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

[vegasvolfan]

Men's Basketball Championship - East Region - 2nd Round

#4 Tennessee Volunteers: 24-10 (11-7 SEC)

vs.

#5 Duke Blue Devils: 27-8 (14-6 ACC)

GAME 35 | TENNESSEE vs. DUKE - Saturday, March 18, 2023 | 2:40 p.m. ET | Orlando, Fla. | Amway Center (20,000)


Line: UT +3
O/U: 128

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Duke Game Notes

Congrats to this team and Rick Barnes. They defied the world's expectations for then after losing ZZ and perhaps even before them. This next game is a chance to redeem themselves for the Loyola loss lol

 

[onthehill71]

Duke wildly overrated lol

Or are we way underated?

 

[onthehill71]

Tennessee better wake up for the last 2:30….

Cause they have been asleep all game....sigh

 

[JCP201]

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.

With the exception of that eye cut which was a play on the ball, most of the fouls were fakey floppy things by Duke drama queens.

 

[firestorm]

The Volunteers hexed the Blue Devils.

 

[casetopia]

Barnes > Bruce

 

[BreatheUT]

With the exception of that eye cut which was a play on the ball, most of the fouls were fakey floppy things by Duke drama queens.

We were aggressive but some of these folks are trying to make it sound like we played like the Detroit Pistons of the early 90's.

 

[firestorm]

We were aggressive but some of these folks are trying to make it sound like we played like the Detroit Pistons of the early 90's.

Exactly we didn’t.
That kind of physical play would result in getting a high amount of fouls.

Tennessee played physical successfully, also they played better than Duke by scoring a variety of ways, less turnovers, made more threes, and took advantage by scoring points from the turnovers.

 

[Delmar]

Had a prior commitment today and didn’t get to watch it live. Will enjoy seeing it tomorrow for sure. I said in another thread that if we got the chance to turn it into a bare knuckle rasslin’ match, we’d have a shot at getting Duke frustrated. Sounds like we did just that.

 

[The Dog]

We were aggressive but some of these folks are trying to make it sound like we played like the Detroit Pistons of the early 90's.

That's a compliment, imo. Pistons fan since '82 or when Isiah got drafted

 

[GoDucks349]

Great game today!!! Congrats, on a very solid win vs duke.

Without a "dog in the hunt" this year, I've decided to adopt the Vols as my team to pull for this year. I love the defense, the toughness, it's the kind of basketball I enjoy and it's fun to watch. Go Vols!!

 

[VolDave53]

This was funny from a UKy site. Did Duke Win?
The original thread on Rupp Rafters was enjoyable.

 

[DuckInAPen]

This was funny from a UKy site. Did Duke Win?
The original thread on Rupp Rafters was enjoyable.

We should make one of those for the "Kentucky Lost" thread.

 

[BallerVolFan]

I predict a UT vs Marquette Elite 8 game

If this were to come true, Marquette is one of shortest teams in the country.

 

[cwbytruckers]

If this were to come true, Marquette is one of shortest teams in the country.

They are really good and a tough nosed team. Ive watched them on a few occasions this season.

 

[rgvol]

Vols can win it all

 

[WillisWG]

'Taking Them To The Mud': How Tennessee Basketball Defeated Duke In NCAA Tournament | Rocky Top Insider

We called it ‘taking them to the mud,'” senior Josiah-Jordan James said. “Being physical, making it a dogfight. … That’s what we do day in and day out. We don’t think anyone else can emulate what we do or do what we do on a daily basis.”

 

[Delmar]

Amused at some comments this morning by Dan Wolken and Doug Gottlieb. Both struggling to give Tenn any credit. Whining about physical play. Gottlieb said "Not a fan of dirty play". I'm sure Wolken never played ball but I thought Gottlieb did. Guess they don't realize that basketball can be a contact sport and it ain't the ballet.

 

[VOLtaism]

This team is 21-0 when the opponent does not get 60 points.

22-0

 

[rgvol]

Duke got punked

 

[firestorm]

Amused at some comments this morning by Dan Wolken and Doug Gottlieb. Both struggling to give Tenn any credit. Whining about physical play. Gottlieb said "Not a fan of dirty play". I'm sure Wolken never played ball but I thought Gottlieb did. Guess they don't realize that basketball can be a contact sport and it ain't the ballet.

Anyone that watched the game could see in a coin flip game Tennessee was the better team so it’s embarrassing to not give Tennessee credit.
While Basketball can’t be the equal contact sport as Hockey, the contact will happen.

Like my Blackhawks that defeated the Goliath Bruins 6-3, I was very amazed my fearless Volunteers outplayed a solid Duke team by winning 65-52.
Tennessee lead Duke by 6 at halftime so I was expecting a nail biter with the highest margin for a win is 4.

 

[gainesvol82]

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!

I know he had one dagger 3 late in the shot clock in front of our bench and pretty sure he had 2 FT's. Not his best scoring game while at UT but possibly his best all around game. He dominated Dook in every facet of the game while not playing his natural position. One of my all-time favorite Vols.

 

[gainesvol82]

Amused at some comments this morning by Dan Wolken and Doug Gottlieb. Both struggling to give Tenn any credit. Whining about physical play. Gottlieb said "Not a fan of dirty play". I'm sure Wolken never played ball but I thought Gottlieb did. Guess they don't realize that basketball can be a contact sport and it ain't the ballet.

F those guys. Duke did a bunch of acting to sell calls and the one play that resulted in any blood was an accident. Those ""dirty" plays by Uros happen on every playground. It's what bigger, stronger guys should do to beanpoles that want to play a finesse game. Duke should recruit differently if they don't want to get beat up. There is a reason the SEC has the most teams remaining.

 

[firestorm]

Hannah Storm just gave Tennessee credit on SportsCenter including they shut Duke down, and the mvp for the Volunteers in this coin flip game was given credit.

 

[HalfullVol]

Huge public favorites like this usually dont work out well.
Its very telling the line hasnt moved more with all the money coming in.

Bet against the trend in these situations and win most of the time has been my experience.

Just like Saturday and Duke being the overwhelming, popular $ pick.

Look at Arkansas and Kansas for additional reference. Those were the only two I locked in on.