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

[hog88]

He chokes every year is the constant claim yet that is ignored. He also just won the sec tournament for the first time since the 70s

great but yes Barnes has a long history of choking in the NCAA tournament

 

[volmoon]

Tough loss. MI shot 50% and apparently only committed 12 fouls. TN shot 11% from 3 and had 18 fouls. There’s your game.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

 

[TNBV]

It sucks but let it be.

 

[volinbama256]

good season for a fairly young team... tons of true freshman playing... Fulky the only starter leaving... yep, I really have this gut feeling we may see Chandler one more season. Fingers crossed...

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

Do I have to answer that? How much attention was being paid to Dickinson? The guy scored 27pts.

Michigan won because of him.

Brooks scored 23. They beat us. We had a bad night.

 

[bigdaddy]

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

Hire Howard lol

 

[tnvols72]

We shot 11% from three. You can’t make that up. Just an off night. They happen.

But its Barnes fault that they could not hit them

 

[VolsSportsFan]

That should buy you a few days to reflect off the forum

You’re right, that was my emotions talking. I should have just put my phone down.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Michigan bullied UT today and Howard just took Rick’s lunch money.

 

[LittleCat]

I hate this tournament so much

I've said this for years. It's the toughest way to determine a championship and so volatile. Doesn't matter how good you are cause winning 6 games in a row at neutral site games with everything on the line is brutal.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

 

[Tennman47]

I just felt we let them dictate the game and we played to their level instead of ours and really that is on coach

 

[GoBigOrange86]

f*** Kenny Smith!

Why? He was totally right.

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

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

He gone

 

[Rickyvol77]

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

Shut up you waited till now to bitch

 

[KB5252]

All you ***** so called Tennessee fans are trash, the shots didnt fall tonight. THATS NOT ON BARNES. Its the game. No wonder national media says what they say about some of you ***** clowns. It's ok to be disappointed but this is basketball. 2 for 20 on 3s will get you beat almost every time.

The criticism of fans is legit. But the media says what they say because this is a passionate fan base that supports this team and expects excellence but we just don't have much post season success.

Check out the Kentucky forums after their loss. Media cuts them shack because their blue bloods.

 

[FranklinVFL]

He chokes every year is the constant claim yet that is ignored. He also just won the sec tournament for the first time since the 70s

His last conference championship came when he was coach at Providence.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

The fact Dickinson finished that game with 2 fouls, while we had 6 players with 2 or more tells a lot.

Ultimately Michigan played to their strength at the end and were able to win, hit FTs when they needed to. I hope we see one of our young bigs develop into a legit interior threat.

 

[YankeeVol]

He chokes every year is the constant claim yet that is ignored. He also just won the sec tournament for the first time since the 70s

Third time is the charm….when does it work for the NCAA tournament?

 

[volmoon]

Barnes is a good coach. Too bad he shot 2-18 from 3.

 

[vol94]

I really don’t want to read anything about how we lost because the refs or how the media was against us. Our entire offensive philosophy is being able to hit the threes and we couldn’t hit them to save our lives today. It’s easy to forget that we’ve had a few games this season in which we couldn’t hit threes and we either lost or only scored 40 or 50 points. We need some one who can add something under the basket. Right now we have three guys who are afraid of contact and Uros who is just about as unathletic of a player as you will find.

Agree. Have we won a game this year with less than 8-10 made three balls? I have no clue and can’t find in google. I was concerned @ the 6 min mark as I was afraid Michigan would clamp down the interior and make us win from perimeter.

 

[johnboyhunter]

To all folks who are bashing this loss. Think about this.

There are 350 D1 Bball teams. There are only 130 D1 Football teams and only the top 15 really matter each year. No way a 120 can be in the game at all with a team in the top 10 in Football.

Point is that basketball is way more competitive. Sure there are very few teams that are around that top 5 each year but on any given day a lower team may come up and surprise someone. (St Peter’s over Kentucky, Oral Roberts I believe it was last year).

Let that sink in a bit.

We won the SEC championship first time since 1979 and next year should be pre season top 10 again. Barnes can’t go out there and make the 3s. This was super competitive. 2 or more 3 pointers fall for us and everyone on here would be saying how great we are.

 

[MurphyVol]

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.

In all of history, Tennessee fans have never been involved in a fairly officiated game in any type of sporting event.

 

[MiddleVol76]

Having expectations is the curse of a Vol fan. Win the SEC and you have to get to the elite 8. You are one of the 8 best teams in the country. Anything less is a disappointment. No Chandler and James next year. This was your shot.