The Official #11 Tennessee vs. Colorado Game Thread, 2:00 PM ET, ESPN

[Tenacjim]

Well, the good news is there’s only a few weeks after football ends and baseball begins.

 

[VolGee4]

I just hate how some of you turn it to 11 to bash our team to other fans.

Ugly game, but it’s just one game. Team is young and will have some growing pains, just gotta hope they learn from it and get better.

We have fans who overreact so much. Not a good loss, but basketball is a long season. We have a society that loves to complain and this place is great at it.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

I just hate how some of you turn it to 11 to bash our team to other fans.

Ugly game, but it’s just one game. Team is young and will have some growing pains, just gotta hope they learn from it and get better.

Young? You can say a lot about this team, but young is not it. One of the most veteran teams in the SEC.

It’s not the loss that is concerning. It’s how we played and what this might mean long term. We seem to have a lot of problems that don’t seem like they can be attributed to “just a poor shooting night.”

 

[Jhilly05]

Absolutely pathetic. Run them until they puke, Barnes.

Hell Barnes ought to be out there running with them!

 

[Vols0311usmc]

Saying we won't make the NCAAT or we totally suck is an overreaction.

Saying this an absolutely pathetic peformance and it's a bit concerning isn't.

Pathetic yes but seeing people say this team is no good is a bit of a overreaction.

 

[Brave Volunteer]

I just hate how some of you turn it to 11 to bash our team to other fans.

Ugly game, but it’s just one game. Team is young and will have some growing pains, just gotta hope they learn from it and get better.

The problem I see is we are still struggling from the same issues we struggled with last year. Poor perimeter shooting and head scratching misses under the rim. If you can't hit layups at this level you don't deserve to be at this level. But the biggest headscratcher of them all was poor defense and just overall poor effort. That's VERY uncharacteristic of a Barnes coached team!

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Team is not young. Lol.

ZZ - Sophomore
Aidoo - Sophomore
Mashack - Sophomore
Awaka - Freshman
Phillips- Freshman

That’s half the rotation as under classmen.

 

[Jhilly05]

We have fans who overreact so much. Not a good loss, but basketball is a long season. We have a society that loves to complain and this place is great at it.

And then come March will wonder why we're a six seed instead of a four or five. Easy games like this you have to win.

 

[vol94]

Pretty much Can't shoot or rebound

Afraid of that. I’m old school but prefer having some type of inside presence or a slasher to the rim instead I’d shooting the three ball. I recorded the game but won’t watch it now. The thought of losing never crossed my mind as Colorado is supposedly a bad team.

It’s early in the season but need better post players.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

And then come March will wonder why we're a six seed instead of a four or five. Easy games like this you have to win.

Or a 4 that gets beaten by a 10 again.

 

[joevols89]

ZZ - Sophomore
Aidoo - Sophomore
Mashack - Sophomore
Awaka - Freshman
Phillips- Freshman

That’s half the rotation as under classmen.

ZZ played significant minutes last year. Awaka and Mashack are role players. This is not a young team.

 

[jbr82]

I just hate how some of you turn it to 11 to bash our team to other fans.

Ugly game, but it’s just one game. Team is young and will have some growing pains, just gotta hope they learn from it and get better.

Team isn’t young. Alot of experience on this team

 

[TheMookieMonster]

ZZ - Sophomore
Aidoo - Sophomore
Mashack - Sophomore
Awaka - Freshman
Phillips- Freshman

That’s half the rotation as under classmen.

Awaka isn’t going to be part of this rotation long term. Your main minutes in March are going to come from:

Santi - Senior
Key - Senior
JJJ - Senior
ORN - Senior
Plavsic - Senior

What about 5 of your main 8 rotational players screams young?

 

[joevols89]

Awaka isn’t going to be part of this rotation long term. Your main minutes in March are going to come from:

Santi - Senior
Key - Senior
JJJ - Senior
ORN - Senior
Plavsic - Senior

What about 5 of your main 8 rotational players screams young?

It’s laughable. Grasping at straws. This is one of the most veteran teams we’ve had.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

ZZ played significant minutes last year. Awaka and Mashack are role players. This is not a young team.

You’re wrong, but carry on.

 

[jbr82]

We have fans who overreact so much. Not a good loss, but basketball is a long season. We have a society that loves to complain and this place is great at it.

Find a safe space then

 

[MoCo_Vol]

It’s laughable. Grasping at straws. This is one of them most veteran teams we’ve had.

No it’s not though, not in any metric

 

[KeyVol14]

Guess we suck

 

[Vols8086]

The problem is no alpha right now. When the shots aren't falling we don't have anybody that we can give the ball to and expect a basket to stop the bleeding.

 

[joevols89]

You’re wrong, but carry on.

No, everyone is laughing at that we are young take. Lmao.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

It’s laughable. Grasping at straws. This is one of them most veteran teams we’ve had.

The Barnes boys will never admit his faults.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Guess we suck

We don’t suck. We’re still a good team that will make the tournament, but I’m just not sure we’re a Top 10 team.

 

[KeyVol14]

We don’t suck. We’re still a good team that will make the tournament, but I’m just not sure we’re a Top 10 team.

I know we dont, it’s a long season but Barnes always under performs in the tourney

 

[VolGee4]

And then come March will wonder why we're a six seed instead of a four or five. Easy games like this you have to win.

We didn’t have a bad loss all last year. This is an exception under Barnes. 49-0 when a 12+ point favorite. So tell me again why you asked that question?

 

[volinbama256]

I will never understand how one week you can shoot and hit just about everything you are supposed to against a team like Gonzaga (I know a scrimmage but both teams wanted it), then the next week you look and play like a bunch of junior college hungover freshman...

That honestly looked like a good high school team playing against Colorado... SMH...

Maybe one day before Barnes retires he will decide to recruit a good inside/Big Man/7 footer... Uros is not that guy and we won't be successful this year playing on the outside shooting 3's.... No one will drive to the basket...