The Official #6 Tennessee @ #1Auburn Game Thread, 8:30 PM ET, ESPN

Anyone mad at Rick Barnes for losing by 2 @ Auburn is completely retarded and should never talk about college basketball again
I love Barnes but his teams does that have more than 1 shooter that can get you points. You can have the best defense in the world but you got to be able to score points at the same time.
 
Really didn’t like that final call at the end of the game. Ziegler is not and never has been a guy you design that shot for, least of all at the end of the game. There was plenty of time and we were down 2. Ziegler taking an off balance 3 with time left is never a good shot.

I would want the ball in Ziegler’s hands there but not shooting that shot.
 
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That travel call on Okpara was criminal and may have cost us the game.

Refs knew how bad it was too. No way that they allow a HC to slam a water bottle on the floor without calling a tech unless they know they just made a terrible call. That completely changed the outcome of the game.
 
Yep. The play was to go for the win and have Chaz on cleanup if it was a miss. Just a little off.
I don’t mind the play call at all. Bad officiating at the end.

I personally didn’t mind the officiating. They seemed consistent all game in that they let them play. Even some ticky tack calls got made up….

Sadly, this aggressive and tough style of play won’t be treated like this in the tournament because we are “too rough”
 
It might have been a good idea to try go inside and try to get a foul, but you aren't sure what these refs were going to do. Barnes went with Z and the three- Lanier seems to get nervous at the end of big games, so I get why Barnes went there.
 
Big time teams make big time plays in big national TV games, Z had a good look but did not make the shot, Barnes has got to bring in top shelf offensive talent or bring in some position coaches that can actually help improve our offensive game, particularly down low, we have these limits year in and year out with the inability to play solid offense and defense in the same game.
 
TN had several chances in last 2 minutes but just could not execute. Missed critical rebounds & could not finish. Yes, refs were awful but it went both ways.
Definitely bad both ways and they let it get out of control. But the horrible walking call on Felix when Broome grabbed him and pulled him down at a critical time when we had the lead was egregious. How none of the 3 refs saw that is ridiculous.
 
Rick will never make a F4 at Tennessee
Well we’ve never made one so it’s kind of ridiculous to demand it.

It’s fine to have it as an aspiration but y’all have gotta quit trying to make that the standard when we’ve literally NEVER DONE IT BEFORE.

Also if he doesn’t make one you‘ll probably not live to see one anyway.

He is a generational coach for us and you’ll learn it soon enough just like Texas fans did.
 
Igor with 4 points, 4 fouls 2 rebounds and couldn’t defend a Flex offense. I hope whatever caused him to be listed as probable today was hampering this because he was atrocious tonight.
 

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