The Official #17 Tennessee vs. #20 Illinois Game Thread, 12:00 PM ET, CBS

[DooleyOrangePants]

Mashack has woke up and playing the fire we need. Knecht, man, what a special player. I hate we only get one year with this guy.

 

[Namorto1]

Knecht gets fouled, no call and then buries a 3. He really is a special offensive talent.

 

[knoxvol52]

Hell yes, where's the Debbie Downers at now.....?

 

[Vols till I fall]

Grant was special, but DK, idk, he on a whole different level imo

He really in his bag rn

 

[Caz]

Knecht is special. Team is playing with more aggression on the boards too

They are and my man ZZ got it rolling! Damn, the heart of this guy

 

[Volfan2012]

Mashack can defend and Toby can rebound. Knecht can score.

 

[VolArmy74]

We're gonna need DK to average 30+ in games against good teams the way it looks. We just need someone to score at least a bucket or two when he sits.

 

[LordVOLdemort]

Where we normally sit, we’ve been finding tickets elsewhere. It’s that bad. Social hour or sit on your hands all game. And heaven forbid you get loud or stand.

Just not worth it. Been trading, selling, and finding other good spots to enjoy the game as it should be.

Yeah, we took our kids and they were like, why is nobody yelling? that’s alright, boys, we will yell for all of them.

 

[vavolfan6]

Knecht was mad he was left off that "top college stars" during the halftime show

 

[Tenacjim]

50-44 13:39

 

[chuckiepoo]

Thanks for score updates.

50-44

 

[amaralfan1]

And zero reason to take over for 20 minutes, saying the exact same thing.

I've worked in local TV News for 18 years. I hate it, but stations don't have a choice. Part of having an FCC license means having to go to wall-to-wall weather coverage when a Severe Storm Warning is issued by the National Weather Service. Not doing so opens you up to FCC Complaints and the potential loss of your license.

 

[vader]

Knecht is for real

 

[PKT_VOL]

Would be nice if they tried running the offense through Knecht the way they did in the second half of the UNC game. Basically, have a creator run the point with pick and roll action and 3 supporters in space.

Just so happens our team has 1 excellent creator, a big man great at pick and roll, and a plethera of role players that cant create for themselves.

Own who we are and stop trying to force an offense we aren't.

Bump this. It is so obvious how this team is going to have to play on offense to win.

Ball is in your court, Coach Barnes. I'm a big fan and defender of yours, but if you can't see this or are too stubborn to adjust, I can't defend you. We make a deep run this year if you just adjust the offense to Knecht first.

 

[RAVOL]

Missed 8-0 run with weather

 

[87&91ALUM]

Back to ball game! 50-44

 

[tnvols72]

They keep leaving the 3 open

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

Good thing Knecht is on our team

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

Breakdown on D. Overhelp and no one coming up to pressure a wide open shooter. Need to iron that out.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Woof. Knecht is the reason for that Illini 3.

 

[87&91ALUM]

Cmon make free throws

 

[Tenacjim]

53-49 12:14

 

[volsarelife1]

Gainey back in.. Let's see if we have another scoring drought

 

[LordVOLdemort]

They are and my man ZZ got it rolling! Damn, the heart of this guy

Can’t wait for him to get back to 100% I still don’t think he’s there

 

[ttocswob]

58-49 Gainey 3... 11:15