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

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Namorto1 said:
I'm not even upset. UT is one tough team and we could have wilted when Purdue went up by 8 but we came back and tied the game. Given how we played I'm actually encouraged, assuming that our perimeter shooting won't remain this bad. Late we somewhat forgot to go to the rim on offense and settled for 3's. Going to get another big challenge tomorrow.

We shoot 26% from 3-pt and get killed on offensive glass and only lose by 4 to a highly ranked opponent. We need to defensive rebound well in order to push the ball down the court. Our half-court offense was not good and even despite that we must have had at least 6 wide open three's that were missed. I have no idea what happened to Vescovi but he needs to find his game, and it isn't just his shot. He committed some silly fouls which put Purdue on the line and gave Purdue some freebies.

Good & bad:
Aidoo - only had 1 rebound. He has to be tougher than that. Figured he would get alot more looks facing up on pick and pops against Edey, but Barnes didn't run it.
Knecht - 3 turnovers while driving into traffic. He will learn from this. Because our offense was so putrid, he was pressing IMO. Led us in rebounding with 7.
Mashack - missed FTs early in 2nd half were unfortunate but overall he played very well. Probably deserved more minutes than he got.
Vescovi - if he can't hit open perimeter shots, he is going to lose more minutes to Gainey and Mashack. The worst patch of games he has played in his career.
James - disappeared on offensive end. Only took shots from 3 pt land. Could have used his mid-range today.
Zeigler - was a defensive menace but also had 3 TOs. He took 11 shots. When Knecht only shot 13, that is a problem with the PG. He needed to penetrate and kick out more than he did.
Awaka - his hustle made a difference. The last foul called on him was a joke. Still, only had 1 rebound and Purdue won this game on glass.
Gainey - woke up in 2nd half but took a few quick shots late which weren't good looks.
Estrella / Phillips - tried hard and this will be good learning experience for both of them.
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Mashack should've got some of Vescovi's minutes tonight
 
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berryvol said:
Nothing for me to calm down about. You can make dumb observations all you want. Nothing stopping you.
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He is 4 out of his last 20 in this tournament. 3 out of his last 14 from three. Observation may be on a small sample size, but not dumb. A couple of more games like that he should have his minutes cut.
 
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S Tampa Vol said:
Won’t matter this says it all

Over a 17:56 stretch on each side of the half, Tennessee made only two field goals— an Awaka baby hook and the previously mentioned Zeigler triple
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Yeah, lots to work on but on to the next game. That’s why we play them, and to me, nothing better than basketball and UT basketball at that.
 
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That game will be good for them. Not gonna lie, Uros could’ve come in handy for a few minutes. He would have drove. Edey to commit assault. I’m not saying I want him back, but a physical nuisance whom you don’t care about fouling out, could have helped for 7 minutes or so
 
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LieutenantNeyland said:
Edey is anything but a stud. He’s an adult playing on an 8 foot goal in the biddy league with lots of favorable whistles while doing it.
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Made our bigs look like children. The guy is gonna average 20 & 10 at a minimum. If he didn't get in foul trouble we would've been in trouble. The refs helped him some but it was still impressive how he did almost anything he wanted.
 
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OrangeInKy said:
That game will be good for them. Not gonna lie, Uros could’ve come in handy for a few minutes
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It was time to move on, not to many posts in college are gonna give Aidoo that kind of trouble.

I think the freshmen post players developing can lead to us having Aidoo and Awaka on the floor at the same time if we play a team with more height in the post.
 
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JCP201 said:
what's with all these posters who never make comments come in and put down our VOLS? Seems fishy--like they root for other teams and come to troll.
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I’ve said it before but it’s just human psychology. Misery loves company, so people will jump online to complain with everyone else when things are going poorly. It’s a lot easier to take success by yourself, harder to complain to yourself.
 
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I don't see any evidence espn or any major media "hates us" as so many posters claim. We were ranked #1 in football last year at one point and we were nowhere near deserving of that. Now...ranked highly in basketball and again losing a big game...looking nowhere near the #7 ranking we have/had. I think we're continually ranked higher than what we should be....in every sport. Lady Vols same thing. Vols are decent team I guess...but no way top 10. The media always hypes us up.
 
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djohnnyg said:
I don't see any evidence espn or any major media "hates us" as so many posters claim. We were ranked #1 in football last year at one point and we were nowhere near deserving of that. Now...ranked highly in basketball and again losing a big game...looking nowhere near the #7 ranking we have/had. I think we're continually ranked higher than what we should be....in every sport. Lady Vols same thing. Vols are decent team I guess...but no way top 10. The media always hypes us up.
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We were absolutely deserving of #1 at the time in football. Had beaten a very good LSU team and a ranked Pitt team on the road and a top 5 Bama.

We are very good in basketball and a top 10 team. Have no idea what you’ve been watching.
 
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Christian Lowe said:
I’ve said it before but it’s just human psychology. Misery loves company, so people will jump online to complain with everyone else when things are going poorly. It’s a lot easier to take success by yourself, harder to complain to yourself.
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I don't post during game due to I don't like seeing all the negativity....I make a score prediction in thread and on my way....
 
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white65 said:
It was time to move on, not to many posts in college are gonna give Aidoo that kind of trouble.

I think the freshmen post players developing can lead to us having Aidoo and Awaka on the floor at the same time if we play a team with more height in the post.
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Oh I don’t disagree at all. I was over him before last year. What I’m saying is he could have gotten to Edey, as he could get in players heads, and picked up some cheap fouls, in a game in which our bigs (who are better than Uros) we’re getting quick fouls because Edey draws fouls
 
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