The Official #12 Tennessee vs. North Carolina State Game Thread, 10:00 PM ET, ESPN2

[GBO18]

Covered the spread.

 

[87&91ALUM]

Great game! Go Vols!

 

[minorvol]

Wasn’t TN favored by 9?

 

[joevols89]

Covered the spread.

Thought it was -9.5?

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Woo! Nice win!! JJJ YOU MONSTER!

 

[Putbacks]

Will take!

 

[RAVOL]

It's so beautiful seeing ZZ and JJJ doing this tonight. My heart is smiling. This bodes well going forward.

Absolutely . Great W team depth is our strength. In CHRIST Alone

 

[VolBalls33]

UT not a top 25 team? Wtf are some here smoking?? 3 losses all by single digits. Did anyone see Purdue today? Lost by 4 when they shot 48 FT. UT is easily a top 15 squad.

And Vegas wins again with it being a 9.5 spread. Vols 79 70.

 

[TheBigOne10]

I guess right here, even though I said we’re a Sweet Sixteen team.

Wasn’t just singling you out. There were several others.

 

[KTrain]

This was a weirdly called game. Let brutal play happen then would call a ticky tack bad refs

 

[GBO18]

Thought it was -9.5?

I thought I saw 8.5. You could be right though.

 

[vavolfan6]

Covered the spread.

Did we? I got in at -9.5 and lost $20

 

[TheBigOne10]

Good character win. Needed it

 

[OrangeInKy]

Aidoo has the flu. Cut him slack.

And they are different players with diff skill sets they bring to the team. We’ve seen enough Aidoo to know the value he brings the team. Not sure why we always want to put these guys against each other. Both bring good things and we need both. Both will have some good nights, and maybe some off nights. It’s how it works with any team.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

We're gonna need some shots! Let's go!!!!!! Woodford Reserve!

 

[omghulkhands]

Not going to lie, if Dalton Knecht doesn’t play a single minute tonight, this game might have never been close.

I agree. Would like to see his +\-

 

[vavolfan6]

We probably got fouled 3 times that last possession but no way refs were giving us those free throws..

 

[Namorto1]

Impressive win given Knecht and Aidoo gave you almost nothing. Maybe JJJ's best game. Awaka was huge in 2nd half. If this team can play on all cylinders come March, we can be very good.

 

[LordVOLdemort]

Really proud of our veterans. even with our main offensive player out, we still grind down the stretch and get a tough win. I’ll take it! ZZ or JJJ could be player of the game, based on their stat lines. I’d lean ZZ bc he facilitated so many of Josiah’s points.

 

[VolGee4]

UT not a top 25 team? Wtf are some here smoking?? 3 losses all by single digits. Did anyone see Purdue today? Lost by 4 when they shot 48 FT. UT is easily a top 15 squad.

And Vegas wins again with it being a 9.5 spread. Vols 79 70.

The numbers say so too. KenPom is the barometer. People don’t understand the metrics.

 

[Frozevol]

It’s going to take me a while to go to sleep after that.

 

[fear]

79 points with a spalding basketball. this team is winning it all!!!!

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

It wasn’t the prettiest 40 minutes, but this was an important win. I doubt anyone will remember it come March, but a loss tonight would absolutely have been remembered.

JJJ, ZZ, Awaka, and Mashack all stepped up tonight, JJJ especially. He was assertive and efficient on the offensive end and was solid on the boards as usual. Big time performance from him as he continues to have a career season.

 

[JCP201]

great win!! I appreciate that Barnes saw that his star Knecht and Aidoo were off tonight and played the hot hands. Awaka, Maschack, ZZ, JJJ, and Vescovi.

 

[joevols89]

Hope Knecht can shake that one off. That was rough. We are going to need him.