The Official #13 Tennessee vs. Texas Tech Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN

[tnvols72]

Barnes might want to try another style of offense because this one here is going to get him beat a lot this year

 

[Volprofch05]

Vescovi must’ve taken out one of the ref’s daughters and stayed out too late for the fouls they called on him tonight

 

[Boca Vol]

Fugly!

 

[JohnD13]

Worst fans in college ball

 

[VolFreakJosh]

I rarely come off on you guys, but you are making yourself look more than stupid

“More”?

Dude obsesses over another man’s salary daily.

That’s not normal.

 

[IluvdoubleD's]

ball game. I need a shower.

 

[JRVOL11]

Gonna be a rough year, we better get used to it.

 

[Rylee_Vol18]

Uh...we aren't very good. It is what it is. Hope we get WAY better but a sliver of doubt is entering my mind over Barnes.

 

[casetopia]

Watching this game felt like homework.

 

[VolGee4]

Nothing like a Volnation meltdown over Barnes before conference play has even started

It’s so stupid.

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Texas Tech showed how to beat the Vols, too many poor shooting nights for this team to go anywhere tournament time...

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Too little, too late. Had a golden opportunity to win in regulation and pissed it away.

Yep. It's pretty impossible to get a better look than Vescovi did in the closing seconds, and from a career 36ish% 3-point shooter.

This game has been really disappointing. It would be one thing if we lost a game where we played well and Texas Tech was just better. That would be encouraging and I could accept that. But, this consistent theme of being inept offensively has me thinking that this team isn't as good as I was hoping.

 

[gainesvol82]

All those missed FTs and JJJ having an epileptic seizure on a breakaway dunk were what put the nail in our coffin.

 

[vols1071]

Horrible coaching.... Not usually critical of coaching but Barnes finally went transition game and smaller lineup to get us back in it and going... Then went usual slow ball Barnes.... Yes we missed shots but the style of play against a long defending team was bad

 

[BreatheUT]

This team is not a contender. No inside game.

 

[1985Vols]

I rarely come off on you guys, but you are making yourself look more than stupid

Time will tell won’t it

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Only thing I hate is that TTU played terrible, and officiating kept them in it.

On to the next one.

 

[JohnD13]

I'm still mad at JJJ...golden opportunity to take a lead in regulation...but now TT is hot in OT

That's stupid. He slipped. Grow up

 

[golfballs]

This was ****ing BRUTAL

 

[87&91ALUM]

This is basketball. If you don’t expect this kind of game you just haven’t been around very long.

 

[VolGee4]

I am not so sure he called 1 TO all game

He shouldn’t have called one with 7 seconds left. That’s dumb to argue.

 

[lifeisdeep]

Lol I know. But there’s really no excuses for this crap. At some point he’s gotta realize the 3s aren’t falling, call a TO and adjust

Wait - you mean coaches are allowed to adjust? I though they were required to just pat their players on the back when they're jacking up threes left and right and missing them all. That's certainly what our $5 mil coach did tonight.

I don't know what he was doing but that definitely wasn't coaching.

 

[Creeker]

It was just so bad. We didn’t deserve to win. Sadly neither did Tech. The sport of basketball deserved both of these teams to have a loss.

 

[1985Vols]

Barnes frequently puts more talent on the floor, and frequently disappoints.

Yep. What has he accomplished here?

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

We have an extremely weak frontcourt and small guards. Bad combination. Everybody we play will use this game as the scout.