The Official #5 Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt Game Thread, 1:00 PM ET, SEC Network

[A-RodWiLks]

Igor’s defense is bad so far today.

His everything is bad today

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Igor needs to pick his jock up after that disaster defensive play.

 

[volbound1700]

How a team can shoot so poorly on its own home floor is a mystery to me.

Issue hasn't been our offense, it has been our defense and how easy we have made it for Vandy to score on us. Yeah, this is the worse I have seen Tennessee play all year. Let's see if they can rally, still a full half left.

 

[vols 30]

guessing we’re gonna get fed some ******** about a flu outbreak in the clubhouse after this lackluster performance

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

lol im gonna take a shot every time we bite on an obvious pump fake

You’ll be out cold in five minutes

 

[WilliamDuVOL]

How a team can shoot so poorly on its own home floor is a mystery to me.

What's even more baffling is how we can shoot lights out one day then can't even hit a free throw the next. I get that guys have off days but it's been this way for years and it's why we'll be lucky to make it through the 2nd round of the tournament.

 

[adam.vol]

We don’t appear to have anyone who can drive and finish at the rim. Our offense relies too heavily on outside shooting and mid range pull up jumpers.

 

[Caz]

guessing we’re gonna get fed some ******** about a flu outbreak in the clubhouse after this lackluster performance

I’m waiting for all the post as to how the refs are killing us too.

 

[TheBigOne10]

Hope they are taking this embarrassment personally

 

[Schasz]

Wow! Vols are the home team and Vandy is putting it to us. There is nothing that has happened so far giving me hope that the 2nd half will be any better!

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

Issue hasn't been our offense, it has been our defense and how easy we have made it for Vandy to score on us. Yeah, this is the worse I have seen Tennessee play all year. Let's see if they can rally, still a full half left.

If we can't play elite defense who even are we?

 

[Fatdad32]

It’s our confidence to take a shot that hurts. That comes from freedom of shot. We simply don’t shoot sometimes because they think there going to be pulled or yelled at.

 

[vol94]

It seems this team is just checked out at this point for whatever reason.

That is what I was just saying, too. Either some have hit a wall and fatigued, or the will isn’t there today.

 

[JRVOL11]

He is getting out coached be neither Pope or Byingtion are first year head coaches. Byington has been a head coach since 2013 and Pope since 2015, that aren’t some fresh inexperienced guys.

that’s not what i meant. i meant it as they are both first year coaches in the sec with no so much of the track record of rick barnes, and barnes has got torched by both of them.

 

[NOLAPhil]

Barnes, as the coach, is the only leader on the team. That is a problem

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

Hope they are taking this embarrassment personally

Nobody seems to care right now

 

[C-south]

Valentine’s Day must’ve ruined these guys.

 

[RockyTop140]

This team looks awful today. Every time you think they might have turned a corner, they crap themselves

 

[hUTch2002]

lol im gonna take a shot every time we bite on an obvious pump fake

You’ll die of alcohol poisoning.

 

[KB5252]

we have to do something about the atmosphere in TBA. feels like an NBA arena and not college.

Playing good basketball changes the atmosphere. This isn't good basketball.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Hope they are taking this embarrassment personally

They apparently didn’t take the last one personally; or the UK losses.

 

[87&91ALUM]

Rough game for sure. Nothing works. 24-38... we are making Vandy look top ten and Vandy making us look bottom ten. We gotta snap out of this or short tourneys.

 

[Volnbeers]

that’s not what i meant. i meant it as they are both first year coaches in the sec with no so much of the track record of rick barnes, and barnes has got torched by both of them.

Not to mention they threw their teams together before the season.

 

[wmcovol]

If we can't play elite defense who even are we?

A first weekend loser

 

[volbound1700]

If we can't play elite defense who even are we?

Agree. We have never been great on offense. It is who we are until we get another Kevin Durant or some solid Center.

We play tough defense/rebounding to make up for it but even that hasn't worked today so far.