The Official #6 Tennessee @ Texas A&M Game Thread, 8:00 PM ET, ESPN

[LibertyVol]

Vols by 7

lol. I am not seeing. But I love your optimism.

 

[TNVOLFN]

I know a&m is making 3’s at a stupid rate, but I thought we were supposed to be good at defense? The 3’s don’t bother me, it’s the damn 2’s a&m is making that concerns me.

 

[Dougie_D]

How do we get back in this game?

 

[Go47]

Road wins are tough to get. Bottom line - UT has not matched their intensity.

 

[RockyTop140]

We are just playing with zero effort. Multiple times I have seen guys just standing around and watching as the board goes to the A&M player. Haven’t turned a game off all year, but tonight might be the first. Too much to get done around the house this weekend to watch another hour of effortless basketball.

One of the biggest challenges as a college head coach is motivation. Sometimes your players get stiff, nervous, and shellshocked in a road environment. Barnes needs to earn his paycheck in the locker room here. Light a fire under their asses and have them come out this half with their hair on fire

 

[Vol49er]

Vescovi has regressed as much as I’ve ever seen any player regress. His shot is completely gone, he gets at least two stupid pointless fouls a game (see him diving on top of an A&M player on the ground tonight), and he can’t even stay in front of anybody anymore

 

[Vols All Day]

I feel bad for SV but it’s time to sit him

He never has been the same since he hurt his shoulder last year.

 

[knoxchief]

They just took the goal tending off so down 14 at half.

Total BS by these refs!

 

[joevols89]

I know a&m is making 3’s at a stupid rate, but I thought we were supposed to be good at defense? The 3’s don’t bother me, it’s the damn 2’s a&m is making that concerns me.

Our D efficiency has been dropping for awhile now.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Regroup at half, we are still in this. Barnes gonna tear em a new *******.

He’ll tear them a new one for sure. I just don’t see it being enough. Feels like everything is going A&M’s way, and we aren’t playing well enough to get things going our way. 20-25 point loss incoming I’m afraid. Hope I’m wrong.

 

[RAVOL]

After there hot start they ended at 42 when on pace for 55. Unfortunately TN offense never got it in gear. We have been good in 2nd half comebacks on road even though we lost 2 of them let's see if we can make this a game. In CHRIST Alone

 

[Switch 625]

Does Barnes mess with their minds or something? There’s no explanation for how awful this team looks at times. Fulmer used to do something similar every time we played Florida.

 

[GoodTimeVol]

Might consider playing zone coming out at the half just to do something different on defense

 

[joevols89]

Total BS by these refs!

Why? It hadn’t hit the glass.

 

[cncchris33]

I don’t understand how the ball goes to A&M after the whistle and then take 2 points off. That’s a bad rule.

It's the worst rule in college basketball. Either review it immediately and if you screw it up, then go to the possession arrow, or don't blow the whistle to begin with.

 

[amaralfan1]

I don’t understand how the ball goes to A&M after the whistle and then take 2 points off. That’s a bad rule.

That's a good point. The team who gets it reversed should get an extra possession arrow.

 

[Dergibvol]

Rinse and repeat.

 

[pimo1]

Why are people saying this? I’ve been drinking, but have seen no issues with the officiating. I think a lot of yall just like to whine and make any excuse possible other than we just aren’t playing well.

This

 

[vavolfan6]

Gotta completely change our defensive approach. A&M has two guys, Radford and Taylor. We need to speed them up. Stop letting them shorten the game.

 

[volfanhill]

Wrong

It was. So thanks for trying

 

[TheBigOne10]

I mean honestly what the actual f*** did Rick Barnes do to Pat Adams. The guy is criminal when it comes to officiating our games and it’s always been that way.

 

[joevols89]

How do we get back in this game?

Knecht goes off from 3.

 

[GoodTimeVol]

Does Barnes mess with their minds or something? There’s no explanation for how awful this team looks at times. Fulmer used to do something similar every time we played Florida.

Take a lap

 

[BreatheUT]

He was selling it, but sure looked like he got mugged.

They probably didn't call it because it looked like a desperation heave.

 

[ndubvols]

Really don’t understand mashack not playing more inthe first half when we’re struggling to guard 1v1.

Zz needs to step it up in the second. They’re size seems to be bothering him