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

[DooleyOrangePants]

The point is they let them play in the tournament

Unless your name is Edey, in which case, do whatever you want. This year it will be Johni Broome and the Cryin’ Pearls.

 

[TheFlash1971]

Great game for two teams that shoot 20 something percent from the floor. That was more like a football game than an actual basketball game. Not impressed with either team . Better be able to score points come tourney time. Both are probably elite 8 teams but that’s where their lack of scoring ends their season . Seen this defensive mindset over and over.

 

[Sudden Impact]

Finally found the Refs for the game. Should have known Doug Shows was one of them. Thought he was, but had to confirm.

Shows is notorious for games like this. The other two must be equally as bad, Jeb Hartness, Bryon Jarrett. They should never work together.

This game was the worst called game I have seen in awhile. Both sides can complain. Auburn did a lot of whining more so than Tennessee. I am kind of glad Pearl is gone. He is a good coach but his Antics and sideline persona is clownlike since his move to Auburn.

Shows is a veteran and is notorious for this type of misses, no calls or whatever he sees that works for him.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I definitely wouldn't be shocked if Vandy beats Auburn at Memorial.

 

[Majors]

Finally found the Refs for the game. Should have known Doug Shows was one of them. Thought he was, but had to confirm.

Shows is notorious for games like this. The other two must be equally as bad, Jeb Hartness, Bryon Jarrett. They should never work together.

This game was the worst called game I have seen in awhile. Both sides can complain. Auburn did a lot of whining more so than Tennessee. I am kind of glad Pearl is gone. He is a good coach but his Antics and sideline persona is clownlike since his move to Auburn.

Shows is a veteran and is notorious for this type of misses, no calls or whatever he sees that works for him.

The animation and dramatics is a little much and is allowed by the players. He did it here but you never saw his Tennessee kids take on that personality. Lofton, Smith (Tyler or Jujuan), Chism etc. never flopped or tried to cheat the game with fake calls. Pearl is phenomenal at marketing and in-bound defense but is moral joke.

He will continuously fail when it comes to winning and taking the next step. His teams get exposed in the post season.

 

[volinbama256]

Really sux HOW we lost the game... as good and bad at times as both teams played, you just can't NOT call that a foul instead of traveling (there were others, but this one was the defining point in the game unfortunately).
When you have Jay "Bias" who has hated the Vols since we beat up his dukey team even saying there's no universe where that's not a foul and must be called, you know it's an intentional no call... protect the #1 at home. With the way our momentum was going, they call a foul and we win the game... the 3pt from them in the corner doesn't happen.
IMO we drop another 5-6 games--- Chaz and Igor have to find consistency to their game moving forward or we may drop an additional 1-2... We actually have the talent on the roster, but it's still inconsistent, they are figuring things and each other out, so the chemistry could still get better... Maybe if we finally gel in another 2-3 weeks, depending on the seedings and matchups, we could make a decent run in the tourney...

 

[Tenacjim]

I’m gonna say 27-5. Sweep at home, lose at Rupp and at Ole Miss.

That would make us 26-5. We are 17-3 with 11 games to go for a total of 31 reg season games. 17-3 + 9-2 over the last 11 = 26-5.

Earlier poster said we were 18-3. Not until after Tuesday’s game!

 

[Delmar]

There was no way refs were going to call a foul on Broome harassing Okpara, especially not with Pearl standing 4 feet away.

Ray Charles saw that foul.

 

[NighthawkVol]

That would make us 26-5. We are 17-3 with 11 games to go for a total of 31 reg season games. 17-3 + 9-2 over the last 11 = 26-5.

Earlier poster said we were 18-3. Not until after Tuesday’s game!

Gotcha. Okay, 5 losses going into the SECT. I’ll say 1-1 in Nashville because who gives a damn about that tournament.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

Refs 1.0, Auburn 0.5 Vols 0.49.
Either let them play or don't.
At the end, the Refs were trying to put the worms back in the Can.
These are the type of Refs that will get good teams beat come tournament time.
I don't care that we lost easily could have won, but calls both ways were awful.

