The Official #4 Tennessee vs #14 Alabama Game Thread, Saturday 8pm/ESPN

SC will be in the middle of spring break. So while the crowd will be there it will not be full of as many students as usual.
Hey OVMan, I watched their game with Fla and the announcers referred to spring break a couple of times. But they still had about 17k in attendance and they were making their presence known loud and clear. But with spring break I would think it would open up a lot more seats for for that special shade of orange to be seen on tv! And without as many students in attendance, it might be a little easier to quieten the crowd that will be there!
 
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I wasn’t able to watch live, finally finished watching recording of the game. It was obvious Pat Adams hates TN, commentators desperately wanted Bama to win, Bama fans, players and coach wanted refs to cheat for them. It was a very stressful game to watch but oh so satisfying at the end.
 
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Last night proved this team is special. They can make the final four winning at that place has become a really tough accomplishment. Now we have to beat the Chickens and Ky at home as were the SEC regular season champs.
 
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Total coaching malpractice by Oates down the stretch playing Nelson with four fouls with that much time left in the game. We owned the paint for the last six plus minutes of the game
As frustrating as it is sometimes that Barnes basically refuses to play people with 2 fouls in the first half he’s right. A player gets 4 with a lot of game left and it’s likely Barnes is sitting them until the under 4 TO. Oats clearly had a different approach and it sure didn’t work out last night.
 
I hate Alabama, so I’m glad we swept them this season and that they got so amped up for this game, college gameday, camped out for tickets, had all their “celebrities” there, and we broke their hearts. After they thought they were going to win and we didn’t really shoot well.

Suck it, Alabama.
Would have loved to see a shot of Rece Davis after the game.
 
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As bad as we were from the 3, Bama was 9-37
Bama is a 3 point shooting team or drive for layup or dunks by their bigs. Nothing else no 6 footers , no 10 footers, no elbow shots, Oats don't believe in it, his metrics says shoot a layup or dunk or a 3. This is why I don't think they'll make the F4 and I said the same thing last year when they had that killer player Miller. You just cant win 6 games against NCCA 64, in a row living by the 3. JMO
 
Well, I've learned my lesson about picking against the Vols in these big road games, even though I believe SC will be a more difficult environment than Coleman. I don't know of another team in the country that will have played as challenging a schedule as UT over the final 2 weeks of the regular season. I have to remind myself that last year at this time ZZ had been sidelined with that season ending injury, otherwise, who knows how far that team might have gone? His presence and contribution to this team cannot be overstated. In fact, it appeared to me that Oates took a moment to address ZZ personally after the game. I am just thankful that everyone is healthy at this point and pray they remain that way. I truly hope and believe that this team will make history for UT this year! Keep going Vols! Wish I could be there in person in Colonial Life on Wed.!!!!
We have struggled with the style of play that SC throws out there at times. At there place this is gonna be a tough game. Valuable experience for the NCAA T. We are bound to run into a half court grind it out team.
 
If JM can get a little consistency on his jumper, he will definitely find a spot as a 3&D role player in the NBA. Between now and next year he needs to refine his offensive game a bit, because he's already elite defensively.
I actually like him going to the rack too. He’s quick so he can usually beat his guy off the dribble. His only issue was sometimes when the help D would come he would be moving too fast to adjust and it would lead to a turnover but he has improved his dribble drive decision-making significantly so it’s not happening often anymore.
 
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