The Official #4 Tennessee vs. #9 Florida Atlantic NCAA Tournament Game Thread, 9:00 PM ET, TBS

[JRVOL11]

we have to stop leaving our feet

 

[Dergibvol]

I don't understand how Phillips doesn't dominate a team like this. Same thing with JJJ. Both could easily take the smaller guy and back him down. If the double you kick. But no let's run that high ball weave movement some more

 

[PYSCHO]

Indeed. Time to accept the offense for what it is at this point.

as long as key keeps shooting it will continue

 

[JCP201]

Why TF do some of yall even watch the games....

T I feel okay right now. I'll feel better if we win.

 

[Delmar]

Well, we are winning at the half. Defense looks good, we could be up by more, but the fact that we held them to 22 points in a half is amazing.

That doesn’t surprise me. Our inability to hit 5 footers and getting out rebounded by a bunch of little guys does.

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

Terrible final possession. What was that????

Barnes went to talk to Santi. I am positive he got the point across that if you are going to do that why hold then move forward 5 feet to take a contested difficult shot instead of let it fly wide open 3 feet back. Santis follow through looked like a push shot. He never looms like that at the top.

 

[nickc321]

Something not right with Vescovi. Passed up a wide open 3 and then forced that last one.

He passes up a lot of open 3's to take contested shots. It's like he expects not to be open when he is.

 

[johnboyhunter]

Key also ice cold again as usual.

Glad we are laying an egg against a weaker team. We would be getting clobbered by K State. Maybe next game we can at least shoot in the 40% range.

 

[Voldog1998]

We miss Z but it’s not like our offense was exactly stellar with him. The offense is just what it is at this point we win with our defense.

 

[lukeneyland]

Been about like I expected so far except we’ve given up way too many offensive rebounds

 

[SGMVols]

Need some great 2nd half adjustment from Barnes because if we continue as things are I expect FAU to eventually get their shots to start falling.

The only adjustment is to guard the ball better so we don’t get into rotations that create the open shots. We do that, we win. We don’t, it could go either way. That simple

 

[amaralfan1]

Fau with open shots.

At some point those are gonna go.

And they've had some lucky ones fall. Our boys have got this.

 

[Dergibvol]

FAU won't shoot that poor the second half. Hope TN can figure it out on offense

 

[LibertyVol]

Olivier decided to not show up tonight

Add Key and JJ to that

 

[vavolfan6]

Our best offense is getting Uros the ball and letting him work. We are getting some decent looks in the paint with some jumpers, but missing nearly all of them.

 

[hardyemt_p]

Why TF do some of yall even watch the games....

Because we enjoy drinking and feeling sorry for ourselves lol . Idk really, should be in bed pounding the ole lady!

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

Glad to see that half over. Thank goodness for the defense.

 

[wmcovol]

How many shots did ON get up? Gosh, you’d think you could get him & SV a few looks

 

[hUTch2002]

I don’t feel confident based on the last 5 min of the game. Defense is leaving wide open shots and we went ice cold.

We’re ice cold because we’re standing around on offense and not attacking the rim.

 

[johnboyhunter]

and yet we’ve led essentially the entire game. Can you imagine how mad the media is going to be when we start hitting some shots in the 2nd!?

Save them for the next game if we can pull this out.

 

[Orangeblooded615]

We should be closer to 15/30 from the floor. But just keep at it. They have to start goin down.

 

[Shakinthefat]

FAU 3-14 3 pt 1st half, if that changes in 2nd half it’s going to be close

 

[barney]

Not a great first half. The talk of the half will be how bad our offense was, but our defense is concerning as well. We’ve given up several wide open looks that they haven’t knocked down. They will start knocking those down at a higher clip if we don’t get it together.

Gotta come out in the second half and stay in front of their guards better. Also gotta get going downhill on offense. Swinging the ball around the perimeter isn’t the way to attack pressure defense.

it didn't look pretty but they missed most of those wide open shots. Help defense is what makes us so effective. Probably just one person collapsing who shouldn't.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

 

[OC VOL FAN]

Uros with 8 and if he could hit layups and easy bunnies he'd have 16. Smh. Gotta pick it up offensively in 2nd half.