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

[Delmar]

I’ll be stunned if we win this one. Offense and defense are both looking bad. Maryland is a good team. If we’re going to make a run in March we have to win games like this.

Better learn to shoot free throws. Won’t make it out of the first weekend if we shoot them like this.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

The refs have been bad the last 4 minutes but you can't just roll over and die.

 

[Jack Burton]

Don’t judge anything based on this game with this terrible ball

Are we playing with another weird prototype ball like against Texas Tech?

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

Zeigler! Very nice.

 

[Voljayton]

Huge 3

 

[vol94]

Huge shot by Z!! Huuuuge!!!

 

[Larkin]

Huge 3 by Z

 

[Delmar]

Big shot by Zakai there!

 

[patrick]

Awaka hurt? ON is killing us in both ends.

ON can’t move his feet. Slow as molasses.

 

[7maxims]

ON is terrible yet keeps playing.

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

Maryland doesn't pressure us right there and they pay. Bet they come back with it.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Better learn to shoot free throws. Won’t make it out of the first weekend if we shoot them like this.

And learn to hit shots right at the rim; we've been beyond pathetic around the basket today. Like comically bad.

 

[TrapVol]

Just win and get out.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Big shot by ZZ there...why don't we have Awaka in right now though? His rebounding would have helped with how badly we've been shooting.

 

[turbovol]

ON couldn’t play worse if he we’re trying

ON is simply not that good--an average player. When you don't have a front-court that can get you baskets inside when you need a reset, you suffer on days when the rest of the team can's throw the ball in the ocean. We're shooting under 30 percent. I agree--you watch this game and you can foresee how we'll go out of the NCAA tourney down the road. Just not enough inside quality.

 

[vols 30]

Big shot by ZZ

 

[Lankykong]

My opinion is based off of more than this one game.

Legit then

 

[patrick]

And Triple J needs to get his arss in gear.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Are we playing with another weird prototype ball like against Texas Tech?

Pretty sure it's the same ball.

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

Even coming up with that board was great by ZZ.

 

[berryvol]

People (myself included) forgetting we are playing without, likely, our best player. Still haven’t seen this team at full strength, gotta get everyone healthy.

 

[Doctrippin]

We are still winning here. This is where we see what the team is made of. Bending but not breaking. Still need a 6 pt win to beat the spread. I went light on this bet, because Maryland was a cipher

 

[hUTch2002]

Man that was a big 3. They worked it into the paint first. That’s why it was a better shot and when they take good shots they can shoot well.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Now hit the freakin FTs ON.

 

[JRVOL11]

ON is so weak it’s crazy