The Official #8 Tennessee vs. #12 Kentucky Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN

[Ernest T. Vol]

Barnes looks like he's over it. These games are wearing him out.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

There really is no talent on this team

It's a tough scene

 

[vols 30]

GET GAINEY OUT!!!!

We don't have a chance without him hitting a couple of threes down the stretch.

 

[87&91ALUM]

Hard to watch. Awful offense and mistake prone defense. Kentucky the better team most of the game. Cmon Vols...make a few 3s and get back into it.

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

Yep - refs will see fit that we finish .500 in the SEC at best.

We getting beat because we letting them shoot 50% from 3 and we aren’t putting the ball in the hoop when we have possessions

 

[wmcovol]

B/c there isn’t much talent on the roster.

Barnes has elected to go “portal” the last couple years. It will be a rebuild but much easier today. Look at Ky, Ole Miss, etc.

 

[Namorto1]

If Barnes chooses to hang it up this year it will be a total rebuild for the next coach.

If he retires, Danny White will go out and find a coach who has an exciting offense. That is his MO.

 

[Go47]

Our offense - though struggling - is doing about what it has been . . . But our poor defense against the 3 is giving UK a chance to put 75-80 on us.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Barnes has my respect.

But he looks very tired and worn out on the sidelines.

With NIL and the transfer portal, I don’t think he coaches much longer.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

Just get to 9 -9 in league and pray for a 3 seed

 

[RAVOL]

There are zero offensive playmakers on this team.

Your wrong just no consistency. You don't win this many games with 0 playmakers. But just so inconsistent it's maddening. Igor shows up tonight but the rest our meh .

 

[VOLinAL]

Don’t have one guy who can play ISO ball. No one able to create on their own. As Barnes said a while ago, Lanier needs to do what he gets paid to do.

 

[knoxchief]

We will get into the Tounament but I don't see us being a low seed. I honestly think we won't get to 16

 

[Christian Lowe]

Never said all other sports. Just basketball compared to football.

Then what’s your point? Like I said, that’s the case for everyone not named Kansas, Kentucky, UNC or Duke.

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

this might be the most frustrating basketball team we’ve had in quite some time

The year following Grant and Admiral was tough. Bowden being elevated to our top guy and Turner getting hurt. Saw Pons and Fulky develop, but that was a tough year especially on the heels of the previous two. But I think we knew it was a rebuild year going in.

This year…the talent is there, but it’s just not coming together and in the most inexplicable ways. Being #1 feels like fools gold, but at the same time, you see flashes and against a team like this KY team, there’s no reason to be down to them. Frustrating is right.

 

[vol94]

There really is no talent on this team

I argued w someone recently that w had talent. So he challenged me and we went down the roster. Boswell is a four star, but not a SEC point guard as of today. Phillips and Estrella could be good players but most likely but game changers.

 

[germantown902]

If Dubar doesn’t play defense other than that one block, can he at least get involved on the other end? And tell me again when Lanier is going to get out of this so-called slump?

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Laying an egg at home against UK 2 times in a row.

 

[cwbytruckers]

At least DK leads the Lakers in scoring at the half.

 

[ColinS]

Refs? UK is shooting almost 48% from 3 to our 25. And we're at home. This is actually embarrassing.

Oh, they are blaming the refs. It don't matter if we lose by 75

 

[walkenvol]

We never feed the post.

Cause our post scorer is out for the season

 

[floridavol25]

It feels like the peanut butter jelly final year where we beat them in Rupp and they embarrassed us at home .. the arena looks dead on tv and Gainey has played like trash

 

[Switch 625]

I wish Barnes would have picked up a thing or two about how to run an offense in the last 45 years.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Who we gonna put in that’s any better tonight? All these guys show up tonight uninspired and as usual can not score.

Yep. Boswell looks scared to death out there. Why can't we ever get freshman that are actually ready to play. A Springer or Keon is what this team needs.

 

[vavolfan6]

Refs? UK is shooting almost 48% from 3 to our 25. And we're at home. This is actually embarrassing.

Not embarassing. It takes such a drastic shooting percentage differencw to beat us in TBA. If even just a 10% diffetmrence we are winning..