hitting the free throws!!

Both of them in double figures

 

[YankeeVol]

The most underrated hilarious thing about this photo is the Tennessee fan behind the Bama fan giving a thumbs up to Gaulden.

It's a great photo

 

[BIG SEXY]

I really didn’t see this coming with JJ and Phillips out. Does Barnes get any credit ? Bama is a legit NC contender and we beat them with 2 starters out.

 

[2EastTnVols]

Being able to get Santi and Z some rest paid off big in the last 8 minutes or so.

 

[therealitytheory]

Third Wednesday in February.

Brilliant.

 

[Lukusw]

ZZ had 8 assists & 0 TO

 

[mr.checkerboards]

A stat I find interesting, I thought we did well on the glass, but Bama actually out rebounded us by 4

 

[Freak]

 

[JCP201]

everybody was good tonight outside Key and Olivier

Zz, Santi, Aidoo, Plav and Mashack balled out. And Mashack didn’t even score, but his defense was unreal.

You don't have to score when you singlehandedly stop their best players from scoring.

 

[Putbacks]

Get some rest. We have an early one Saturday….The grind continues….

 

[therealitytheory]

Just a great win. PERIOD!

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

Two interesting things off the stat sheet that is not all that positive.

Aidoo and Plav combined for 10 of 15 shooting.....

ZZ had an 8 to zero assist to TO ratio.

 

[Freak]

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[JCP201]

A stat I find interesting, I thought we did well on the glass, but Bama actually out rebounded us by 4

The turnovers-- Our players were fire on defense.