The Official #18 Tennessee @ Texas Game Thread, 8:00 PM ET, ESPN

[Mr French]

Tennessee is 20% on threes, Texas is 45% on threes. Why does it feel like every other game has Tennessee at such a huge disparity from the three point line?

Tennessee collapses for help defense which always leaves an open shooter.

 

[JRVOL11]

Rick Barnes first teams with Kevin punter could do better than this

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

One of those nights we’ve had periodically where we couldn’t throw it in the ocean if we were standing on the pier. Give Texas some credit. They are a good defensive team and have done a really good job of shutting off the driving lanes and forcing outside shots.

This offense happens way to often

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

This should remove any ranking for this team. Maybe that will help them play spoiler for the rest of the season. We should do this to Auburn when they come to Knoxville. Oh....nevermind.

 

[TJVol95]

What's crazy is we are one hot streak away from being back in this game.

 

[cwbytruckers]

Let BHH learn on the court. Cant be worse than this mess.

 

[GBO18]

Perfect opportunity for Bailey to have a breakout game.

 

[Dergibvol]

I remember when I read Powell was a huge get for Barnes. Pretty sure there's a reason Auburn didn't want him.

 

[GetEmVols]

Those 2 points we gave them by fouling at half court is the same we have scored in the second half after 8 minutes.

 

[chuckb1448]

Is this gonna worse than the Texas tech game?

We are on ESPN, we dont play worth a Darn when we are... now you all know why we are losing

 

[vols1071]

The basketball IQ combined with coaching compared to the Grant Williams times is embarrassing... We are not a top 25 team at all....

 

[hUTch2002]

I have been a basketball fan all my life. This offense is the worse i have ever seen. And Tennessee has had some bad teams.

I do think Buzzball was worse actually. This is the worst under Barnes for sure.

 

[Zues1]

Ride on

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

I can agree with this

Tennessee doesn't have any loss outside of Q1 in terms of NET rankings, and the game at Alabama is their worst loss according to Torvik/KenPom/BPI. Unless the Vols start losing to truly bad teams, their floor is a #6 seed in the NCAA tournament.

 

[JRVOL11]

Recruit kids who can put the ball in the basket. This is really getting old. I've seen better shooters on middle school teams.

Exactly why Auburn is the best team. Pearl has a team full of go getters and dudes that can flat out shoot and score

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Looks like Cuonzo ball again

 

[Kicker82]

This team is just a different team home and away but man away from TBA they look like a NIT team.

 

[Cartervol]

Texas is getting open looks. They're collapsing and leaving a open shooter. We've done it all year. This offensive performance is offensive..

 

[LadyinOrange]

This team has lost alllll confidence offensively. And Barnes refuses to at least attempt something different and actually run set plays. It's so frustrating watching this team on offense. Can they not set screens and actually run an offense. Ugggh

They sure don't look like the #18 team in the country.

 

[vols 30]

Powell has logged 11 minutes - no points, rebounds or assists. No shot attempts

 

[sportsnut624]

Chris beard is such a good coach. He’s essentially schemed us out of this game by taking away Vescovi knowing that we have zero other offensive threats. Offensively he knows we tend overextend our guards and is just having his guys drive and dish. We have just collected a group of players that have no identity and it kind of is what it is for this year. I wish we’d use the rest of the year to play mashak, Frenchie and aidoo meaningful minutes. Those kids are the future and I’d rather develop them now than wait and try to do it on the fly next year. Orn and uros just aren’t it

 

[Big Orange#1]

I feel bad for Barnes tonight....he's trying to rotate in as many guys tonight but no one is showing any life. They've surely let him down with this performance.

At some point year after year there’s a common denominator…

 

[vols1071]

The basketball IQ combined with coaching compared to the Grant Williams times is embarrassing... We are not a top 25 team at all....

 

[cwbytruckers]

I do think Buzzball was worse actually. This is the worst under Barnes for sure.

Buzz had post players though

 

[ColinS]

One of those nights we’ve had periodically where we couldn’t throw it in the ocean if we were standing on the pier. Give Texas some credit. They are a good defensive team and have done a really good job of shutting off the driving lanes and forcing outside shots.

Texas is a good defensive team but they aren't doing all of this. We are self inflicting a lot of it.