The Official #4 Tennessee vs. #5 Duke NCAA Tournament Game Thread, 2:40 PM ET, CBS

[KeyVol14]

Today was Barnes at his best.

 

[orangemadam]

Whatever it takes!

My Hulu seems to go out in every game at a crucial time. Not the best streaming service probably.

 

[ndubvols]

I dont fear Kentucky by no means. But i honestly dont want to see them again. Especially if a final four birth is on the line. I dont want them being the reason we dont make our first ever trip.

But think of the flip side, what if we whoop that ass and go to the final 4

 

[Orange931]

Now I wanna see the bats wake up tomorrow!!

 

[FlVols]

Who gives a crap about brackets. Mine is trash but we’re going to sweet 16!!

 

[Lukusw]

Santi carried us in the first half and ON dominated the second half. We physically beat the shite out of Duke. Cakewalk game up next to go to the Elite 8!

Santi played out of his mind. I don't know if he even scored in the second half, but the gravity he exerted on offense was critical. He wore the Dookie guards out!

 

[Nickid1975]

No such thing as a cakewalk in the tourney

I agree ask Purdue...

 

[volbound1700]

I am sorry but after this win, I went back and watched the Field Goal win over Alabama in football. Great year for Tennessee athletics.

Now I hope the Lady Vols can be dancing in Sweet 16 as well. Plan to watch them on Monday.

 

[cwbytruckers]

But think of the flip side, what if we whoop that ass and go to the final 4

True. But that downside is the kicker.

 

[Volnut]

 

[Chunkyvol12]

Pretty stoked that my first game to watch with my first son, just born a day ago, was this one. Extremely happy father!

Congratulations!

 

[cwbytruckers]

Santi played out of his mind. I don't know if he even scored in the second half, but the gravity he exerted on offense was critical. He wore the Dookie guards out!

He had that one step back deep three right in front of our bench for sure

 

[VolFreakJosh]

I did not expect a win today and I’m extremely glad to be wrong.

Barnes and his crew did their best coaching job of the season yet.

Sweet Sixteen Bound!

 

[Franklin_Vol09]

Pretty stoked that my first game to watch with my first son, just born a day ago, was this one. Extremely happy father!

Congrats brother. Fatherhood is amazing.

 

[Butch s]

Love Barkley taking about the masterpiece from Barbes and Vols making it a "beautiful slugfest". Other commentators kept trying to talk about offense or Flopowski...Chuck was like, "No. It's the defense in the mud for me."

F*** Chuck

 

[TheFlash1971]

What would make this evening even better would be Bama, and Arkansas getting toasted later on. Same goes for Auburn

 

[ATC_VOL]

Great effort all game. That was a lot of fun, Go Vols!

 

[Volstylexx]

Deacon throwing some coaching shade. Out coached them today.

 

[Zues1]

It's really simple, when someone other than SV steps up and scores this team is pretty darn good.
Thanks O N. Great game today.

 

[OrangeBoro]

Duke is soft, they couldn’t handle playing grown men. I picked duke to win the game thrilled I was wrong

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

Maybe the best tournament win in my lifetime.

 

[OrangeBoro]

It's really simple, when someone other than SV steps up and scores this team is pretty darn good.
Thanks O N. Great game today.

He showed out

 

[Gladiator1]

Best thing I've ever seen

 

[tn4elvis]

We beat the Sec champs,the Acc champs and the big 12 champs this year. No matter what happens the rest of the tournament it’s been a hell of alot of this fun year. Nothing would make me happier than to match up with Kentucky and boot them out of it on the way to the final four.

 

[Namorto1]

Vescovi led us and kept us even with big shots when we need it. Nkamhoua wasn’t afraid of the moment and played with confidence. Defense was stellar and we took care of the ball. As good as it was we can actually play better in my opinion. Let’s hope we can maintain consistency and more help from support players and we can go far. Florida Atlantic would be a more difficult matchup because they can shoot and drive. Our size would give us a big advantage.