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

[General Jack]

They've got a huge alumni base with all their government programs. On the telecast it sounded like the UT fans were making some noise too.

Vols represented well but we were definitely outnumbered by a good margin. Maryland had the advantage of proximity.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

Vols represented well but we were definitely outnumbered by a good margin. Maryland had the advantage of proximity.

You can cach a bus from Washington/College Park or Baltimore to NYC for 50 bucks. Many buses leave the area for NYC every day. So, for a Sunday 4:30 start you can get back in time to get up on Monday and don't have to pay NYC prices for a hotel. Makes the game very attractive for MD fans.

 

[vol94]

Blaming officials and ESPN for anything negative is a board favorite. I guess it's better than "fahr the coach." Go Vols!

 

[tennesseecoyote]

Ok, here's a question. Last night, the arena looked dark , especially around the backboards Was that just the TV? Sometimes I notice really dark arenas, have really poor shooting.

What was the 3 point % in the previous games! Or then again, it could be a hurt Santi, whose shot is currently shot. Hope he can rest up and heal some. Or Barnes may have to figure out how to cobble an offense together without arguably our best shooter. Or and I forgot about JJJ not being there.

It's like the sky is falling, but we won the game, against a ranked opponent, on a neutral-ish floor. I do this every year and every time Barnes finds a way. Barnes may never make it to a FF, but lord can the man coach. I truly believe sometimes, he could take a high school varsity bb team and win a game in the Tournament.

 

[Benjh1028]

Ok, here's a question. Last night, the arena looked dark , especially around the backboards Was that just the TV? Sometimes I notice really dark arenas, have really poor shooting.

I didn't find it to be any darker than TBA or other basketball arenas. Nice venue overall.

 

[ColinS]

It’s only games sponsored by Spalding that use this ball

No team out of 8 shot above 36% from 3 playing in this event, which I think is a good indicator since half shot below 30% with Maryland shooting 8%. Iona and St Bonaventure, for example, probably had a lot of dunks where ball quality didn’t matter because each team had like 20 turnovers. If you just watched the ball, it literally bounced differently

Have no idea other than looking at the percentages that seemed about average. It's not unusual for us to have bad shooting nights and it's definitely not unusual for us to force our opponent into a bad shooting night.

 

[Jax_Vol]

I didn't find it to be any darker than TBA or other basketball arenas. Nice venue overall.

I went by it one time. Doesn't it look like a bird's nest on the outside?

Seemed like a good area of Brooklyn.

 

[CAVPUT]

I really wonder, when and why, in the storied history of Tennessee athletics, BVS took such a hold of a significant portion of this fanbase. Eeyore is alive and well -- but I don't know why.


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I like me some eeyore. One of my favorites.

 

[Lankykong]

Have no idea other than looking at the percentages that seemed about average. It's not unusual for us to have bad shooting nights and it's definitely not unusual for us to force our opponent into a bad shooting night.

Yeah, I get that. Stats by Will did an analysis and found that Spalding ball games have a ~5% lower jumpshot FG% than other games. It’s hard to notice that in small samples.

 

[Frozevol]

In sync*. My bad and auto correct.

Actually I wasn’t sure if you were actually throwing out a crafty double entendres judging how we almost rolled down the hole.

 

[Benjh1028]

I went by it one time. Doesn't it look like a bird's nest on the outside?

Seemed like a good area of Brooklyn.

Yep. It's got a grass roof and in the shape of a bird nest. Three stops from lower Manhattan on the subway that drops you off at the front door. It's nice not having to drive and park to go watch a game.

Unfortunately the Nets play there, and I hate the f@%&ing Nets.

 

[Col_Cathcart]

Yep. It's got a grass roof and in the shape of a bird nest. Three stops from lower Manhattan on the subway that drops you off at the front door. It's nice not having to drive and park to go watch a game.

Unfortunately the Nets play there, and I hate the f@%&ing Nets.

The nets seem to have misunderstood calls for more “D” as calls for more drama. What a train wreck.