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

[RAVOL]

Offense has become offensive. Need these FT's Jonas. Bigs bringing ball down getting stripped open 3's not falling. Time to focus again. In CHRIST Alone

 

[SGidds]

Not to state the obvious, but if Knecht’s shot is off or if he is in foul trouble, we really struggle to score.

 

[hUTch2002]

It sure as hell isn’t.

Then we better change our offense in a hurry. Jacking 30 3s 28 minutes into the game is ridiculous and not who we are. We keep doing this and it sure as hell is.

 

[rocketskates]

If Tennessee wins this game,it’ll be hella impressive bc we beat the best offense at their court at their game.
Idk if we can but we’re gonna try

Tall order to the play a top 5 defensive team and then the best offensive team in the same week. The end of our schedule is a murderers row.

 

[vavolfan6]

Gainey just needs to drive and draw fouls....the 3 ball not working

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

We’re turning down SO many open shots now. It’s clearly in our heads that were shooting poorly. Not sure how you come back from the mental side of that.

That’s the Achilles of this team. They get timid after a few misses, it spreads to others and becomes an epidemic.

 

[johnboyhunter]

We are getting beat all around. Absolutely manhandled in the paint .

 

[TennesseeFan07]

Tennessee has somehow managed to shoot more three's than Alabama.

 

[wmcovol]

I thought we had the greatest player in UT history?

 

[Delmar]

For a 7 footer aidoo sure is weak, gets bullied out there

And the problem is Bama really doesn’t have any bullies. They are weak inside and Jonas isn’t taking advantage.

 

[volsarelife1]

30 of our 47 field goal attempts have been from 3. That's not ideal at all. We're just jacking them up more than Bama is

 

[Orange931]

Any chance we actually win this game?

Of course. Good chance? Not looking good at all.

 

[BisonVol]

Did you miss that the refs limited them to 8 total minutes in the first half?

Did you miss the first nine minutes of the second half where our bigs have been playing and have been mostly nonexistent? Of course I wasn’t talking about the first half where they barely played. Goodness

 

[VFL1127]

The super seniors need to step up

 

[Caz]

Why is Gainey continuing to shoot so much.? He's obviously not on his game.

At least he’s not afraid to shoot. We have wide open looks and will not shoot the damn ball

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

It may historically be his MO but it hasn’t been the MO *of this team*

We are 64th in Kenpom tempo. Most Barnes teams are in the 200s.

We did not beat Bama in Knoxville by grinding them on offense. We ran them out of the gym. But part of that is that we made open shots which we have not done tonight.

I just don’t think that’s a good idea to do with a good offense at home. Alabama is just good at offense and hitting 3s , getting the crowd in it.
IMO you would think we would slow this down and grind it out bc it makes Alabama uncomfortable.
But if we win this game playing Alabama game it’s the most impressive win of the season

 

[orange_glory]

Typical TN basketball. Win a few but lose the ones that matter

 

[Jimmyandjoes]

Between Awaka and Aidoo-they've taken 3 shots. Dumb

 

[Zues1]

A guy I work with is a Bama football fan and Duke basketball fan and he’s from here in Tennessee .

I bet he's a KC Chiefs fan as well.

 

[rocketskates]

Not to state the obvious, but if Knecht’s shot is off or if he is in foul trouble, we really struggle to score.

I’d love nothing more for him to just turn it on like the did Wednesday and just shut this crowd up.

 

[VolunteerVandiver]

Aidoo/Awaka tandem?

 

[DirtyDawg]

We aren’t coming back without Knecht. You have to play him with 3 fouls.

You need to be able to be ok for periods without your star to win a championship. You guys have a really good team, others need to step up to put it together.

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

Tall order to the play a top 5 defensive team and then the best offensive team in the same week. The end of our schedule is a murderers row.

Tru.

 

[VolGirl81]

We need to drive to the paint and put it up. We’re taking really poor 3 pt shots.

 

[rocketskates]

We are getting beat all around. Absolutely manhandled in the paint .

Absolutely. We are lucky not to be down even more.