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

[MoCo_Vol]

I thought it was a hell of a season. Glad we won the secT. Hard to go deep in the tournament without a well rounded team.

Fr. Guards and SV. SV was awful. Had more trips than points.

Bigs are not good enough. Missed too many shots and if Plastic and Fulky are your best then you're in trouble. I did think BHH was playing better in the 2nd half.

He had a hard fall early, never looked the same afterwards. I don’t know if he can, but if Santi can find a way to add the threat of a drive he could really be a great player. He had an off shooting night, but played hard as hell. I feel like Barnes went to “what had worked” all season, going small. But Michigan was the wrong team to do it with. Uros was having a great game and with him out we had no rebounding.

Love Fulky but he’s never been a good rebounder. Also people are quick to forget how good Michigan is from a talent standpoint. They have 8 top 100 guys, we have 5.

 

[utvolpj]

It’s on coaching when you’re two of eleven on threes and the coach lets them keep bricking them up until the game is lost.

That's the game this team plays. It was just one of those nights

 

[BreatheUT]

UT twitter talks way too much **** and is the reason we lost. Dogging KY and lunardi bit us in the butt.

It's not the reason we lost but I agree they make the fanbase look silly.

That's also why I don't get the dumping on Kentucky stuff. We got some folks that will fight you tooth and nail that we don’t look stupid celebrating another programs loss obsessively then get beat ourselves.

 

[TheVolsFrog]

Which loss is more disappointing.. this loss or our loss against Purdue in the bowl game?

I'd say this game. We were playing for something this game.
MCB was just a consolation game

 

[utkCREW]

UT twitter talks way too much **** and is the reason we lost. Dogging KY and lunardi bit us in the butt.

I personally love that our fanbase throws mustard bottles, gets people fired from jobs before they even get them, and has an insanity level of passion.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Yea, who doesn’t love wasting $1,000s to watch their team lose!

Yeah, it’s Barnes fault that you’re careless with money

 

[Vol49er]

Even worse would be Michigan St, Michigan, Purdue, and Wisconsin.

Memphis still alive too, which most here would hate to see go on a run

 

[LieutenantNeyland]

I am officially a peacock fan the rest of the tournament. Let’s go cocks!

Take the whole damn thing

 

[walkenvol]

They had him do a little funny Q&A during the prior games halftime — I swear he sounded as dumb as a bag of rocks. That’s not me being upset by our loss…. He just sounded ‘special’

He’s sure special shooting the ball

 

[YankeeVol]

Yeah, it’s Barnes fault that you’re careless with money

I only spend it on football

Make more than I spend hoss. I’ll be ok. Thanks for your concern though

 

[Volinnooga]

Yea, who doesn’t love wasting $1,000s to watch their team lose!

If you can’t afford the risk, don’t take it.

 

[lifeisdeep]

You would have complained about them passing up open looks and blamed Barnes for the exact same thing.

Just stop.

Try to find a post in my entire history where I made that complaint. The first thing Phil Jackson did when he got to the Lakers was make them stop taking so many threes. It’s pretty basic coaching that if your shot isn’t falling you don’t keep jacking up the long ball.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Which loss is more disappointing.. this loss or our loss against Purdue in the bowl game?

This by far

 

[utvolpj]

Id love to meet you in real life. You got my info.

Yeah you seem like a real class act and great fan. I'd have no need for your info at any time

 

[YankeeVol]

If you can’t afford the risk, don’t take it.

I can. Thanks.

 

[I4Vols]

Go Lady Vols, keep the candle burning orange
And if you missed the Vols baseball game today, there are more on the way

Gotta move on as these post game beers weren't enough to cheer me up

 

[vols 30]

F*** the tournament. Not even watching it anymore. What’s the point?

Same here.

 

[Pacer92]

I think it's called karma.

Where’s that come in?!

 

[Vol49er]

I don’t even care anymore about other teams and who lost.

Just once can we not make a damn FF? Can we not run into a hot team, or a Cinderella, or a favorite? Can we not BE one of those teams?

I honestly don’t even care about the rest of the tournament but effin Auburn will probably make the Championship game now.

Probably the first tourney after I either give up on sports or die we’ll make it

 

[GBO18]

Michigan just beat us without their starting point guard, went on a 10-0 run late with no time out called. Out game planned us from the beginning and yet our coach has no accountability for this. I guess he should get no credit for winning the SEC Tournament then if that's the logic.

Im not a coach worshiper. The game is not hard. The players had open looks and didnt make them. We have no true big man and that bit us in the ass today. That could be blamed on Barnes and the staff.

 

[LadyinOrange]

Thank goodness that, in the end, it's just a game. Sure does hurt to lose, though.

 

[YankeeVol]

Yeah you seem like a class act. I'd have no need for your info at any time

You’ve got your opinion. I’ve got mine. Thats the great thing about America ain’t it?

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Barnes needs to try and get another quick combo or shooting guard.

Has 3 others on roster…hopefully Mashack, Q or Powell can elevate their game and earn PT.

 

[Vol49er]

Michigan is lucky as he11 to get in to the tournament and got some very favorable calls to get to the sweet 16. No way they make it to elite 8 let alone final 4.

In a single elimination tourney luck is half the battle. They could do it

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Zero excuses! We got outplayed and out coached. It happens.
Win as a team...lose as a team.
GBO!!