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

[MurphyVol]

2 for 18 from 3

The way we shot the 3 in the first half I felt sure we'd end up losing. We kept chucking them up

 

[ChrisVFL]

Let’s go Basevols!!! Got that going for
Us. Road to Omaha

 

[EZE]

it’s every March with all but ONE coach. STFU

So many don’t realize this

 

[SlyStone]

Man, seeing the emotions of KC hurts.

The Kid gave his all out there.

 

[hUTch2002]

Michigan outplayed us down the stretch. Period. They made their shots while we missed open shot after open shot

They made shots because they got to the rim.

 

[arkyvol]

All that belly aching about being a three seed.

 

[GOVOLS 1]

We won the SEC tourney. Yippee. Barnes can't win sh*t in the tourney.

And I’m sure you were praising him after that

 

[OneVolNation]

Great season Tennessee Vols. Keep your head up. You are the SEC Tournament Champions.

 

[BreatheUT]

Time to change the channel. We were up 6 and had a chance to go up 8 but turned it over. Then Michigan goes on a run to get back in it.

 

[UTSuave’]

The emotion from Chandler who gave more than he should've had to when the rest did little.

Definitely earned his money tonight…I think he comes back

 

[tnvols72]

I got blasted a month or so ago for saying these scoring droughts was going to cost this team sooner or later and here we are

 

[lilesrt]

Several Tennessee fans need to apologize to Joe Lunardi. He was right. We weren’t. In all actuality we were probably over-seeded at No. 3. I’ll eat crow.

 

[Frozevol]

I like Barnes but the facts are the facts. His teams don’t do well in NCAA tournament.

 

[vol94]

Well Volnation, this one hurts. I have the same feeling as I did when football Vols los to LSU in SEC title game.
Idk why or shooting was so poor form three and don’t understand why we can’t get over the hump. It seems a team gets hot against us every yr and we go cold.

I feel so bad for the players, coaches and us, the fans. With that said, Michigan made the shots, we didn’t. I enjoyed this season and appreciate being part of the game threads. This one hurts as I thought this was our best team who was peeking at the rt time.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

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

You can join him.

 

[hUTch2002]

it’s every March with all but ONE coach. STFU

True but he underplays his seed every damn time.

 

[GAVol]

Juwan Howard knows how to win postseason games.

Lol… sports narratives are awesome.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

Some nights shots don’t fall. Heartbreaking for the guys. Great season. Great team. Sad to see it end like that.

 

[PA Vol]

Remember when we wouldn’t have even have had to play them if we’d been seeded properly? Or like, if a 17 win team wasn’t put in the tournament because of their name?

 

[YankeeVol]

Absolutely unprepared for that game!

Which comes down to coaching….

 

[BigALWiLson]

It’s the same thing with Barnes not only at Tennessee but at Texas too the man just can’t win in the tournament

Ok, you wanna gire him ? The guy just brought us our 1st SEC title in 40 years or however long. Answer this who you gonna go get when we fire him ? Whos going to come here firing a guy off an SEC title ?

 

[OldandStillaVol]

To be honest I’m not surprised.

This is Barnes’ peak. Solid coach but he just doesn’t have it in him to change the impact of a high pressure game.

 

[EZE]

The answer…we don’t have a dominant big man.

This was a big part of this game for sure. But those players are hard to find in todays game

 

[casetopia]

Ugh suddenly i dont care about the tournament anymore.

 

[vols 30]

maybe this loss inspires KC to cone back and prove something next year