But nowhere close to even at crunch time.

 

[mackievol]

Don't want to ever blame the refs but good god that was horrible during the last few minutes of the game.

 

[Doctrippin]

I was watching on mute, so I couldn't hear. That's a small bit of solace that it was at least confirmed by someone unemotionally attached.

It was like watching a city league game with amatuer refs who are afraid to call too many fouls. Literally never seen such loose calling, and the kinds of fouls going uncalled. It makes me suspicious. There was a reason for it, but why this game?

 

[Doctrippin]

ZZ couldn't hit the broad side of a barn either. He shot 26%, Gainey 30% and Lanier 36%

Yeah, Lanier acted like he didn't want the ball all night, at exactly the time we needed him to step up. He won't shoot unless he's open. Good players create their open shots.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Yeah, Lanier acted like he didn't want the ball all night, at exactly the time we needed him to step up. He won't shoot unless he's open. Good players create their open shots.

Explain how he "acted" that indicated he didn't want the ball

 

[cncchris33]

Yeah, Lanier acted like he didn't want the ball all night, at exactly the time we needed him to step up. He won't shoot unless he's open. Good players create their open shots.

The two late 3s he hit that kept us in it were deep and contested. Auburn is long and athletic and they denied him the ball a lot.

 

[sami]

Explain how he "acted" that indicated he didn't want the ball

You beat me to it. Always amazing how fans who never played ball anywhere near this level, much less at all, can tell what's going on in a player's mind and his heart watching games on TV.

 

[EasternVol]

The ultimate was crying over the Mashack call where he was behind him, wrapped his arms around him and pulled him to the floor - thought it was a jump ball. What an idiot

More psycho than idiot but yeah.

 

[number1volfanfrom76]

Broome had 1 foul....BS

You shoud have said only 1 foul called and too many to count that were not called. Are the refs agin us?

 

[Majors]

Don't want to ever blame the refs but good god that was horrible during the last few minutes of the game.

We missed too many shots. Refs being part of the game and missing blatant calls to protect players and impact the game is unacceptable. Make the shots and we win regardless.

 

[WarDamnVols]

I definitely wouldn't be shocked if Vandy beats Auburn at Memorial.

Hell, I’ll do you one better and say I wouldn’t be shocked if they lost to Florida at home the game before that one. Florida generally seems to have their number I feel.

 

[CAVPUT]

I'm sorry, but I have a major problem with fans questioning what's inside a player without having a clue other than watching games on TV. Lanier isn't Knecht, but neither are thousands of other players - he was a unicorn, a rare talent, not one where you just plug someone in and expect the same results. It was the expectation of Lanier to be another Knecht that was ridiculous in the first place when we all knew we had seen a shooting star last season, a once in a generation type player.

Igor and Chaz have had issues stepping up in competition to this level so far, but to question their heart because the performance hasn't been what we hoped? C'mon, man. Igor played the last several minutes with cotton in his nose to keep it from bleeding, and you're going to question his competitiveness?

I don't see how anyone who knows the game even a little could watch that game and come away questioning the heart or competitiveness of anyone on the floor last night.

If the stage is too big for a kid...see Igor/Lanier...it's just too big for the kid.

 

[CAVPUT]

That would make us 26-5. We are 17-3 with 11 games to go for a total of 31 reg season games. 17-3 + 9-2 over the last 11 = 26-5.

Earlier poster said we were 18-3. Not until after Tuesday’s game!

I hate math.

 

[CAVPUT]

Hell, I’ll do you one better and say I wouldn’t be shocked if they lost to Florida at home the game before that one. Florida generally seems to have their number I feel.

Just hope we don't let the lizards come into TBA and get a signature win.

 

[sami]

If the stage is too big for a kid...see Igor/Lanier...it's just too big for the kid.

Good thing for us we have a guy like you around with the innate ability to see these things and draw these kinds of conclusions

 

[CAVPUT]

Good thing for us we have a guy like you around with the innate ability to see these things and draw these kinds of conclusions