The Official #7 Tennessee vs. #13 Maryland Game Thread, 4:30 PM ET, FS1

[Voltopia]

This is the sort of meat and potato basketball game - superior defense, offense struggling a bit to get in gear but showing flashes - that Tennessee never seemed to have when I was a young'un watching the Vols. (I'm talking the Wade Houston years and so on). I love it. I could roll around in the stink of this kind of road game anytime. Exactly the sort of workman-like focused effort that gets your team past that 25 win plateau for the tournament.

 

[Lankykong]

Doesn’t seem that way. Literally bounces off like a rocker halfway across the gym. It’s insane.

We could literally just leave them open from 3 PT range all game and improve our 3 PT percentage against

 

[DC_Vol]

It’s literally the ball. Maryland usually would hit like 3 more of these 3s and all of their layups. This ball plus an elite defense means lucky to score 30

What do you mean by the ball? How are these different?

 

[Voljayton]

Awaka the rebound king.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

AWAKA!

 

[DC_Vol]

Awaka the rebound king.

That was so nice.

 

[volsarelife1]

The ball finds Awaka like it used to Grant

 

[volfan__18]

i like Awaka. He’s going to be real good!

 

[joevols89]

Giving them open looks from 3. Hopefully they don't start hitting.

 

[first time caller]

Y'all crazy.. Tennessee flat putting the D on MD! Shots will come.

 

[Voljayton]

Key looks terrible when he's trying to draw a foul.

 

[JMSqb11]

Already looking forward to Uros/Awaka vs Oscar later this year.

 

[Willy14]

AWAKA!

Awaka needs more minutes regularly

 

[TheMookieMonster]

The thing I love most about Phillips? He can hit his FTs.

 

[newyorkvol]

Someone please tell Jackson we’re not “Voles.”

 

[VolArmy74]

Is the color guy occasionally calling us the "Voles" like the small rodent.

 

[Caculator]

Key looks terrible when he's trying to draw a foul.

But he is effective

 

[TheMookieMonster]

SANTI IS EVERYWHERE

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Oh man I'm shocked Vescovi didn't get a T for that.

 

[DC_Vol]

SANTI IS EVERYWHERE

He’s having a game this afternoon.

 

[Lankykong]

What do you mean by the ball? How are these different?

It’s a Spalding ball. The way they make the ball it acts like it’s flat

 

[kayman1]

Ado hurt?

 

[tnvols72]

Phillips has to know that every time he touches the ball does not mean he has to shoot it. He has attempted some very bad shots

 

[Creeker]

Ado hurt?

Sick

 

[Lankykong]

This is what I’m talking about with all my talk about the ball