The Official #17 Tennessee vs. #5 Villanova Game Thread, 1:00 PM ET, ESPN News

[Vol49er]

Powell hasn’t done much either.

Well he has had half the minutes, and Bailey had all of last year to show he is a positive contributor against good teams and did not

 

[Larkin]

And without Barnes we slip back into irrelevance

Yep!
Let’s stick with the hall of fame coach who has recruited well and has given us a lot of wins

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

Our offense just is not there today.. maybe it’ll pick up but not looking good.

 

[Vol49er]

Then I guess we’ll never be any better than a first round NCAA disaster program.

Ok take a breath. No reasonable observer of the CBB landscape would call us a “disaster program”

 

[RyanWalkerPGH]

Better come out with their hair on fire tomorrow. This is ****ing embarrassing.

 

[1985Vols]

And without Barnes we slip back into irrelevance

Not true. We have great resources and deep pockets along with an AD that cares about basketball. We could make a much better hire than back in the prev regime

 

[Vol49er]

I think that is the point. Bailey is better on defense

Is he? Hard to see how Powell could be much worse on D

 

[VolArmy74]

Pretty sure the refs have played a role in that too. It’s both.

The refs aren't 2-18 from three. They've sucked but our guys have to make something.

 

[VolGee4]

Who are we hiring? Lol

Always funny to me that people think this when we went through the eras of Kevin O’Neil, Jerry Green, Buzz Peterson, and Cuonzo Martin.

 

[I4Vols]

2 5* one and done's last year made barnes look better than developing 2 2* guys from 2016-19?

The rules have changed

 

[tnvols72]

That was pathetic D , had him trapped and the other 3 stood there and did nothing

 

[DocVol]

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It’s one game. It’s not football. One loss, no matter how bad, doesn’t define a team

True. Though elite teams don’t have these games.

 

[Christian Lowe]

Then I guess we’ll never be any better than a first round NCAA disaster program.

we never have been, don't know why you expect more after 100 years minus Pearl/ Bernie and Ernie show of being even worse than this.

 

[Volnbeers]

Gonna see a lot of blowouts this year when shots aren’t falling

 

[tnvols72]

Tn will not win too many games with this offense

 

[GBO18]

Bailey is so damn awful. He was brought here to make shots and he doesn’t do that at all. So frustrating.

 

[chuckb1448]

Geez

 

[therealitytheory]

I think I'll go bag leaves.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Hilarious. Villanova pretty much sat on their hands for 10 minutes of game time and extended their lead. We are a very not good basketball team.

 

[Smokey123]

Time for Barnes to retire

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

We look horrible.

 

[1985Vols]

Ok take a breath. No reasonable observer of the CBB landscape would call us a “disaster program”

Never have really been relevant. No Final Fours and one Elite 8 in program history. Don’t think CRB is going to change any of that

 

[Larkin]

Is he? Hard to see how Powell could be much worse on D

Des Oliver was actively telling his players to take it to Powell. You tell me

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Well it's about to get really ugly.

 

[hUTch2002]

I’m shocked the zone has worked so well against a good shooting team but they’re heating up so we better get out of it.