The Official #17 Tennessee vs. #3 Auburn Game Thread, 4:00 PM ET, ESPN

[Cdywolfe]

It was selfish play as Bailey wanted the ball inbounded to him so he would have last shot. Ridiculous!
Too much standing around on offense and lack of defensive pressure during last 6 min of half.

This… And why he shouldn’t see the court again

 

[GBO18]

According to ESPN.com Fulky only has one foul. So they must have given the foul to Vescovi. None of our stars are in foul trouble. Just gotta make shots. They all struggling.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Dont turn the damn ball over in the second half

 

[RockyTop140]

Kessler is allowed to do as he pleases. Saw him trip chandler, and run over him from behind. No whistle

 

[TheMookieMonster]

If we get the same whistle in the second half, there is 0% chance we win. Auburn is being allowed to mug us. They LITERALLY ran a player with ball over and we got called for the charge.

Yes, we shot poorly. We hurt ourselves, too. Quite a bit. But, the officials had an undeniable impact in that half in favor of Auburn.

 

[Voltime123]

time to get pissed off vs being pissed on.

This is ridiculous, I am not sure what I am seeing but the SEC plays ifs favorites and they need to go back and look at the foul on Aidoo, the last Call on Fullkerson, and the foul on Vescovi.

Pure S*** no calls......

This is at the SEC and it has favored the way to get KY, AU and Ark into the top Seeds.

Barnes is a push over evidently and the Refs know it.

Would you stop calling out Barnes for stuff he has no control over getting a technical does nothing to help the team…call out the refs not the coach sitting on the sideline

 

[patrick]

It doesn't matter. The Auburn player was the only one who fouled anyone on the play.

He actually fouled Vesco and Fulky.

 

[I4Vols]

I would suggest you take one minute today, one minute tomorrow and one minute Monday and call the SEC office
205-458-3000, ext 3029, Dan Leibovitz Associate Commissioner/Men's Basketball and let them know you are watching something only money could buy.
The SEC cannot continue to make no comment on poor quality. Let him know, it will take you one minute. Be nice, but make sure he understands he cannot stay quiet on this poor quality. It makes the game look rigged.

Forgot to mention, you leave a voicemail. Clog him up

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

Dont turn the damn ball over in the second half

We have to get this message to the coach somehow…

 

[RAVOL]

As bad as the officials were Jabari Smith is that good. Easy number 1 pick in draft. In CHRIST Alone

 

[87&91ALUM]

That was the most ridiculous officiating the first half I’ve seen this year.

 

[ColinS]

Auburn is using hip checks and bumps on our guards to separate the ball from them. We have to be strong with the ball because like it or not it's not getting called.

 

[GBO18]

ZZ needs to be the spark. He didn’t do anything the 1st half.

 

[Adam2014]

According to ESPN.com Fulky only has one foul. So they must have given the foul to Vescovi. None of our stars are in foul trouble. Just gotta make shots. They all struggling.

ESPN is notorious for terrible statistics on their website.

 

[LieutenantNeyland]

Not sure I agree.

We were outhustling them and playing good defense but our offense sucked after we went up 19-13. And while yeah the refs have sucked, it's mostly the typical offense disappearing act we've seen several times this year.

I’m sure getting mugged with no calls on top of the blatantly egregious calls or lack thereof doesn’t affect how they play. Sure, we’ll just go with our offense dissappering.

 

[orangejuice]

Vescovi took out two players with a shoulder and a slight shove. Watch it objectively.

What is your objective viewpoint on no calls on them constantly tripping us to the rim on multiple occasions and we get called because their player tripped

 

[vol94]

The foul was apparently called on Vescovi via UTSports stats.

Hope it’s listed that way in official scores table. That would make more sense but still a bad call imo.

 

[TooLegit2Quit]

Lord the Coach K pumping. Nobody cares.

 

[zaqhhh]

Important to know if we lose this game:

We not only have to beat Arkansas but get help with an additional UK or Arkansas loss to get to the 2 or 3 seed in the SECT

 

[Col_Cathcart]

Betting has no difference in these games.

The implication is that the refs are on the take. I normally wouldn’t buy into that kind of thing, but some of these calls are so egregious that it really makes you wonder

 

[Putbacks]

Vescovi has been tackled at least twice with no calls.

 

[GBO18]

ESPN is notorious for terrible statistics on their website.

Utsports.com had the same…

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

Vescovi with a light push on the guy who fell into Fulky. The kind of contact that was let go the whole half. I think the foul was called on SV

They were both closing on Fulky and neither had position. Way more contact on several plays to call that on Santi..... don't think they did. Stats say Fulky and Vescovi both have 1 foul and Santi had one earlier I think. If that call is on Fulky it is the worst call in NCAA BB this year by a mile. I get they are lettig them play and we probably benefited on a couple of plays under their goal too, but that goes from us having a chance to cut it to one or tie it up with time expiring to a six point game. That doubles down IF IF IF that foul was assessed to Fulky.

 

[chuckiepoo]

The charge on Fulky/Vescovi wasn't nearly the worst. What about the choke hold on Aidoo earlier?

 

[turbovol]

There are opportunities to take the rock to the rim that they're not taking....Be more aggressive.