The Official #7 Tennessee vs. #1 Kansas Game Thread, 2:30 PM ET, ESPN

[turbovol]

We don't get enough out of our bigs, and so we must rely a lot on outside shooting. Our outside shooting has been terrible,
and so we lose. You need bigs who can score and relieve some of the pressure on the outside shooters--draw defenders down
to them, which can then free up your outside guys--but nobody's going to do that with our bigs. Aidoo has been improving offensively---slowly---
but Awaka gives us very little. So we hoist a lot of threes....Also, if anybody expects Ziggy to help us win games with his offense, well....don't.

 

[Volfan2012]

We had plenty of good shots just didn't make many.

 

[amaralfan1]

Has Tennessee actually hit a shot in the last 10 minutes? This is getting unreal.

 

[GBO18]

Who are you going to put in the game for him?

We seem to have a million different rotations right now find one.

 

[OrangeInKy]

Dudes running around wasting time passing up looks then we get it to Aidoo for a corner 3 attempt. Absolute stupidity.

 

[Christian Lowe]

Are we even going to score again in the game?

I’d bet not. Edit: Hooray

 

[casetopia]

Being ranked high in any sport is kryptonite for tennessee teams.

 

[Putbacks]

Aidoo needs to take his offense to the rim….like his defense.

 

[TN1111]

Knect can't buy one...it happens sometimes

 

[05_never_again]

Go back a little further.

1 of the 4 in 2021, 2 of the 4 in 2019. That's, uh, quite a bit of variance. Close to half the #1 seeds in the last 4 tournaments have had more losses than you mentioned.

And of course, it matters who you're losing to. It isn't like these 2 losses are to scrub teams, and we have UNC coming up.

 

[vader]

Our offense makes me sad

 

[lauraptn]

Well Kansas has played back to back games. Tn just sucks at shooting

Then stop watching

 

[joevols89]

Well that’s about the only thing that’s off the table for any team in the country by losing a Q1 road game in November.

Yeah, we need to beat UNC and go 16-2 in conference to lock in a 1.

 

[Specs]

31% from the field and 29% from 3. And thats with a lot of good looks

 

[VolsSportsFan]

This team is just every other UT athletic team. Preseason hype. Beat cupcakes then show their true colors.

Dude you are by far the worst troll on this site. You b**** about others posting crap and giving up then turn around make a genius post like this.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

Again, what are your expectations? 6 loss teams do not get 1 seeds.

Wow you know nothing. 2 of 4 number 1 seeds last year had 6, Kansas had 8.

 

[CAVPUT]

We’ve missed 15 of our last 18

I really thought adding Gainey and Knecht to pair with Vesco would mean an end to our entire team going cold at the same time.

 

[CNeagleVolFan]

We are taking such horrible shots. We aren’t trying to get to the rim at all

 

[OrangeInKy]

Pathetic final stretch. No heart. No urgency. A ton of season still ahead, but those last few minutes were disheartening.

 

[Jack Burton]

Kansas is tired too guys. It’s not an excuse. We just can’t hit shots today while they have. That’s the game.

 

[LordVOLdemort]

Does Gainey not tie his shoes?

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

Uncanny that the shots love to drop when the game is toast.

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

knecht has also shown his weaknesses, poor ball handler, cannot finish against bigger players

 

[amorange]

Tennessee needs to go undefeated in SEC play and win the SECT to get a #1 seed?

Not gonna happen. When you can't shoot and can't get inside and draw a foul you're toast. Same story every year.

 

[joevols89]

Wow you know nothing. 2 of 4 number 1 seeds last year had 6, Kansas had 8.

Yep. Last year was weird.