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

[VolunteerCeltic]

This is a solid win, that Missouri team is good!

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Good win, but wow..do we need to practice free throw shots!

We weren't quite as good tonight as our usual.

 

[Hbg]

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!

Exactly, I think we struggle offensively due to that. I love zz competitive spirit but offensively the ball sticks too much.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

From the beginning of the season to now our confidence on the offensive end is night and day. Brick city from everyone.

Since we shot 50% overall and 67% from three I hope you forgot the blue font!

 

[Freak]

 

[Col_Cathcart]

What a second half!

 

[BowlBrother85]

That's the best we have looked offensively all season. The 2nd half execution was almost perfect. Igor really stepped up, and we needed it. Missouri has a nice team. They beat Florida on the road.

 

[Tenacjim]

Wow. More misses inside the restricted arc (7) than behind the 3 point line (5)….

 

[minorvol]

Just finished watching. Missed layups & a few free throws plus some really bad officiating kept the game closer than it should have been in the second half.
Great win against a really good team. Basketball is a 40 minute game and can flip in a minute - literally. If you give up in the first half, might want to find another sport to follow.
Go Vols!

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[Redheads]

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.

With 4 minutes to go we were trying to run clock and they just wouldn’t allow it, fouling us after they couldn’t get a steal. On the other end, they just put their head down and ran straight at anyone in a white jersey near the basket, totally out of control. Refs gave it to them every time. I’m not sure how to defend a guy who runs straight at you and jumps into you while you stand with your arms in the air.

 

[Col_Cathcart]

With 4 minutes to go we were trying to run clock and they just wouldn’t allow it, fouling us after they couldn’t get a steal. On the other end, they just put their head down and ran straight at anyone in a white jersey near the basket, totally out of control. Refs gave it to them every time. I’m not sure how to defend a guy who runs straight at you and jumps into you while you stand with your arms in the air.

The one they called on Gainey was criminal

 

[Freak]

Wonder who the two were in 1998?

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Well by god I'm wrong, am I glad? Yes sir. But at that time was I wrong? No. Hindsight is 20/20. Bet you thought the same thing.

 

[Franklin_Vol09]

Igor had a fantastic game. If he plays like this, we are a deep tournament team

 

[Creeker]

Wonder who the two were in 1998?

Finding single game stats from then is harder than I thought but based on averages I’d have to guess Brandon Wharton and Tony Harris. They were 1 and 2 for points and assistants on the team for both the 97-98 season and 98-99 seasons, but couldn’t find the single game stats.

 

[Delmar]

Just finished watching. Missed layups & a few free throws plus some really bad officiating kept the game closer than it should have been in the second half.
Great win against a really good team. Basketball is a 40 minute game and can flip in a minute - literally. If you give up in the first half, might want to find another sport to follow.
Go Vols!

There are a number of folks on here who can’t remember that basketball is a 40 minute game and not 20. And on the officiating, I got 2 words for you- Doug Shows. That’s all you need to know.

 

[BowlBrother85]

Wonder who the two were in 1998?

Tony Harris and CJ Black? That's just a wild guess. Probably not right.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

Good game Vols, keep working inside out. That frees up better looks outside. Keep playing good D. GBO!

 

[sami]

Great win over a really good, tough group. Igor was huge tonight and so was Felix defensively and in the screen game. ZZ seems to have found his stroke, and not a minute too late. Love Gainey's all around game (but he needs to hit those FT's!).

One of the things that strikes me about Barnes' teams, and this one has shown it all season, is the ability to adjust in-game to what an opponent is doing. Barnes & Co. spotted something in the way Missouri was defending and went to heavy floppy actions, which changed the whole game and got UT into an offensive rhythm throughout the second half. The rebounding was outstanding tonight as well.

 

[Freak]

 

[omghulkhands]

Tony Harris and CJ Black? That's just a wild guess. Probably not right.

I’d say Tony and Yarbrough

 

[BowlBrother85]

Since we shot 50% overall and 67% from three I hope you forgot the blue font!

He posted that at 7:37 pm. So, that would have probably been around the under 8 timeout of the 1st half. We hadn't got things going yet.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

If this is the Igor we get every night we're gonna be a hard team to beat in March.

Not many teams will have the players or focus to stay on Chaz like Mizzou was able to do...and even then he still got up 7 shots and scored 10 points.

Gainey also got up 7 shots and added 10 points.

But this team having 5 guys go for 10 or more is part of why I think they could be better than last year...even though no one is as good individually as DK.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Well by god I'm wrong, am I glad? Yes sir. But at that time was I wrong? No. Hindsight is 20/20. Bet you thought the same thing. Don't piss off the dinosaur.

Basketball is a game of ebbs and flows of 40 minutes. Yeah, reactionary takes in the moment are often wrong