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

[jaguinn5]

I don’t like the matchup with a hot Duke team. I think we’ll need some luck and a lot better scoring.

Forget the seeding. Anyone with half a brain would see that as an ENORMOUS upset.

 

[cobbwebb0710]

My Lawd, these clowns in the studio are acting like this kid from Houston is clinging to his life with this groin injury.

 

[Volstylexx]

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

“wE tRiEd tHoUgH!!” you mad bro?

 

[BruisedOrange]

Key initiated contact throughout the game and got 5 fouls from Louisiana.

ULL went to the line at less than half their usual pace.

 

[VolGee4]

Thats because barely scraping by against these guys killed any hope of beating Duke.

If only our performance tonight mattered…

 

[ReggieJohnsonFan]

Vols win- sorry Negavols! Go Big Orange!

 

[VAWL FAN]

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

I think the point is we won lol.

 

[tnvols72]

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

huh what? I take it you had no ideal what this was about. The announcer said ZZ was out most of the games when Tn went 4-7 and thats not true. But whatever you was trying to say

 

[VOLnMiami]

Duke isn't scary...But we aren't either...We have got to get better offense output...They look lost on offense almost like they are afraid to shoot....Duke will kill us if we play like tonight.

 

[Delmar]

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.

To be fair, our on ball defense made them look bad for most of the game. They nailed some 3’s to get back in it but the defense held up in the end.

 

[tnvols72]

A&M getting blistered

 

[vol94]

No it's not. We beat Kansas, Texas, Alabama, Maryland, Auburn, Missouri .......Duke is just another team and from the weak ACC.

Duke won on the rd which is difficult to do. They are playing great basketball. This is not the same TN team who beat Kansas, Texas or Bama. Mizz beat us twice. My heart says TN but i think Duke wins handily.

 

[Ttucke11]

No it's not. We beat Kansas, Texas, Alabama, Maryland, Auburn, Missouri .......Duke is just another team and from the weak ACC.

We were 0-2 vs Mizzou.

 

[jaguinn5]

If only our performance tonight mattered…

How about how we've performed for the past month?

 

[Chris4Vols22]

No it's not. We beat Kansas, Texas, Alabama, Maryland, Auburn, Missouri .......Duke is just another team and from the weak ACC.

We have bad losses too, and, unlike Duke, we're on a downward trajectory.

 

[Warriorvol]

Need more out of our senior starters to beat duke.

 

[Voldog1998]

We seem to play better against the better teams![/QUOTE. Yes we do here’s hoping we do again on Saturday. I hate Duke!!

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

We seem to play better against the better teams!

This. Tennessee definitely seems to play to their opponents level. I would expect a slug fest next round too. GBO!!

 

[utvolz98]

Forget the seeding. Anyone with half a brain would see that as an ENORMOUS upset.

Duke may go final 4

 

[ReggieJohnsonFan]

True.

But they also have way more postseason success than we do.

Not this year.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

We've been pretty anemic since Zakai went down, let's be honest. This team misses him so, so, so badly that you cannot even put it into words. We beat ULL by 20-25 if he's on this team.

 

[BP4Prez]

Forget the seeding. Anyone with half a brain would see that as an ENORMOUS upset.

I bet Vegas won’t. They seem to know sports pretty well.

Just checked. Duke is a 2 point favorite.

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

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

This I can agree with wholeheartedly.

Still, not encouraged but will be wearing my orange and cheering for our guys to beat Duke. GBO.

 

[madbamahater]

Vescovi 3 points, yep 3.
Phillips 1 point, yep 1

Horrible, awful, inexcusable turnovers.

Thank goodness for Mashack and Key and mostly really good defense.

 

[VolGee4]

huh what? I take it you had no ideal what this was about. The announcer said ZZ was out most of the games when Tn went 4-7 and thats not true. But whatever you was trying to say

He said ZZ had 182 assists and regardless of the number of games he’s been out, that’s tough to replace.