The Official #7 Tennessee vs. #2 Purdue Game Thread, 8:00 PM ET, ESPN

[PandamoniumReigns]

What's the over/under on a board meltdown if TN loses? Who will be the poster to start a thread with Rick Barnes buyout ?


I hope for a TN win, but even a competitive loss at this point in the season can pay huge dividends come tourney time.

GBO

 

[volinbama256]

With us still figuring out the right groups of 5 out there and working on chemistry with new players, I don't think we pull the upset but we will definitely keep it close down to the final minutes... will be great experience to play a team at this level and then follow up with another elite team in Marquette for the 3rd spot.

That said, I really think by January, if we are healthy, we will be a force and no one will want to play us... we will BALL.

 

[Steelcurtain]

Fingers crossed that Bill Walton get laryngitis here in the next hour or so. Can't stand hearing him announce a game.

 

[Sea Ray]

Any official word on this yet?

My sports app is saying game time decision. That’s better than I thought

 

[Christian Lowe]

Gonzaga beat Syracuse handily. That doesn’t mean anything but doesn’t make me confident.

Probably had a lot to do with our physicality tooc

 

[calban]

Fingers crossed that Bill Walton get laryngitis here in the next hour or so. Can't stand hearing him announce a game.

Ditto. I turned him off Zags game. Gets off on those 5 minute subjects that don't have anything to do with the game. Like him as a personality but game analyst , NO

 

[vosams]

Was there in YumYum a couple years ago to watch a heartbreaker. ITS REVENGE SZN.

 

[Lefteye]

Think they are using this early season to help condition him and figure out his limits a bit too.

And I totally get that.. but of the entire roster, I want him as healthy as it gets in February and March. That’s my only thing

 

[fear]

they just showed awaka coming off the bus and he looked like he was walking fine. i guess we will have to see

 

[InVOLuntary]

What's the over/under on a board meltdown if TN loses? Who will be the poster to start a thread with Rick Barnes buyout ?


I hope for a TN win, but even a competitive loss at this point in the season can pay huge dividends come tourney time.

GBO

If we're down by 2 at the half I'm for fahrin' em.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Getting Edey in foul trouble is a tough proposition. He had no fouls vs Gonzaga. In fact, he hasn't logged more than 1 foul in any game this year, unheard of for a big guy actually

Makes you wonder, eh?

 

[berryvol]

 

[Lefteye]

What's the over/under on a board meltdown if TN loses? Who will be the poster to start a thread with Rick Barnes buyout ?


I hope for a TN win, but even a competitive loss at this point in the season can pay huge dividends come tourney time.

GBO

Depends, has Checkerboard been reinstated yet? If yes, he’s my bet for the 1st

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Ditto. I turned him off Zags game. Gets off on those 5 minute subjects that don't have anything to do with the game. Like him as a personality but game analyst , NO

He was probably high

 

[TheMookieMonster]

What's the over/under on a board meltdown if TN loses? Who will be the poster to start a thread with Rick Barnes buyout ?


I hope for a TN win, but even a competitive loss at this point in the season can pay huge dividends come tourney time.

GBO

I don’t think there will be a meltdown. We’re facing the #2 team in the country and feel like most people recognize the hill we have to climb tonight to get that W.

 

[Missing home]

Please tell me Bill Walton is not announcing our game. He’s horrrrrible.

 

[Tnphil]

He was probably high

Most of his brain cells were destroyed years ago.

 

[chuckiepoo]

If we're down by 2 at the half I'm for fahrin' em.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Makes you wonder, eh?

POTY treatment. It’s good to be King…

 

[chuckiepoo]

He was probably high

Probably?

 

[BowlBrother85]

I don’t think there will be a meltdown. We’re facing the #2 team in the country and feel like most people recognize the hill we have to climb tonight to get that W.

It's a tough game. We will know exactly what we have after tonight. I like it.

 

[chuckiepoo]

I don’t think there will be a meltdown. We’re facing the #2 team in the country and feel like most people recognize the hill we have to climb tonight to get that W.

You new around here too, eh?

 

[therealitytheory]

Please tell me Bill Walton is not announcing our game. He’s horrrrrible.

Shulman and Bilas

 

[Christian Lowe]

The only way there’s a meltdown is if there’s some perceived dumb assery down the stretch that loses us the game or if we get ran out of the arena

 

[chuckiepoo]

Shulman and Bilas

I’ll take it. At least they’ll focus on the game.