The Official #6 Tennessee @ Florida Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN

[Vols All Day]

Missed part of this. What happened to Springer and Vescovi?

Ankle for Springer and hip for Vescovi. Springer was ruled out before the game started.

 

[iKrager]

Just think what the score would be if Florida’s top player was playing.....so very sad

We’re missing Vescovi and Springer.. GTFO

 

[Vol49er]

Its annoying how the game threads where we play poorly end up twice as long as the ones we play well

 

[VolsSportsFan]

And if we end up losing this, there is no spinning this one; it will be a bad loss.

 

[vavolfan6]

I haven't seen us do anything offensively well enough to think we can come back. Unless Fulky wakes up, we rebound better, and create more in offense we don't have a chance

 

[I4Vols]

By chance, did anyone time the minutes the two knucklehead announcers actually talked about this game?
One can only imagine the fear of being a passenger in a car driven by Vitale

 

[VOLnVANDYland]

Well we aren’t gonna sniff any SEC titles this year. Sweet Sixteen starting to look like the ceiling.

Unfortunately this is true

 

[JCP201]

Sleepwalking. Vescovi and Springer injured

We might not look sharp because so much of our game includes one or both. Hope they make some adjustments for the second half.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Its annoying how the game threads where we play poorly end up twice as long as the ones we play well

Lol. Well you know....

 

[volfan__18]

Ok so maybe football and basketball don’t look so hot. I’m excited for Vitello and the baseball team. Probably the best coach on campus.

i definitely wouldn’t go that far. I can name three better than him

 

[amaralfan1]

I think we have a lot of football fans prowling the board right now. First, Tennessee is a good team and among the best in the country. A single loss or a bad half doesn't change that. This isn't football. It's nearly impossible to make it through a season undefeated. Rick Barnes is one of the top college basketball coaches in history... so have a little faith.

 

[1985Vols]

Oh shut the hell up. Not this crap again

You have to agree Barnes inability to recruit and keep a post player has kept us from being a great team

 

[ndubvols]

We’re missing Vescovi and Springer.. GTFO

And pons had two fouls with 8+ left in the half. Take away 3 of our top 7 and this is what it looks like.

 

[bowkane]

Keep saying I’m wrong, keep saying I’m negative, say I’m too young to understand I don’t really care. We’re going to get blown out and it’s pretty obvious. They’re down their top 3 and still up by a good amount on us going into the half and we’re now down two of our best offensive players (Vescovi and Springer) that pretty much eliminates our 3pt shot and interior making your own shots type plays (Springer). Refs aren’t calling it fair and are letting them physically bully us while we can’t breathe on them. We aren’t winning this.

 

[vavolfan6]

Not a good half, but hard to imagine UF keeping the lead in the second imo.

Why? Who on our team is stepping up and scoring. So far we haven't shown any ability to score

 

[chuckiepoo]

I has an amaze. They are letting them foul...why not more aggressive taking the ball to the hole?

 

[Freak]

You have to agree Barnes inability to recruit and keep a post player has kept us from being a great team

I thought you were done.

 

[wmcovol]

Most of the time Bailey drives he gets knocked down and his guy scores on the other end

 

[TheMookieMonster]

With Springer out for the game, if Vescovi can’t return to the game I’m not sure we have the offense to win this game. Who is going to make the shots? Bailey? Keon? Fulky hasn’t been the same Fulky all year. Pons isn’t exactly a guy who takes over games.

 

[Volfan2012]

They going to get in the paint that easy and get three four shots per possession we need to go home now. This is the most pathetic Tennessee performance I have seen in a while.

 

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

Still a long game but man this is ugly. Is the primetime spotlight getting to them

 

[vols1071]

Its annoying how the game threads where we play poorly end up twice as long as the ones we play well

It's annoying hearing you cry about it

 

[cc623]

Think they are believing too many of the talking heads saying they are a final four team and have decided to leave the elite defense on the bus... That was a pitiful half of basketball and hopefully CRB let’s them hear about it in the locker room. If they don’t want to play put kids in that do.

 

[Freak]

Hopefully getting Pons back out there helps in the second half. And we need Barnes to have one of his talks with Fulky.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

I just laugh at the posters who bash us when we have a bad game but when we’re winning, you won’t hear a peep from them.