The Official #19 Tennessee @ Mississippi State Game Thread, 9:00 PM ET, ESPN 2

[TheMookieMonster]

Fine but the crap I see posted about one of the best players on the team if not the best (KC) is truly shameful…it’s not just you it is many others that continue to pile on to the kid because he suppose to an nba legend already in their minds…it’s getting ridiculous and ppl should start getting banned for it

Again, you clearly don’t come around this board much because I have been a huge KC fan and defender most of the season. I made one ill-advised comment when I was upset he took a contested 3 instead of driving the lane, but I have not been one of the people trashing KC all season.

 

[Hallie]

Whoever coaches our big men outta be fired .. our bigs are terrible . Fulky, Plazvic. BHH and Aidoo all should be better ...they have either regressed or very slow at learning what to do and how to play in system ...

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

I didn’t get to watch the game was working. If I didn’t see the score before I read these comments I would’ve thought Tn got blew out Tennessee basketball fans are great.

 

[Lankykong]

Whoever coaches our big men outta be fired .. our bigs are terrible . Fulky, Plazvic. BHH and Aidoo all should be better ...they have either regressed or very slow at learning what to do and how to play in system ...

I don’t think any have really regressed other than Fulk due to COVID. Some guys just take longer to learn things too. Bigs usually don’t get a midrange within 1 year, etc. I think BHH and Aidoo are improving. Not everyone is Jabari Smith with a jumper coming in

 

[walkenvol]

Whoever coaches our big men outta be fired .. our bigs are terrible . Fulky, Plazvic. BHH and Aidoo all should be better ...they have either regressed or very slow at learning what to do and how to play in system ...

If you don’t think Uros hasn’t been coached up then I don’t know what to say

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Whoever coaches our big men outta be fired .. our bigs are terrible . Fulky, Plazvic. BHH and Aidoo all should be better ...they have either regressed or very slow at learning what to do and how to play in system ...

Uros looks so much better this year than last year, Aidoo has barely played how TF can he regress???

BHH should be better, he’s not had the illness or injuries like Fulky and has been getting far more minutes than Aidoo.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Really good win for the Vols. Easily could have lost that one. Refs refused to call fouls on them, especially in the 2nd half. It wasn't pretty but they just gutted that one out.

 

[golfballs]

Uros looks so much better this year than last year, Aidoo has barely played how TF can he regress???

BHH should be better, he’s not had the illness or injuries like Fulky and has been getting far more minutes than Aidoo.

He plays with more confidence.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Can’t play that for 40 minutes

But you can for 30-35

 

[KB5252]

I didn’t get to watch the game was working. If I didn’t see the score before I read these comments I would’ve thought Tn got blew out Tennessee basketball fans are great.

It was rough in long stretches, refs did us no favors either but the criticism of the offense by most here was warranted.

 

[VolBalls33]

Impressive win!! JJJ is finally getting in the groove offensively. I would have liked to see the 4 guard lineup a little bit more other than that a win on the road on the SEC is always tough. And Mississippi State was 12 and 1 at home and is considered a quad 1 win. GBO!!

 

[The Dog]

All this team does is WIN !

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

It was rough in long stretches, refs did us no favors either but the criticism of the offense by most here was warranted.

Yea I don’t know what it is with this team for 5 minutes they look like a top 5 team then the next they look like they can barely beat a sub par opponent. That being said atleast we got another win in the sec!

 

[cwbytruckers]

Rewatching the game Fulk didnt have big numbers but he played a solid game. Very active.

 

[cwbytruckers]

And give the defense credit. They held state to 4 points the final 5:09

 

[VolArmy74]

Whoever coaches our big men outta be fired .. our bigs are terrible . Fulky, Plazvic. BHH and Aidoo all should be better ...they have either regressed or very slow at learning what to do and how to play in system ...

Fulky, no idea what it is with him. Has to be mental, he's shown what he's capable of enough times to expect him to be more consistent.

Uros just isn't physically gifted enough to be any better. He's a 8 minute guy getting 10 extra minutes because our posts across the board haven't produced.

