The Official #5 Tennessee vs. Texas A&M Game Thread, 8:00 PM ET, ESPN

[minorvol]

What a fun game to watch. Needed that one. Great job by ZZ and company. Dominant win.

 

[vavolfan6]

Barnes has to be most pleased that his 5'9 PG had more rebounds than every player on Texas A&M

 

[Volfan1000]

Awaka is giving Tennessee another scoring option inside.

Congratulations to Coach Barnes on acheiving his 800th career win tonight.

This was a defensive masterpiece.

 

[Volfan1000]

should be a top 15 maybe top 10 matchup come wednesday

And it will be raucous with Pearl on the other sideline.

Pearl made a name for himself at Tennessee by beating Barnes in Austin with an unknown team at the time and then Lofton hit a three point dagger against Durant in TBA.

 

[StickMan]

I wonder if the A&M fans are still chanting "Overrated."

 

[Volprofch05]

 

[Bigorangefan 98]

ZZ is simply the best point guard in the country right now

 

[jhcrane14]

Just got home. Going to watch some UFC fights and then watch the Tennessee game. Glad to see we got a big win.

 

[firestorm]

The Volunteers made it an entertaining dumpster fire in the second half since the Aggies looked like a Junior College team in the aspect that is the abysmal performance.

 

[DC_Vol]

The Volunteers made it an entertaining dumpster fire in the second half since the Aggies looked like a Junior College team in the aspect that is the abysmal performance.

The Vols made them look like a junior college squad.

 

[firestorm]

The Vols made them look like a junior college squad.

Which is why it’s going to be a long miserable day for the Aggies to watch the game film.

 

[BreatheUT]

I missed the game but I was pleasantly surprised to see how we poured it on. The scary thing is that we can play better.

Very classy of Buzz to congratulate Coach Barnes on win 800 after a tough loss.

 

[OneManGang]

Game was violent. Rick may have been trying to keep him out of foul trouble but who knows.

As we were heading home I remarked to Elder Son&Heir that if A&M's linebackers had hit as hard as their basketball players the Aggies would have won the natty.

 

[feathersax]

The Volunteers made it an entertaining dumpster fire in the second half since the Aggies looked like a Junior College team in the aspect that is the abysmal performance.

CRB & the Vol team "Buzzed" the aTm ph-Aggies.

 

[Hoosier_Vol]

CRB & the Vol team "Buzzed" the aTm ph-Aggies.

Cmon man, you've had all night and that's what you come up with?

 

[feathersax]

Cmon man, you've had all night and that's what you come up with?

Can't all be zingers.

 

[VolsFan-TX]

Congrats to Coach Barnes on win 800!

I looked up when Pat Summitt got win 1,000 and it was her 35th season. Rick Barnes got win 800 in his 37th season. It reminded me of how dominating the Lady Vols were under Coach Summitt.

 

[Volatile68]

Can't all be zingers.

You gave it your best shot anyway though!

 

[WillisWG]

last night's dreams were filled with and

I say it's great to be a Tennessee Vols!
I say it's great to be a Tennessee Vols!
I say it's great to be a Tennessee Vols!

 

[cardvolfan]

Blue hairs standing and cheering

Earl and Judy just shake their heads.

 

[SN-A-C Orange]

Best quote from Barnes presser, he was asked the question " ... if you had to pick a play Zakai made tonight, what is the best thing he did for the team?" Barnes: "When he came out of the game, (Zakai) he said (to Barnes), 'Can I have one more (possession on the floor)?' And I said, 'No.' Because if I put you back for one more possession, you'll ask for one more again." Priceless!
I do not think he gets First team All SEC, but the absolutely should.

 

[omghulkhands]

Best quote from Barnes presser, he was asked the question " ... if you had to pick a play Zakai made tonight, what is the best thing he did for the team?" Barnes: "When he came out of the game, (Zakai) he said (to Barnes), 'Can I have one more (possession on the floor)?' And I said, 'No.' Because if I put you back for one more possession, you'll ask for one more again." Priceless!
I do not think he gets First team All SEC, but the absolutely should.
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I think he gets first team IMO. The coaches vote and the coaches know who the best players are.

 

[walkenvol]

Best quote from Barnes presser, he was asked the question " ... if you had to pick a play Zakai made tonight, what is the best thing he did for the team?" Barnes: "When he came out of the game, (Zakai) he said (to Barnes), 'Can I have one more (possession on the floor)?' And I said, 'No.' Because if I put you back for one more possession, you'll ask for one more again." Priceless!
I do not think he gets First team All SEC, but the absolutely should.
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Going to be tough to top Taylor and Sears at PG since so much attention is given to scoring. If there were equal weighting given to facilitating and defense, then I think ZZZ would be selected.

 

[omghulkhands]

Going to be tough to top Taylor and Sears at PG since so much attention is given to scoring. If there were equal weighting given to facilitating and defense, then I think ZZZ would be selected.

i don’t think they designate positions. So hypothetically they can all be picked, but I could be wrong

 

[wmcovol]

How about this one: since the loss to A&M we have scored 338 points, averaging 85 points per game.

And we’ve won those last four games by a combined 104 points, an average margin of victory of 26.

great teams are supposed to destroy bad teams. Other than A&M, the others are bad.