The Official #4 Tennessee vs. #13 Louisiana NCAA Tournament Game Thread, 9:40 PM ET, CBS

[Madscientistvol]

Better to win an ugly nail biter than be Arizona or Virginia today.

 

[BP4Prez]

Feels like a loss

So ridiculous lol. You win and advance in this thing. Look at Arizona

 

[jaguinn5]

Well, we made it to the second round of the tournament. Its looking like another second round exit for Barnes and the boys.

 

[vols 30]

At least we ain't Arizona or Virginia

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Glad the Big Orange put that one away. Definitely some stuff to clean up name I hope they’ve gamed Dook already. GB

 

[Voldog1998]

We beat Bama, we beat a good Texas team we can beat Duke guys!!

 

[Dr H Lecter]

I am so glad we won, but that was a difficult game to watch!

 

[firestorm]

Leave it to our team to have an 18 point lead in the second half and win by 3. Not inspiring.

Mostly reminds me of the terrible 2022 Titans weren’t scoring much points in the 2nd half if ga games. That is why them winning more than 5 games is a high bar accomplishment.

 

[VolGee4]

Glad to get the win, but this has been mostly sh*t basketball on the whole. Shout out to Mashack for acting like he plays on a top-16 team in the NCAA Tournament.

Glad we have fans that enjoy wins.

 

[tennrich1]

The funny part is ,this is not the 1st game ZZ has been out. One would think they have had 2 or 3 games without him to figure it out.

Guess you don’t figure out ….what was it… like 182 assists. But I get the point

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

What about a date with Duke? I hadn't thought alot about it. Yet follows up with Jim Boeheims pick of Duke winning it all. So Coach's that say they dont pay attention to the outside is comical. Barnes is definitely going to try and key on that for motivating his team.

 

[volinokc]

We won. I’m happy with that.

 

[WaywardVol]

Better to win an ugly nail biter than be Arizona or Virginia today.

Be nice to stand on our own accomplishments than to rely on the failures of others.

 

[Voltopia]

Louisiana is better than I thought.

I just don't buy this. Louisiana looked AWFUL in the first half, and it wasn't until the 10 minute mark of the second half that Tennessee even let them in the door. They were terrible out there.

 

[tnvols72]

26 points in the 2nd half. Includes a 6 minute scoring drought and had a 5 minute scoring drought in the 1st half

 

[OrangeTsar]

Duke will kill us

 

[volsforever27]

I know Rick like to make his guys play through trouble, but the timeouts don't carry over to the next game.

 

[I4Vols]

I’m hoping yes because this Duke team is the most beatable.

It will take Santi's scoring plus you gotta have James or Key have a big shooting night. One of those two seniors must step up. And, of course, play D

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

We have a team full of good guys that have no edge. Barnes brow beats them to submission on defense and they look afraid on offense.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Better to win by 3 than be down by 22 like A&M

Or lose to an Ivy League team like Arizona did. I’ll take the feeling of an ugly win over that feeling any day.

 

[Plecoptera]

We won, that's all that counts. Have to play better against Duke.

 

[VolGee4]

It’s because of that rule that prohibits them from practicing free throws at practice. Clearly Barnes knows about that rule because they sure as hell never practice them.

Lol…just look at FT rankings of Barnes other teams.

 

[VAWL FAN]

Better to win an ugly nail biter than be Arizona or Virginia today.

This 100%.

 

[ChattownVFL]

Tennessee by 2 halftime against Duke, down by 15 mid 2nd half

 

[Tenacjim]

We learned to close out a game. Survive and advance idc how ugly it was

Yeah, just built a lead too big for us to even blow….we tried though.