The Official #3 Tennessee vs. #11 Michigan NCAA Tournament Game Thread, 5:50 PM ET, CBS

[hog88]

What a tired, wrong, awful take. This wasn’t on Barnes.

Who’s it on?

 

[BallinVol]

2-18 from ****ing 3. Good gracious guys. Just make 6 and we win.

I mean if they make 5 they win ...

 

[Vol 85]

Michigan was #6 pre season and elite 8 last year, not a typical 11 seed but we did miss some wide open 3's down the stretch. The only problem I have with Coach RB is like in the 2nd half he gets inconsistent with his rotation and our guards looked tired late. Disappointing but GBO.

 

[lukeneyland]

I hate this tournament so much

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Were they bad calls or a result of UT making mistakes or being undisciplined? It’s a cop out for fans to always blame the refs when we were 100% responsible for the poor shooting and decision making in the last 7 minutes.

Michigan only had 6 fouls total the 2nd half, but the Team did not respond well, the refs and Barnes did not miss all those threes. Doesnt matter, TN beat KY twice.

 

[TNVOLNAVY]

Another stark reminder to never get your hopes on “Regular Season Rick”

 

[tdd]

Vol fans go home with heads tucked between our legs. Barnes gets out coached by a bully coach….Howard. He goes home a hero after punching another coach six weeks ago. He should have been fired. I hate Michigan. I would have rather lost to St. Mary’s.

 

[firestorm]

I’m happy they didn’t quit in what was shown to be an extremely disappointing I wish I didn’t watch this game defeat.

Tennessee was outplayed by Michigan offensively and defensively in the 2nd half.

 

[hUTch2002]

This loss was not on Barnes, you could tell from the opening too that there were two players on the court who simply weren’t up to the task athletically and they were Vescovi and Fulkerson. The only change I would have made is benching Fulkerson for Huntley

The coach definitely does share in it but it’s certainly not all on him by any stretch.

 

[VolPack22]

Michigan hadn’t won back to back games since Feb 8th and 10th. Tennessee gonna Tennessee

 

[djohnnyg]

My advice. Don't get sucked in by Barnes ever again. He's gonna choke every time.

 

[GBO18]

Why?!? Just because he has been around to long?

Don’t be dumbass.

 

[TrapVol]

I'd rather he actually made shots instead of crying about it afterward.

Terrible take. Chandler was the only reason we were still in the game.

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

Wholeheartedly believe KC comes back… if we made a run, no chance. That ending, I think he comes back…

He hates it right now but in a few months he'll think ...dang what a bunch of money, we're going to the league.

 

[SlyStone]

Will he come back? I hope so.

NO

 

[volz2wallz]

Yep, an 11 seed that barely made the tournament.

Dude they had top 5 recruiting last 2 yrs ..due your research that's why it was gonna be a hard matchup

 

[kell7517]

You guys talking final four nonsense forgot who coaches this team. I didn't. Saw this coming a mile away.

Well. Don’t throw your shoulder out patting yourself on the back. Troll!!

 

[tnvols72]

You guys talking final four nonsense forgot who coaches this team. I didn't. Saw this coming a mile away.

where were you trolls after the SECCG?

 

[EZE]

That’s what’s killing me. They got anything they wanted against our supposedly awesome defense. Then their supposedly awful defense dictated what we got except for a few Chandler drives. Without him this would’ve been an epic beating. Like other said, we just got outplayed. I know I’ll look back and appreciate the good wins and SEC tournament win but I expected at least the Sweet 16 and honestly thought we would make the Elite 8. To lose to a mediocre Big 10 team hurts. I believed these guys were different. I was wrong.

On the other side, nearly every shot we missed down the stretch was open.

 

[volfan4lyfe]

Who’s it on?

Can we ever hold players accountable for awful games? I mean my god. Chandler and JJJ (maybe Aidoo) were the only ones I saw come to play today. You?

 

[IndianaVol]

Barnes has two jobs this off season:
1) Convince Chandler to give him one more year
2) Find a TRUE big man with a REAL presence

 

[JCP201]

Anyone putting Barnes down for this is getting blocked by me. This one hurts, but it's not his fault. What an incredible team we had--who won the SEC championship. I hope Chandler comes back, he was crying. Such a great player.

 

[YankeeVol]

Great PR after his other viral postgame moment

Winning cures all

 

[vols 30]

Say what you want about Howard, but he out coached RB

 

[utvolpj]

This loss is indicative of a team that did not deserve a 2 seed or 1 seed for that matter. See it for what it is. Joe was spot on. Tennessee looks stupid.

You couldn't be more wrong. The seeding is based on the play up to that point. UT b was snubbed. Quit acting so happy about it