The Official #16 Tennessee vs. #4 Kentucky Game Thread, 9:00 PM ET, ESPN

[VolPack22]

I'm referring to the projected #1 seeds taking the dive vs the Vols.

Yeah I think we beat them too. Kentucky is a better team than Auburn imo

 

[LittleCat]

Did Cal acknowledge Barnes after the game? Admittedly didn’t see the entire sequence, but it looked like he just herded his cats to the locker room.

Honestly looked more like the UT players went the other direction to celebrate and Cal let them have their moment. Rick and Cal seem friendly and I'm sure they'll talk later in private.

 

[Flipdaddy]

Man that felt good!!! GO BIG ORANGE

 

[Voltopia]

Radio just said Tennessee held Kentucky to its lowest field goal percentage this season in tonight's game. Amazing defensive effort by the Vols. A team win, definitely.

 

[JCP201]

Without looking at the numbers, JJJ seemed to have a rough game, at least on the offensive end. Uros didn’t have his finest night, but most everyone else played pretty damn good tonight!
The only negative, and I hate to do this, is Powell. I don’t see that he’s giving us anything on either end of the floor.
GBO!!

Uros had some kind of heating pad or something-- I don't know what happened. Powell does okay on defense but needs to shoot when he is open.

 

[JCP201]

Radio just said Tennessee held Kentucky to its lowest field goal percentage this season. Amazing defensive effort by the Vols. A team win, definitely.

Payback for that horror at Rupp. It feels great!!

 

[ArdentVol]

Victory, Just Manic Victory!
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belgium ale fan. but Ill drink an IPA to this one

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Who's the last Tennessee coach to beat Kentucky seven years in a row? For that matter, who's the last coach of any team to beat them seven years in a row?

Barnes is my guess.
GBO!!

 

[HalfullVol]

AIDOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!

 

[chuckiepoo]

belgium ale fan. but Ill drink an IPA to this one

If that was all i had left in the fridge...

 

[rdk4121]

I think it is time to start the Fulky/Aidoo front line from here on out. They are by far our best two front court players at this point in time and need the vast majority of the minutes. Uros and BHH combined for 0 points on 0-6 shooting.

 

[Volfansince1980]

I think we have truly witnessing a team grow up over the past few weeks since they were blown out by Kentucky. I was not one that had confidence they would get it together, but this 8 game SEC win streak with a beat down on those same Wildcats shows me that they are starting to peak and now understand who they are, what they can do. Arkansas will be tough on Saturday, but the Vols will be prepared, this game tonight was a statement game! DAMN GOOD WIN!!!

I think the comeback against Texas in a very ugly game is when this team figured out their identity. They came up a point short, but scratched and clawed in a hostile environment and learned a lot about themselves in defeat. They’ve been clicking ever since

 

[ArdentVol]

Aidoo keeping his position against the best big in the country. Strong medicine.

no puns now
i loved his effort

 

[johnfnkelly]

Oscar got exposed tonight for why he’s not going to be a meaningful player at the next level.

 

[Volfansince1980]

I think it is time to start the Fulky/Aidoo front line from here on out. They are by far our best two front court players at this point in time and need the vast majority of the minutes. Uros and BHH combined for 0 points on 0-6 shooting.

Uros is a warm body & BHH needs about 20lbs in the off-season.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

And another thing, Powell is a sophomore, he's going to get better. Hot take warning! I think this teams ceiling next year might be higher.

He is a COVID sophmore so he has 3 more years if that is what is called for.

 

[JohnWardForever]

Per Jimmy Hyams, odds makers are drunk for even suggesting the Vols have a chance to win. The entire sports animal evening staff picked Kentucky. They are a very beatable team, especially with their injuries. Not sure why they are being hyped as the best team in the SEC other than that's typically how they get viewed without regard to reality.

Well screw The Sports Animals. I figured Vegas KNEW Tennessee was the play, that's why they were content to take all the UK money the bettors were willing to lay, by giving ky the points. GREAT WIN! Every W Vs Uk is like beating bama in football. Priceless!

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Uros is a warm body & BHH needs about 20lbs in the off-season.

I don’t see BHH being here next year.

He’s been a huge disappointment considering the hype out of high school.

 

[ArdentVol]

If that was all i had left in the fridge...

ive got a kentucky bourbon barrel ale ive been saving for this moment

 

[Delmar]

Aidoo has arrived. If he can give us that every night we’re gonna be a hard team to beat in March.

Love how consistent Santi has become. KC had a big game and ZZ gave us a big spark when it was needed in 2nd half with a few big plays.

Fulky continues to return to his pre-Covid form. We have all the ingredients to be dancing deep. Hopefully we stay healthy & keep playing hard.

Time to smoke some hogs!!!

I was amused with Fulkerson. If you watched him, he was schooling those young KY forwards some veteran moves and suckering them into fouls. They were really getting frustrated and were whining to the refs a lot toward the end.

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

Took some adversity and some tough love, but I’m really enjoying the lineups we are running with. Barnes is seeming to be comfortable in letting them play a little more loosely. I’ve been hard on Barnes a lot this year, but I’ve been really pleased with the results as of late.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Well screw The Sports Animals. I figured Vegas KNEW Tennessee was the play, that's why they were content to take all the UK money the bettors were willing to lay, by giving ky the points. GREAT WIN! Every W Vs Uk is like beating bama in football. Priceless!

You now appear brilliant. Thanks for trying to explain the up current odds.

 

[tennrich1]

I think we are truly witnessing a team grow up over the past few weeks since they were blown out by Kentucky. I was not one that had confidence they would get it together, but this 8 game SEC win streak with a beat down on those same Wildcats shows me that they are starting to peak and now understand who they are, what they can do. Arkansas will be tough on Saturday, but the Vols will be prepared, this game tonight was a statement game! DAMN GOOD WIN!!!

Hogs arena will be wild. We will have to play probably our best game at Arkansas. They have turned the proverbial corner.

 

[zeppelin128]

If we win out and Auburn picks up an extra loss, is that co-SEC Champs for us? Am I looking at that correctly?

 

[TomcatVolFan]

I don’t see BHH being here next year.

He’s been a huge disappointment considering the hype out of high school.

It definitely looks like Aidoo has the start over BHH. Gimme more Aidoo.