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

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Brick by brick Rick

 

[hatingbamaisawayoflife]

No words needed

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

You mean literally the two most outstanding big men in the country? You act like Edey and Dickerson are average. They are literally going to be fighting for national POY awards.

It's November. And we already know if we see an elite big man in March, we're toast. Depressing.

 

[zaqhhh]

The game with Purdue was played really well by our side. Reffing was questionable, didn’t do great down the stretch but it was an effort you could be proud of.

We got outclassed in this game. Offense was bad (again). Defense was surprisingly bad. Don’t think we have had a worse game defensively that I can recall since being routed by UK I think 2 or 3 years back.

 

[SasquatchVFL]

This team is better than last year . . . But this remains (admittedly a very small sample size):

No inside presence. No inside scoring to speak of.

Massive scoring droughts.

Jacking up 3s . . . And shooting a lot of bricks.

Good defense.

Getting good looks / just miss a LOT.

…exactly like last year.

 

[calban]

I think I’ve said it many times but Rick Barnes offense just doesn’t work without a dominate inside guy like grant for example.

Would maybe address the droughts. Can we sign anyone mid season?

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

He has. Makes no sense how Barnes caters to him and he is really bad

Anyone with an IQ higher than a rodent disagrees.

 

[turbovol]

Kinect has to work on ball handling when driving

YES. He doesn't have a good handle with his right hand, and seems to dribble too high--he's been losing the ball a lot on drives.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Lol the teachers pet strikes again.

Next time @ me kiddo

Great come back

 

[volman128]

Ziegler has been a horrendous shooter even dating back to last year.

Bricks and dumb turnovers

 

[Creeker]

Kinect has to work on ball handling when driving

Seems like he gets the ball well away from his body even when in traffic, it’s been exposed in the tournament some. Will be something he can hopefully see in film and be corrected.

 

[amorange]

You mean literally the two most outstanding big men in the country? You act like Edey and Dickerson are average. They are literally going to be fighting for national POY awards.

You think SEC don't have dominate big men? if you have a poor shooting team nor can you drive the ball you are just average. These are teams you will face in tournament and the test is much more grinding.

 

[jhcrane14]

If we go on the road and beat North Carolina and continue to win our games and only have 5 or 6 losses at the end of the year, we will be right there in the mix.

 

[TrippieRedd]

It's November. And we already know if we see an elite big man in March, we're toast. Depressing.

Lol gonna win the SEC tourney. Get to 2nd round play some team that has a dude named Hans Fluekrak that’s 7’5, 320 and have 32 rebounds.

 

[Christian Lowe]

We are also the lowest ranked of the four. Chalk…

And this is why we never win anything lmao

 

[VolGee4]

what does he do? He can play pretty good defense sometimes.

You know what he does…I’m just not sure why you watch sports.

 

[TN1111]

Very beatable Kansas team. Ton of open looks but just way too many misses.

 

[SGMVols]

You think SEC don't have dominate big men? if you have a poor shooting team nor can you drive the ball you are just average. These are teams you will face in tournament and the test is much more grinding.

No SEC team has a big as good as Edey or Dickinson.

 

[DuckInAPen]

It's November. And we already know if we see an elite big man in March, we're toast. Depressing.

Because the team can't possibly learn from the experience and improve over the next four months.

 

[LordVOLdemort]

We will do well in the SEC, sweet 16 or elite 8 if we don’t get a big man early in the tournament

 

[tnvols72]

Anyone with an IQ higher than a rodent disagrees.

Ok lets hear it. What does JJJ after 6 years offer?

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Because the team can't possibly learn from the experience and improve over the next four months.

Fingers crossed

 

[zaqhhh]

I do wonder why we didn’t go after more of a big man in the portal. Took 3 guards/wings which granted were scorers and we definitely needed some. But did we need to spend all 3 on those (1 of which who bolted).

That’s an interesting debate after those games

 

[Vol737]

Couldn’t throw it in the ocean today. There’s always a few of those games during the season. Move on, play better.

 

[volman128]

Again 3 games in 3 days against really good teams, today is tired legs dude.

We only shot 40% against Syracuse in the first game.

You can make excuses if you want but the bottom line is Barnes' offensive philosophy sucks, and it's a big reason why his teams perform poorly in postseason.