I look forward to seeing more from Aidoo, he was active on defense and pulled down 4 boards in just a few minutes. He's just raw because he's had 0 meaningful playing time this year.

I've nothing on what's went wrong with BHH. He shouldn't be throwing up 4 point/0 rebound games. Him falling flat on his face this year vs expectations from a top 20ish big man may be the difference in this team being an elite 8 type team vs one that doesn't get to the second weekend.

 

[Volfan2012]

Terrific win guards did most of the work in this one. Great game by Chandler, James, Ziegler, and Vescovi. No inside game to speak of at least we did get 14 points out of four different guys not what we need need a lot more. I hope we can get more out of the post just glad today for a big road win.

 

[vols 30]

Whoever coaches our big men outta be fired .. our bigs are terrible . Fulky, Plazvic. BHH and Aidoo all should be better ...they have either regressed or very slow at learning what to do and how to play in system ...

But those same coaches help ON improve, and Uros is better than he was last year.

BHH and Aidoo are just freshman. Give them some more time.

Fulky is a different story. Covid seems to have messed him up physically. He's still contributing in small doses

 

[CAVPUT]

Uros looks so much better this year than last year, Aidoo has barely played how TF can he regress???

BHH should be better, he’s not had the illness or injuries like Fulky and has been getting far more minutes than Aidoo.

To be honest, I think fans fail to realize the change in the life of BHH. He's barely 18. He should be putting up ridiculous numbers in HS and going to proms right now. Instead, he's jumped into college and learning to live on his own, take care of himself and adjust to an academic environment that if far different than HS. He's physically no where near ready to bang with the bigs in this league some of whom are 4-5 years older and more mature than he is. I can remember a fat kid by the name of Grant Williams who many thought would never see the floor at a major college much less the NBA. The biggest problem BHH has is that there are no other bigs on this roster that he can learn behind and lean on like the guards do with JJJ. That's on Barnes and his recruiting. Instead of trying to build an NBA roster, he needs to recruit legit post players for his roster. No, BHH isn't currently playing like an SEC player, but it's hard to be critical if one can try to put themselves in his shoes and imaging the huge change in his life over the last 12 mos. If the kid comes back next year, I suspect you'll see an enormous transformation in his body, mind and game. All I know is that Barnes better grab a serious post player from the portal for next season.

 

[LordVOLdemort]

I didn’t get to watch the game was working. If I didn’t see the score before I read these comments I would’ve thought Tn got blew out Tennessee basketball fans are great.

Same, it’s hilarious. I’m glad I checked my ESPN app first.

Road win is a Road win. I’ll take it. And we shot 49% and 42% from 3. James and SV both shot 50% from 3. Heating up at the right time.

 

[walkenvol]

Yea I don’t know what it is with this team for 5 minutes they look like a top 5 team then the next they look like they can barely beat a sub par opponent. That being said atleast we got another win in the sec!

It’s often said basketball is a game of streaks and that holds true for this team.

 

[JohnWardForever]

If you think Uros hasn’t been coached up then I don’t know what to say

FYP

 

[qwik_kick]

I don’t think any have really regressed other than Fulk due to COVID. Some guys just take longer to learn things too. Bigs usually don’t get a midrange within 1 year, etc. I think BHH and Aidoo are improving. Not everyone is Jabari Smith with a jumper coming in

Case in point, ON and Pons had the same issues when they first got here. These kids learn speed of the game and they will be fine. Can't wait to see BHH and Aidoo when it all clicks together. I'm waiting for that aggressive mean streak in them that showed up in ON this year.

 

[ColinS]

I didn’t see a lot of actual complaining in this thread tonight except for complaining about the officials. Game threads aren’t the place to go for level-headed responses any way lol. Even typically even-keeled people can make emotional comments in the heat of the moment….particularly when you might have enjoyed some adult spirits while watching the Big Orange.

This constant attack on every little negative or perceived negative comment becomes tiring. I would never sign up to be an administrator but my first course of action would be to put a stop to this if I did.

 

[ColinS]

UP went back to his early season woes of constantly getting beat on defense in this game. The bad footwork returned. It scared me when Barnes put him back in the game late but he was fine. I was really impressed with Aidoo.