The Official #4 Tennessee @ Ole Miss Game Thread, 9:00 PM ET, ESPN2

[Other_Guy]

You know. I just realized that Tennessee has been upset 6 times this year and has upset nobody. That makes me sad.

Wut

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

There's really not much of a difference between being a high number two seed and low 1 seed

Last year only one number 1 seed make it to the elite 8, right?

No, both teams in the final game were 1 seeds. Historically 1 seeds make the Final 4 twice as often as 2 seeds

 

[A-RodWiLks]

Igor is more accurate from 30 feet than he is from 3 feet. We had 5 three point shooters on the floor and didn't take the three. I agree he often can not finish near the basket. In fact, our bigs miss a lot of layups and dunks.

Igor is the worst near-basket finisher on the team. For Barnes to make that call was certainly a choice smh

 

[Vfl2407]

There's really not much of a difference between being a high number two seed and low 1 seed

Last year only one number 1 seed make it to the elite 8, right?

The difference this year is Duke.
I think they are the only team that we can’t play with.
That’s why we want to be a one seed because,if not, you know the committee will put us in Dukes region.

 

[The Tall Gguy]

The difference this year is Duke.
I think they are the only team that we can’t play with.
That’s why we want to be a one seed because,if not, you know the committee will put us in Dukes region.

Just like Purdue last year.
I just thought about Cooper Flagg and was just notified via text that the officials have called a foul on me.

 

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

Classic road letdown after emotional win. Oh well. Rather have one of these soft games now. I doubt we will have a game like that for the rest of the season. Ole Miss Points in the paint and offensive rebound dominance got this teams attention.

 

[deatojl]

You know. I just realized that Tennessee has been upset 6 times this year and has upset nobody. That makes me sad.

We were not favored to win @Auburn, so it was technically five times. I know vegas had us favored at home against Florida but I would consider that result to be a bit of an upset with ZZ and Igor not playing. Also, it is somewhat of a misleading stat. If your team is ranked as highly as we have been all year, just about any loss you take will be an upset and there's not many opportunities to upset another team. Another, more positive, way to look at it is going game by game Vegas must have expected Tennessee to go 30-1 this season.

 

[SicEmSmokey33]

Stopped him fine the first half...i didnt say anything about defense, was only talking about scoring droughts.

 

[The Tall Gguy]

We were not favored to win @Auburn, so it was technically five times. I know vegas had us favored at home against Florida but I would consider that result to be a bit of an upset with ZZ and Igor not playing. Also, it is somewhat of a misleading stat. If your team is ranked as highly as we have been all year, just about any loss you take will be an upset and there's not many opportunities to upset another team. Another, more positive, way to look at it is going game by game Vegas must have expected Tennessee to go 30-1 this season.

Upset in my book is based on the line, not your ranking...but I get your point.

 

[TrueOrange]

we have 9 wins against ranked opponents. I thought I heard that was either an SEC or Tennessee record for the regular season

It can’t be an SEC record. ESPN noted on Monday that Auburn’s 10 wins against AP-ranked opponents this year made them the 3rd team in NCAA history to do so prior to a team’s conference tournament (the others being 1992-93 Indiana (11-2) and 2002-03 Kentucky (11-1)).

 

[VolCalls]

The difference this year is Duke.
I think they are the only team that we can’t play with.
That’s why we want to be a one seed because,if not, you know the committee will put us in Dukes region.

I'm thinking we'll be in the Midwest opposite Houston if we remain a #2 seed. Auburn will already be in the South, and Florida, should they get the last #1 seed, will be in the West. That leaves the East and Midwest for the next SEC team, and the Midwest Regional location (Indianapolis) is closer than the East location (Newark).

 

[deatojl]

Upset in my book is based on the line, not your ranking...but I get your point.

I agree, I just have difficulty understanding how we were favored in that game, even at home, under the circumstances.

 

[deatojl]

Upset in my book is based on the line, not your ranking...but I get your point.

Also, to add to the point, we have been favored in every game we played this year except the game @ Auburn. That means we only had one opportunity for an upset and any other game we lost was automatically an upset.

 

[n_huffhines]

Brakefield was unstoppable. Only reason they won. Not sure what you think they were supposed to do against him.

Not mad at the guys, but it is worrisome that we got torched so bad. We didn't have a guy to guard him. Everything went in, and that was unlucky, but also every shot was a good look, and that's not good.