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

[Rockytoprowdy]

Foul early the last possession and we’d have an extra 20+ seconds to work with here…

 

[BreatheUT]

The wrong guys have been taking the shots the last 1 1/2 minutes.

 

[turdherder11]

Ran 23 seconds off the clock before we fouled......that's some ****

 

[utVolFanInVA]

Same **** different year. TN still can't shoot when it matters (30%) and can't rebound to prevent second chances (gave up 16 Off Reb).

 

[volman128]

Can't win with bad guards and bad refs

 

[Putbacks]

DK should have gotten Gainey’s last 2 attempts

 

[TooLegit2Quit]

That game was ripe for the taking. Purdue didn't bring anything to win. The guards no showed.

 

[TheBigOne10]

Vesovi not showing up at all hurt.

Yep. Needs to get his head out of his butt

 

[Franklin_Vol09]

I really like our team. A ton of grit. This is going to be a really fun year.

Was great watching with you guys.

 

[berryvol]

Refs stole this all day. Eedy gets away with so much

Refs were terrible but had little to do with us losing.

 

[LieutenantNeyland]

Refs stole this all day. Eedy gets away with so much

Straight screw job in the last few minutes.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

How did we lose to this ****ing trash Purdue team?

The #2 team in the nation?

 

[volman128]

Same **** different year. TN still can't shoot when it matters (30%) and can't rebound to prevent second chances (gave up 16 Off Reb).

We don't box out. Never have.

 

[vavolfan6]

Losing when we limited Braden Smith all game is frustrating. We have so many dudes but no one could really get it going. Yet they have some guy score 25+..

 

[ButchPlz]

Bilas needs to lay off the damn sauce and tanning bed. His skin is falling off his face.

 

[vol4eva]

Z was brutal down the stretch

 

[volsarelife1]

Vescovi, Gainey, ZZ a combined 5-28 shooting. That's your ballgame right there

 

[TheMookieMonster]

I’m just disappointed in how awful we looked on offense tonight. No real flow from us, felt like we were rushing shots on a ton of possessions. So many turnovers. Literally fumbled the ball on countless occasions.

Losing to Purdue obviously isn’t a bad loss. It’s just so annoying some of the things we did tonight. This game was there to take.

 

[Go47]

Simple - in a game where Knecht struggles (bound to happen) . . . UT is back to . . . Signature scoring droughts.

Officiating has been bad. Edey has gotten by with murder . . . Yet ended up shooting 17 FT.

 

[VolGee4]

Unless Tn find some shooters then they will be in trouble in games

We have shooters this year. Just need more from SV and ZZ.

 

[VOLinAL]

A timeout somewhere during that stretch would have been good but then again we are coached by Rick Barnes.

Seems that when our player loses a shoe would have been a good time to call one.

 

[TrippieRedd]

The #2 team in the nation?

It’s called overrated

Their trash

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Better to lose now then later

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Edey played in bubble wrap. We missed too many open shots. I’m encouraged by a lot of what I saw tonight, though. I didn’t think we were as good as Purdue…I leave this game thinking we’re better than Purdue. They needed a career game from a guard who won’t average 10 ppg this season to beat us. They beat us tonight and there are no moral victories. However, if we see them again, the good guys will come out on top.

 

[tnvols72]

Good game guys. Just couldn't overcome the refs.

the refs were a problem but when you cant shoot then that is a bigger problem