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

[dukdukgoose]

 

[OrangeBoro]

Pretty tough when 18-19 yr olds playing 24-25 year olds

Agreed

 

[VolBalls33]

So happy for this team, but especially ZZ!! To tear your ACL and have to undergo surgery and not be with the team has to be tough. Now ZZ gets to be with the team win or lose going back home to NY. Could really be a special run. So excited for Thursday!

 

[DuckInAPen]

So happy for this team, but especially ZZ!! To tear your ACL and have to undergo surgery and not be with the team has to be tough. Now ZZ gets to be with the team win or lose going back home to NY. Could really be a special run. So excited for Thursday!

Win one for the Zeigler!

 

[volz2wallz]

Rick barnes haters...

 

[gainesvol82]

No such thing as a cakewalk in the tourney

Closest thing to it. Realistically we couldn't have a much easier S16 matchup. FDU could be pesky with our lack of a PG but we are overall much more physical and athletic than Purdue and should be able to punish FDU in ways they didn't. We should handle either FDU or FAU even in a less than perfect performance and should be more rested than our E8 opponent.

There's no team left that TN can't match size against with the possible exception of UK and I don't see them beating us a 3rd time this year.

 

[cwbytruckers]

Closest thing to it. Realistically we couldn't have a much easier S16 matchup. FDU could be pesky with our lack of a PG but we are overall much more physical and athletic than Purdue and should be able to punish FDU in ways they didn't. We should handle either FDU or FAU even in a less than perfect performance and should be more rested than our E8 opponent.

There's no team left that TN can't match size against with the possible exception of UK and I don't see them beating us a 3rd time this year.

I predict a UT vs Marquette Elite 8 game

 

[LordBolton]

I am very happy to have been 100% wrong about this game.

 

[Volfan2012]

If we could get some scoring from Triple J and Key going forward and everyone else do what they are doing in the first two games we can be a final four team. Key and Triple J four field goals today on about 18 shot attempts. Big O played the best game I have seen him play at Tennessee he was unstoppable.

 

[Souprmann]

Why are you undermining the win by crapping on Duke? Duke was as hot as anyone in the country. They won the ACC. Yes the ACC isn’t as good as it once was but it’s still a good conference. Plus, we controlled the game for most of it. There have been far worse Duke teams than this one, even under Coach K.

Yeah, you kind of just sound like a douche.

 

[Chemvol]

Great day to be a Vol! We punched Duke in the mouth (literally), and they couldn’t handle it.

 

[Kas232323]

As soon as I saw this posted I bet big on BasketVols moneyline and getting points - Vegas doesn't like to lose like this.

Vegas didn’t lose…

 

[cwbytruckers]

Auburn not getting the home court love in Birmingham at the moment.

 

[jbr82]

Rick barnes haters...View attachment 541737

Bout time, Rick! Congrats! Lets keep it going.

 

[hUTch2002]

Yeah, you kind of just sound like a douche.

I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings but it’s funny that I did.

Edit: It’s even funnier that it wasn’t your post to start with.

 

[therealitytheory]

They weren't crap shots. These dudes are talented. Don't diminish our victory.

Get over yourself - nobody diminished anything. Try to enjoy the win, Debbie Downer.

 

[BreatheUT]

Pretty tough when 18-19 yr olds playing 24-25 year olds

Our guys stay in college 6 years?

 

[therealitytheory]

Our guys stay in college 6 years?

Worked for me.

 

[Vtonerider]

I’m very damn happy Tennessee finished in a winnable game because a moral victory aka not closing in a winnable close game is a very disappointing defeat.
This is the most beatable Duke team Tennessee has played mainly because no Coach K an elite head coach, and because the Blue Devils are a young team while Tennessee has experienced players which proved to be a main advantage when Duke had to play a team in their weight class.

Oral Roberts was a Station Wagon racing a Ford GT aka Duke.

Hot steaming take...nonsensical.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

No, I’m saying it’s weird that the public perceives them as a massive favorite and we have no chance, but Vegas disagrees. Vegas is letting people put a bunch of money on Duke and not moving the line, probably because they think Tennessee will win.

Vegas always wins. Tennessee made the house a lot of money.

 

[Gladiator1]

Pretty tough when 18-19 yr olds playing 24-25 year olds

5 stars vs 3 stars

 

[orange_glory]

I'm glad we smeared Dookie all over the court

 

[volz2wallz]

I'm glad we smeared Dookie all over the court

Buckle up ....elite 8 and final 4 is yet to come buddy

 

[JCP201]

Do not want to see Alabama and their fans even close to getting to the finals.

 

[BreatheUT]

Duke Bows Out To A Very Physical Tennessee Team, 65-52
For your enjoyment.

This article is BS. Plasvic did not throw Filipowski to the ground and cause a cut on his cheek. I stopped reading after that. That, and it makes us sound like a bunch of bruts in the opening paragraph.