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

[chuckiepoo]

We did a pretty good job taking Edey out. Had no answer for Loyer.

 

[turdherder11]

5-29 was SV, Gainey, ZZ. JJ didn’t help much either, but I’m proud of their effort. Just couldn’t hit shots.

If JJJ isn't getting 6-8 RBs and 8-12pts he drags the offense down . I don't think JJJ even tried to shoot

 

[ChattownVFL]

Purdue University southeast

 

[orbs son]

Marquette is about to see how we feel.

 

[ColinS]

Still frustrated with our offense but if they don’t have a 7’4” guy I’m confident we win even as bad as we played at times.

We had chances to pick up points and grab a lead without him on the court and just couldn't hit shots.

 

[Jimmyandjoes]

1. Cry about refs
2. Cry about announcers
3. Trash your own team

Welcome to Volnation

 

[UTK]

Look, blaming refs is a loser move, but the two fouls on Aidoo and Awaka were daggers. Just weak calls. Then Mashack got hooked by Edey and they called foul on us. Those are tough, tough breaks.

Also, people complaining about Gainey’s shot selection need to realize he’s the only player outside Awaka that decided to score in the second half. We missed about 10 wide open 3’s. You hit 3 of those and that’s game over. ZZ and SV have to be better and Knecht has to learn to hold onto the ball.

The ref protection has got to ****ing stop. It’s absurd. Call it what it is. They were ****ing trash. It’s not an excuse. It’s just stating facts. College sports have an officiating PROBLEM. Period.

 

[The Dog]

We aren’t mentally tough enough to beat either. We got Ziegler and Gainey playing hero ball and Vescovi needs a sports psychologist because he has sucked

Okay, man

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Zach Edey is so overrated. Blessed with pure size and that is one of the only reasons he is any good.

Dude will get eaten alive in the NBA by any big man who can move and shoot the three.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Refs sucked, no question.

But the offense sucked worse. Vescovi didn't even show up. He hit 0 FGs. JJJ had 1 FG. Either of them show up we win.

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

We did a pretty good job taking Edey out. Had no answer for Loyer.

Got outplayed at guard.

 

[vol4eva]

ZZ, Gainey, James, Vescovi were 6-31

Pretty clear why we lost. Terrible

 

[S Tampa Vol]

Purdue is a good team, no doubt.

Good early test for our guys. Need to figure out the shooting woes, but we stood blow for blow against the #2 team in the country.


NCAA needs to do something about the officiating though. Completely nonsense all night.

Calls were bad both sides , we lack elite mental toughness. Gainey and Ziegler just chuck it up and Vescovi is a head casenwho can’t even make his free throws

 

[Chris4Vols22]

48 FTs says otherwise.

That team isn’t #2 in the country.

Bro, you're gonna wake up in the morning and realize you're overreacting right now. It was a good game (in a sense), Purdue is a good team, and we are a good team as well.

 

[vols 30]

Why? It's the fifth game of the year. This game is gonna make us way better. If we just hit a couple of our threes we win. We're gonna be okay

I think some of the people posting tonight thought we were going undefeated

 

[vol94]

Why? It's the fifth game of the year. This game is gonna make us way better. If we just hit a couple of our threes we win. We're gonna be okay

But we didn’t hit a foupe
If the necessary three balls which has been the issue for years. It’s early in the season so I’m not concerned. But the lack of scoring should be a concern as we continue to have droughts every game.

 

[NOLACHUCKEYTOM]

NCAA tournament

What did they shoot combined in the NCAA? Was it 5 for 28?

 

[Putbacks]

Hey, we have not peaked yet. That is a win….

 

[calban]

There's no shame in this loss. This was a war. They won because they held our star to 3 pts in the second half.

 

[chuckiepoo]

We aren’t mentally tough enough to beat either. We got Ziegler and Gainey playing hero ball and Vescovi needs a sports psychologist because he has sucked

No need to be reasonable…

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

wow, even Jay Williams said the refs were pathetic.

 

[Creeker]

Loss doesn’t hurt anything and can tell the team a lot about where they can grow, Knecht especially as he really struggle with purdues defense of him. And if we see them again, it’s really hard to beat a good team twice and that’s what they will have to do.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

I get why ZZ was in the game late, but I’ll be honest I think Mashack needed more minutes in that 2nd half.

 

[Lurker]

Some bad coaching by Barnes in this game as well

Baloney.

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

Ziegler and Vescovi have to step up. Both need to put up more threes in the gym. Vescovi had some stupid fouls in this game.

Knecht hopefully learned that you can't be loose with the ball while dribbling in the lane.

Hopefully the team learns a lot from this game and can come away with a win tomorrow.

Gainey hit a couple to keep us in it late. Then shot us right out of a win.