The Official #4 Tennessee vs #15 Kentucky Game Thread, Saturday 4:00 PM EST/CBS

[Volstylexx]

Good news with the loss, we won't see KY again until the SECT finals.

 

[Switch 625]

LVs are tied with SC with 2:40 left in 4Q

 

[Jimmyandjoes]

Vescovi didn't score a single point today. Our bench gave is basically nothing

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Sucks losing to anyone when you know you played about a C+ game at best. Especially sucks losing at home to Kentucky when you play a C+ game.

 

[volz2wallz]

Oh well...bigger goals and no injuries!! GBO!!

 

[NOLAPhil]

Our worst game in 7 or 8 games...their best by 2 players and best D. I'll take it. Kentucky can be the champions of nothing.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Honestly that came down to them hitting & we didn’t.

Love this team still fighting until the last second when this game really didn’t matter or hurt us.

 

[vol94]

Great effort. No shame losing, tonight. Still SEC champs.


The loss hurts as a fan as I feel for the seniors. Maybe this loss will remind them that every possession counts in March, including making foul shots.

 

[Just a VolinTears]

Proud of the fight late.

 

[Kicker82]

Goodbye 1 seed…glad they won the sec but that hurts

 

[berryvol]

I thought it was a good shot

Same. I’m glad we have guys willing to take a shot like that in the moment. DK is double teamed in 2-3 weeks and someone else needs to step up, I’m confident we have multiple guys ready to do it.

 

[Vols All Day]

This game was lost long before JJJ’s shot.

Arguing about that shot JJJ shot is silly that was the best shot the Vols were going to get on that possession.

 

[KnoxtotheBoro20]

It is going to haunt me the rest of the night that we had a chance to tie with 21 seconds left and Dalton Knecht never touched the ball and we took the shot with 10 seconds left instead of waiting to get Knecht a touch.

I mean he got shoved to the ground with no call. Go back and watch. Sheppard put a forearm into his back

 

[berryvol]

Goodbye 1 seed…glad they won the sec but that hurts

Arizona plays later.

 

[volsarelife1]

Only team in the league that gets an unfavorable whistle on the road and at home.

We've shot more free throws the last 2 games than our opponents. On the road and at home

 

[Chris4Vols22]

Bad prep and only playing at 90% for most of the game cost us this one. Not gonna let it get me down in celebrating our outright SEC championship. Disappointing nonetheless.

 

[Kicker82]

Kentucky had to play out of their minds to beat us.... After the gauntlet we just went through. I like our odds in a rematch in the tourny. They won't play that perfect against us again.

The only thing I care about next week if we get another shot for revenge

 

[Pride85]

Tennessee is now in their usual tournament ready mode

Yeah, I know. Closing out with only 3 out of 4 top 20 wins is so typical. How disappointing. I am sure a first game exit in the SEC tournament is next.

 

[Just a VolinTears]

My question is why our All-American isn't shooting it for the tie?

 

[VolCalls]

My primary reason for wanting a one seed is to avoid playing Duke. We won’t have the matchups until next Sunday, but every mock bracket has them in our bracket.

Duke doesn’t scare me. If they win tonight they’ll be a 2-seed anyway, so it would be irrelevant.

The mock brackets on Bracket Matrix don’t set regions, anyway, just the consensus S-curve.

I still think we get the #1 in the West, with Arizona as the 2, and Baylor or Kansas as the 3.

 

[Other_Guy]

I'm glad we didnt' need this one, because if this had been for the SEC outright or a share I'd be beside myself right now.

I put WAY more stock in the last 3 wins than I do in this loss. It wasn't a bad loss either.

 

[Cdywolfe]

We've shot more free throws the last 2 games than our opponents. On the road and at home

Okay?

 

[TennTom]

Pround of the effort and the comback. That's a Final Four type atmosphere. Just didn't have enough today against a hot-shooting opponent. .

 

[Lurker]

Every player except Knecht lost this game

Weak comment.

 

[JCP201]

We just played the 4 teams behind us… hard to win em all, and we didn’t have to!! GBO!

Seriously. We won against 3 out of 4 against a gauntlet.