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

[Voltime123]

Did anyone think jjj would make that?

He made two in a row prior…fire Barnes

 

[therealitytheory]

Foul on JJJ was ********. Cost us the game.

 

[ChattownVFL]

**** this team

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

Rick Barnes needs to be fired.

Shut up

 

[VolArmy74]

Got a good shot all you can coach it up for. Good play just didn’t drop.

Shooting a 22 footer, down one when your guy is in the paint and kicks it out is not a good play nor is it good basketball. At best with a better shooter than JJJ, that's a 35-38 percent shot.

 

[tnvols72]

He did make 3 of our 5 threes before that. Vescovi was the one that couldn’t hit anything tonight surprisingly. He was a complete no show.

lol , might be because Tx was focused on shutting down Vescovi. Big difference in what your narrative says. JJJ sucks , they should want him to shoot all night. 26% from 3.

 

[turbovol]

Ha: after all that, and we're all typing how bad we are, we go on a huge run and could have won the game. Didn't like the last play/shot. Well-designed--and yes, James was wide open--but it's a 3. Three/four guys were converging on Ziggy as he drove toward the basket--and he should have been able to find somebody for a 10/12 foot shot, no? Credit to the Vols for the furious comeback--but can't score 3 points in 8 minutes and expect to win a game.

 

[RockyTop140]

ZZ was in the lane with like 3 seconds left he has plenty of time to get a shot up on the drive but we kick it out to JJJ for a 3 in a 1-point game I just don’t get it.

There’s almost no way he doesn’t get fouled if he goes to the rim. Whether the refs would call it is another issue.

 

[I4Vols]

If we had dug the hole just one inch shallower we would've been able to come back.

No. That's as dumb of a take as the play call was

Let's see, Santi missed the game winner. James missed the game winner.

Got interesting, beats doing laundry

 

[Cartervol]

Dumb statement

Try again loser

Yeah ok. We'll see..

 

[gainesvol82]

Anyone criticizing Barnes on that is being ridiculous. Players make the decision there based on what the defense does. Besides, JJJ had made nearly all our 3's tonight.

That phantom call against JJJ was BS especially considering how many times we got hacked on shots with no call at all. More incompetence from college refs...color me surprised.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

This team has no business being in any tournament. Fact

Sucks for you then cause they’re making the tournament

 

[kell7517]

This team should get White getting his list together. They won't make it out of the first weekend. May not even make the tournament..

Dumb take…

 

[The Dog]

And with that, Tennessee is now a bubble team at risk of missing the tournament.

Bwaa-ha-ha, what ? Man, I wanna hit it, that must be some good stuff

 

[ChattownVFL]

Shut up

You shut up you ****ing sheep

 

[JRVOL11]

Did anyone think jjj would make that?

Nah, he shoots most of his shots too hard anyway. So he was definitely gonna shoot the last one too hard

 

[BreatheUT]

I get Chandler wasn't in the game when we came back but isn't he considered your best breakdown guy with Zeigler? I don't get it.

 

[patrick]

50% for 3’s on the night going into the last play is a crappy shooter?

He isn’t 50% for year and not even close. Only need two for the win.

So 1. You don’t get the balL to your best shooter and 2. You should have let him drive.

 

[PC Jr.]

Wise choice

 

[landscapingvol]

This team is full of poor decision makers and average shooters. They played hard and came back but 50% from the foul line is abysmal and 35% from the floor is dreadful. It doesn’t matter how good your defense is if you can’t score and Barnes has never learned that lesson. At this point in his career he will never learn it

 

[JMSqb11]

Zieg had the hot hand

Yeah. JJJ hitting back to back 3’s had literally zero to do with the comeback. My bad. You’re right.

 

[Delmar]

Great comeback. Had a wide open shot with a guy who had made some shots. Hard to ask for more than that. Two guys were closing on Ziegler and he wasn’t getting a lay up. And that wasn’t a foul at the other end. Really ticky tac. My only question is why it took so long to play with their hair on fire.

 

[Voltime123]

Doubt the play was set for James. It was Ziegler‘s decision to pass him the ball. Good look however.

Let’s not bring reason into the debate

 

[vols 30]

Evidently corruption in officiating has reached a new level of boldness. That last foul call was pretty brazen.

Like to see another angle. No one from UT seemed to upset so I guess something was there

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

You shut up you ****ing sheep

Come get it