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

[BenGrimm]

Kinda had a bad feeling about this one just because of the gauntlet already gone through plus coming down from the emotional high of locking up the SEC. UK wanted it bad and it took us awhile to get into any kind of rhythm.

 

[igotworms]

Kentucky has a team that can beat anyone in the country on a good night. They played a good game. We played a bad one.

And?
There are several teams that can make that claim. That's not exactly praise for kentucky

 

[Vol737]

This makes no sense. You take the first decent look you can get. Miss it? Then extend the game by fouling. But you don’t take the clock all the way down. No guarantees that DK or ZZ get a remotely good look to tie it.

I get that, but considering UK was hitting a high percentage of shots and most free throws, I don’t want them having 10 sec on the clock in a tie ballgame and last possession. They’ll get a shot off or either get fouled that sends them to the foul line. The odds were in UKs favor. I really didn’t think James had that great of a look shooting that three. Just think the 3 should’ve gone to DK or ZZ and be a little more patient. JMO.

 

[vol94]

This has been the achilles heel of this team for the last 3 years, that ability for the entire team to be ice cold at the same time. In modern basketball you have to hit shots against a top 20 team, thats just the way it is. If the rest of the team had just hit 25% in the first half it they probably would have had the lead. DK earned player of the year carrying the entire team, they were too heavy today.

Knecht can be our go to guy to break a drought but others must score. Otherwise we won’t get to the final four.

Idk what happened to Santi. Did he play in the second half?

Gainey had a nice defensive play and finished with a dunk.

I don’t recall Shack or Awaka scoring a field goal.

 

[johnfnkelly]

Welcome to the thread. Knecht fell, and then was followed out into a double team. JJJ got the ball in the corner with us down by three. He took the shot. I don’t have a problem with that, or the goal tend that they reviewed and confirmed with an overhead camera.

There was 10+ seconds left, brother. You let Knecht get open and give him the ball.

 

[DirtyDawg]

They came back from 20 points, I wasn't even going to turn it on until someone said they were within two.

Yeah, coming back like that is a good sign. They certainly didn’t fold when things were looking awful

 

[TheDirector]

Great game Kentucky. Hard to beat a team that gets that hot from 3. Now on to the SEC Tournament.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

First of the girl’s career and banks it in from the front.

Key just playing lazy as is typical. Just stand there with a hand up at least.

 

[Flipdaddy]

Lady cocks getting more airtime celebration on their title win then our men’s team.

 

[OC VOL FAN]

You can't feel any worse than the trash that we just witnessed with the lady vols. What. On. Earth. Fire Kelly today lol

Had all the faith in the world that they were gonna find a way to pull defeat from the jaws of victory.

 

[tnvols72]

What happened?

LV had a foul to give and SC threw the ball in the LV just stood there

 

[Hoggervol]

Man hate it for LVs by not sure why no one even tried to guard . Bad bad defense.

Bad bad coaching. And had a foul to give! Step up Danny White!

 

[vol94]

Kentucky has a team that can beat anyone in the country on a good night. They played a good game. We played a bad one.

This. We are SEC champs with the bat chance in years to make final four and win the ship.

 

[Vol737]

You guys might want to take a look at the Lady Vols game.

Heart breaking. How do they leave that girl completely unguarded??? What a huge mistake.

 

[barney]

The free throw shooting has got to be better if we are going to make a run. We will be in games where the better free throw shooting team is absolutely going to win in the tourney. Ziegler is 72% at the line this year, Aidoo 62%, Knecht 76.3%.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

You can't feel any worse than the trash that we just witnessed with the lady vols. What. On. Earth. Fire Kelly today lol

That was the epitome of coaching malpractice. That looked like something you’d see a youth league coach do.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

That was the epitome of coaching malpractice. That looked like something you’d see a youth league coach do.

She probably loses the team after that one

 

[Vols All Day]

I hope the Vols get matched up with teams with weak centers in the NCAA tournament. If Kentucky didn't have Onyenso the Vols likely win the game today.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

She probably loses the team after that one

Time to lose her.

 

[KeyVol14]

This is still a final 4 team. We have the best player in the country and the rest of the team won't play that poorly

 

[Good2bavol]

Vols could not buy a basket tonight and still only lost by 4. KY guards played amazing. They needed it more than us.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

That losing to Kentucky in basketball is genuinely shocking to me. Woulda been crazy to say that 10 years ago but here we are. I expect to beat their ass every time we play them. What’s so hard to comprehend there ???

You said they've fallen so far as a program, wtf are you talking about? They aren't Vanderbilt.

 

[tnvols72]

I hope the Vols get matched up with teams with weak centers in the NCAA tournament. If Kentucky didn't have Onyenso the Vols likely win the game today.

If Tn had more shooters than Knecht and showed up to play then they win

 

[Other_Guy]

That was the epitome of coaching malpractice. That looked like something you’d see a youth league coach do.

I will repeat this until the day I die even if no one agrees with me: its not always that good teams find a way to win, but bad teams find a way to lose.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Ohh well. It was a meaningless game anyway. Already had the SEC wrapped up.

It wasn’t meaningless. I hate that people keep saying that. There was a 1-seed on the line and it’s Kentucky!