The Official #17 Tennessee vs. #18 North Carolina Game Thread, 3:30 PM ET, ESPN

[RavinDave]

They said 24

Only about 10 times. Geez.

 

[RavinDave]

Wasn’t JJJ a 5 star? I thought some were concerned he would be a one or two yr college player?

He was a McDonald’s All-American

 

[BruisedOrange]

So did we finish 2nd in the “tourney”?

I think I read here that we were "third in a punch bowl" ...whatever that means.

 

[vol94]

He was a McDonald’s All-American

He’s a jr so hopefully he will improve as the year goes on.

 

[VOLnMiami]

I missed the 2nd half as I was working today but I am very happy We finally beat UNC...Pretty big win over a blue blood program.

 

[RavinDave]

He’s a jr so hopefully he will improve as the year goes on.

Hope he will get back to full health quickly.

 

[vol94]

Hope he will get back to full health quickly.

Indeed!

 

[walkenvol]

He’s a jr so hopefully he will improve as the year goes on.

IMO , he will improve as he gets healthy. Unfortunately he injured again before he’s fully recovered from the wrist surgery. JJJ is like Fulky in that neither can stay healthy but both are very good when they are.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Who?

JJJ

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Unacceptable

Better than 4th.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I forgot to post this during the game, but a crowd shot showed some guy in a Packers jersey and a UNC hat. Based on that alone, I really hated that guy.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

So did we finish 2nd in the “tourney”?

Unarguable #3. Lost to #2 head-to-head. Had Nova beaten Purdue then it could be argued that TN tied with PU for 2nd.

 

[Special Ed]

So did we finish 2nd in the “tourney”?

The consolation game of any tourney is always for third place.

 

[Warriorvol]

It's the younger generation IMO. Old guys like me don't tweet

I don't, just laugh at everyone else

 

[LibertyVol]

Slowing down tempo gives Tennessee trouble. Play Tennessee up tempo, get ready for a beating.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Slowing down tempo gives Tennessee trouble. Play Tennessee up tempo, get ready for a beating.

With both ZZZ and KC running wild, it will be much more difficult for opponents to slow TN down. Coaches will be spending a lot of time studying what Villanova did and hopefully much of that was just very good, highly experienced athletes with good size and quickness.

 

[zjcvols]

I normally wouldn’t get in a war of words with a moderator…. Similar to the old adage about the media and buying ink by the barrel.

But I will say this: Your basketball knowledge is similar to finding a turd in a punch bowl. No offense but Barnes has forgotten more basketball than you have ever known.

That’s fine. You can have whatever opinion you like.

I’m still right about the rotation. And others are too.

 

[tn4elvis]

With both ZZZ and KC running wild, it will be much more difficult for opponents to slow TN down. Coaches will be spending a lot of time studying what Villanova did and hopefully much of that was just very good, highly experienced athletes with good size and quickness.

They got physical with us and we didn’t respond well to it. Hopefully lesson learned.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

This was a team win and the abscence of James was not felt a lot today.

Hard to say that Powell took over JJJ's starting spot with his performance, either.