The Official #4 Tennessee vs. #15 Missouri Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, SEC Network

[MoCo_Vol]

I'll take it...

Really good offensive game aside the turnovers in the 1st half. Quality win at home.

Igor or ZZ for player of the game.

Igor went 8 of 10 FG, 2 of 3 3PT, 3 of 4 FT line with 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks and 21 points

 

[I4Vols]

Vols are 19-4. Not a lot of playing like crap going on.

I really, really hope we totally smoke Vandy

 

[TheBigOne10]

Here are final stats. Our foul shooting wasn’t as bad as I thought, just poor timing @ end of game. ZZ, Okpara, and Igor shot well from the line.

Gainey, Phillips, and struggled w/ free throws.

Go Vols!

Look at those stats. 1st half turnovers are what made the game close. Mizzou only had 3 all game. Impressive.

 

[Doctrippin]

We could be E8 again if we play like this offensively. Still need more out of Lanier, but our bigs really stepped up and won this for us tonight

 

[MarcoVol]

I really, really hope we totally smoke Vandy

You and me both brother

 

[vol94]

I’m so happy TN came out strong and played well after the break. This makes two games in a row where I missed the first 8 min of 2nd half.

Maybe I need to make that the norm.

 

[LVol]

First win in Knoxville against Mizz since when ? 2019?

 

[Just a VolinTears]

Game ended 20 min after it needed to . Top 15 win though. Good work. No slip ups in Norman

 

[JohnWardForever]

Whew! Glad that is over and the Vols prevailed. I can't like that Mizzou team, or the coach.

 

[therealitytheory]

We don't suck offensively and Barnes does know how to coach the last 4 minutes.

::::smdh:::

 

[vol94]

Look at those stats. 1st half turnovers are what made the game close. Mizzou only had 3 all game. Impressive.

Yeah, good catch. We had 2-3 in a row at one time. Plus, Mizz hurt us with 2nd chance shots in 1st half. Down the stretch, Mizz would get the rebound off the 2nd foul shot.

 

[Namorto1]

Well, that was an odd game. Good win as we needed to hold serve at home. Showed mature poise when we were behind, but when we got a double digit lead it's like we forgot how to play again. Our poor offensive execution with 4 minutes to go in the game and propensity to foul them and allow them to stay in the game was not good basketball. Glad for the "W" but playing like that in the final minutes of a game often gets you beat in March. Need to be road warriors over next few weeks as 4 of the next 5 games are away.

 

[Tenacjim]

I really, really hope we totally smoke Vandy

Me too!

I really hope we smoke (or just win) Oklahoma and KY between now and then!

 

[Kingzport]

Man… I love ZZ, but sometimes the ball gets a little sticky to his hands. Offensive movement struggles sometimes with him just dribbling. But great win over top 15.. I’ll take a W any way we can get one!

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Did you notice that fool was quiet until the outcome was certain. Can’t stand clowns like that.

You should learn from it, but you won't

 

[JohnWardForever]

Barnes can’t be happy with how we played the past few min with so many missed foul shots.

But, got the win! On to Norman and then @ Lexington.

Their asses need to be in the gym shooting 200 FTs after practice.

 

[Tenacjim]

I’m so happy TN came out strong and played well after the break. This makes two games in a row where I missed the first 8 min of 2nd half.

Maybe I need to make that the norm.

um, we got down 11 before we started playing well in the second half. Maybe you just need to be there right at the start?

 

[jacksonvol24]

We just got another win over a top 15 team. Missouri is a really good team. They will make some noise in both tournaments. We need to enjoy the ride with Coach Barnes. If you would have told me at this point in the season we would have been 19-4, I would have said you were crazy. I’ll take it and enjoy this team throughout the season. It isn’t always pretty, but we are 19-4 in a league that’s really really loaded. Go Vols.

 

[vol94]

We just got another win over a top 15 team. Missouri is a really good team. They will make some noise in both tournaments. We need to enjoy the ride with Coach Barnes. If you would have told me at this point in the season we would have been 19-4, I would have said you were crazy. I’ll take it and enjoy this team throughout the season. It isn’t always pretty, but we are 19-4 in a league that’s really really loaded. Go Vols.

Good post. It’s not pretty, but the end result is another win. The SEC is loaded. Auburn and Bama have control in the standings so we are playing for the double bye for SEC tourney and a 1 or 2 seed.

Barnes has spoiled this fan base, me included.

 

[vol94]

um, we got down 11 before we started playing well in the second half. Maybe you just need to be there right at the start?

Maybe so

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[JMSqb11]

We could be E8 again if we play like this offensively. Still need more out of Lanier, but our bigs really stepped up and won this for us tonight

If this is the pivot game of the season where Igor starts scoring from outside, we could make deep run. Igor starts heating up and Chaz will regain his early season form.

 

[WiseOlVol]

I turned on the gsme at 75-61. Mizzou went on a 9-point run. Sounded like a couple bad calls. Tigers banking in free throws? Nice work holding on.

 

[The Dog]

In the immortal words of Al Davis, "Just win, baby" ! While, we are at it, Malcolm X, "By any means necessary" ! This was a damn good team the Vols beat, tonight. Tough game at Norman, saturday. But, very winnable, Vols 65, Sooners 55. Defense travels

 

[volsarelife1]