The Official #6 Tennessee @ Vanderbilt Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, SEC Network

[The Tall Gguy]

Why do you leave a three point shooter wide open

 

[mr.checkerboards]

JJJ possibly out for the season and a 3rd straight pathetic performance. Not sure I want to hear any excuses for this team. This is pathetic basketball.

3rd straight and 5th this year.

 

[tmack50]

Unfreaking real. THIS IS WHY YOU DUNK IT JULIAN.

He ain't ready for the league. Too passive.

 

[Dergibvol]

Sure Phillips could've dunked it but I bet he heard Barnes in his head telling him no.

 

[Big Orange#1]

I’m so fatigued at Barnes ball. We can beat anyone and can lose to a school of the blind!

So over him honestly. If we went back to being trash at basketball I just wouldn’t watch it. But he makes us just relevant enough to tune in for the mediocre offense and constant choking

 

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

Best team Tennessee has ever had lol not so fast

 

[VOLifornia]

Don’t belong in the top 10

Don’t worry we won’t be and won’t see it again this season.

 

[whobethis16]

Piss off. Game was an officiating disgrace.

The disgrace is the lack of situational awareness. This squad has no clue what to do with the ball late.

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Team peaked too early and Barnes doesn't seem to be able to coach them out of this awful funk they are in. Kudos to Stackhouse, his offense confused the Vols all night

 

[UTFanHades]

Let's give Barnes a raise

Is he even a top five coach in the conference at this point

 

[JMSqb11]

JJJ possibly out for the season and a 3rd straight pathetic performance. Not sure I want to hear any excuses for this team. This is pathetic basketball.

You got his diagnosis this soon after his injury? Lol

 

[omghulkhands]

Just one of those games where it feels like you’re destined to lose.

Called a phantom foul on a 3 to keep vandy in it.

JJJ injured

Vandy needed 5 fouls at the end to put us at the line

Phillips passed up a wide open dunk

Vescovi missed a free throw

Candy shoots a 3 with under a second left to win it

just absolutely insane

 

[johnfnkelly]

THIS is why the fans haven’t bought into this teams hype like analytics have created. This team is not elite. No elite players. No offensive identity. Last years squad 20 balls this team.

 

[Cartervol]

Barnes is what he is.. That was trash.

 

[VolunteerVandiver]

Phillips don't take the dunk. The Vescovi missed the 1:1. Terrible finish just terrible.

Vescovi has progressed mentally and defensively every season, but his offensive skill has regressed every season. Mind boggling

 

[joshwa]

Bounced in the second round.

 

[RockyTop140]

Stop watching then.

We won’t miss you

No, I think I’ll keep watching

 

[LivinginthePast]

Well, at least March will end quickly and we can have more time for the BaseVols

just to be disappointed again

 

[mr.checkerboards]

The clock was at Zero before that was shot. I'm not sure how that was confirmed so quickly. You can see it on every replay.

Lol, no

 

[vavolfan6]

well, there goes any chance of trying to win the SEC season...

 

[BreatheUT]

Any Vanderbilt fans reading this thread. Congratulations. You took this game. These two teams are even and you executed better down the stretch.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

JJJ possibly out for the season and a 3rd straight pathetic performance. Not sure I want to hear any excuses for this team. This is pathetic basketball.

Right now I'm not in the mood to hear about how good teams lost bad game or whatever cliches we're going to trot out. We've sucked ass for 3 games in a row now.

 

[allvol123]

Man, why did Phillips not dunk that lol

Biggest brain freeze I can recall. Absurd.

 

[SouthknoxTN07]

What’s so hard about covering the 3 point line . This team has some real knuckleheads on it .

 

[volforlife15]

"Two seasons later, Vescovi is putting together one of the best defensive seasons from any college basketball player at any position since at least 2009, according to data calculated by Sports Reference."

Vols' Vescovi a defensive liability turned defensive star

What’s funny about that article is it cites one stat: drtg. If you knew anything about that stat you’d understand why it’s not the best stat for an individual defender