The Official #7 Tennessee vs. Alabama Game Thread, 6:00 PM ET, ESPN2

[LSG410EC83]

Had a chance to cut it to 4 or 3 and Tn had a little momentum and he did some dumb drive and the air went out

Once again, I never said he didnt make some dumb moves, but, if one guy loses the game for us, we are in trouble from here on. Yes, he should have kicked it out or not even tried to drive to the basket, but I didnt see anyone else lighting the boards up tonight.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Some of you must have forgot how a 16 loss Alabama team beat us silly in 2018 when we won the SEC. Step off the ledge, folks. Even the best teams will lose a game or two they shouldn't. It happens.

 

[C-south]

Literally the definition of trolling tbh

So you think Vescovi played well and is a good PG? lol. Ok troll.

 

[KrazyVolFan]

I don’t coach basketball but I can recognize a mediocre player when I see one. There’s having bad games and there’s being Vescovi.

Ur nuts dude

 

[1985Vols]

Then why is his name in the ‘22 mock drafts already with Chandler?

Y’all are some of the most trash fans, our style of ball isn’t to have 20ppg by one guy, the motto is literally “it’s not about me”

Be a fan, love our elite team even after a tough loss where we shot bad, had our 2nd leading scorer go down and missed our best defender most of the 1st half with foul trouble.

Chill dude. I love this team but JJJ hasn’t shown me anything offensively that makes me think he’s an NBA caliber player. Maybe he has a Josh Richardson Senior year and gets drafted in. Couple of years, however, he’s not getting there with the game he has right now

 

[Bigorange123]

I hate losing to the tree killers. Rest his soul

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Some of you must have forgot how a 16 loss Alabama team beat us silly in 2018 when we won the SEC. Step off the ledge, folks. Even the best teams will lose a game or two they shouldn't. It happens.

Some of us do; that's driving some of this rage. We're tired of losing to Alabama in everything.

 

[GBO18]

Na I was at Top Golf watching earlier and got home to see the last 12 minutes. There’s not trolling needed to recognize Vescovi should be a 10 minute bench player at best.

How many beers did you drink at Top Golf?

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

True, but you shouldn't lose to an unranked team at home

You shouldn't, but it happens. Heck, Duke lost to SFA at home last season. It's just the nature of the game.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Some of us do; that's driving some of this rage. We're tired of losing to Alabama in everything.

I concur with that.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

I’m sorry, but Keon is not close to a lottery pick right now. He has no jump shot and seems to trip over his own feet every time he drives the lane.

He posses little offensive threat right now, which is killing us when our perimeter shooters aren’t making shots.

Damn, this loss just hurts. I was not ready to be let down this early in the year by Tennessee. This team is BY FAR the most talented in the SEC. No excuse for the dumb decisions making tonight.

 

[gainesvol82]

He was kinda watching the play then started limping and waved for a sub. It was weird.

Looked like he twisted his ankle when he landed. Maybe miss 1-2 games at most.

 

[Tshotdan]

I haven’t seen Alabama play yet so while they look ok on paper, I think Tennessee clamps down again.
Closer than I want it to be, which means a 20 point win over the Tide is not enough, I say 72-65

Guess you were way wrong

 

[Bigorange123]

I swear if the Titans lose tomorrow:

Please don’t go there

 

[C-south]

Yeah don’t forget he only had 1 turnover and was the only guy who hit a jumper all night.

And 1 assist. Multiple shots blocked.

 

[C-south]

How many beers did you drink at Top Golf?

4

 

[UneducatedGuess]

For me I'm pissed because we always play Alabama badly in basketball. Almost every single freakin time. Can we not beat the sh** out of them?

Alabama always plays into a weakness for us. Particularly, they live and die on driving the ball.

When Pons was out of the game, they feasted on Vols not switching in 1st half and then switching in early 2nd.

Pons arrives back in the game and Vols D is secured again.

You can’t really overestimate the value of a man who can come out of nowhere and block any shot on the backboard.

Especially for a slashing team like Bama.

Pons let’s the Vols stick to their man

 

[VolsSportsFan]

There seems to be some sort of hive mindset that if one guy is off the whole team is off. Nobody really stepped up offensively and everyone seemed to be laying bricks tonight.

 

[C-south]

Ur nuts dude

What leads you to believe Vescovi is an elite player?

 

[UneducatedGuess]

Looked like he twisted his ankle when he landed. Maybe miss 1-2 games at most.

What do you mean landed? He was trailing the play?

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Some of you must have forgot how a 16 loss Alabama team beat us silly in 2018 when we won the SEC. Step off the ledge, folks. Even the best teams will lose a game or two they shouldn't. It happens.

It’s basketball, losses are going to come. Let’s see how this team responds.
GBO!!

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

So you think Vescovi played well and is a good PG? lol. Ok troll.

Vescovi is serviceable most nights (although not tonight). He's nothing special by any means, though. Kennedy Chandler will start over him from day 1 IMO.

 

[Bigorange123]

There seems to be some sort of hive mindset that if one guy is off the whole team is off. Nobody really stepped up offensively and everyone seemed to be laying bricks tonight.

Who’s the leader?

 

[LibertyVol]

Stringer getting hurt was big. He is a good on the ball defender. Missed a lot of free throws. Fulkerson is hurt. This team is not near as good as people think. Probably will make the tourney, but another Barnes flop which he is famous for.

 

[aWhiteLoftonChism]

Definitely more upside as a freshman.

Keon is 5 months younger than Santiago who is only a sophomore.