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

[livefaith]

Boy, we earned this one. Can't throw it in the ocean. UK couldn't miss. Beaten at home.

 

[zeppelin128]

and only made 11..................at what point does Barnes say "Stop shooting the 3!!!!"...........we woulda probably won this game if we would have gone inside/driven just a bit more.

I can't recall a more stubborn performance of just doing the same **** over, and over, and over with it not working. I don't get it.

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

lol…just don’t have any shooters period

Maybe, but we go to Gainey. Why not Lanier there?

Also - why not try to go inside? Draw a foul with Philips or Okpara. If you can’t throw it in the ocean from 3, do something different.

 

[Westtnvol2]

Not enough depth on this team to play three day turnaround against good competition. You do not make shots when you are leg tired. We got outcoached tonight as well.

 

[Volfan_1999]

Will be lucky to be a 4 seed

 

[utVolFanInVA]

Took everything we had to lose this one. Kentucky should be embarassed to barely win. If not for a 50% shooting night they lose. Its the only way they win.

Wish TN could be embarrassed and still win, would be a nice change!

 

[Caz]

This team will get ran by FL. It don’t matter if you checker the arena and allow us to play 5 on 1.

 

[Namorto1]

After we lost a close one to Auburn, thought we could still be the 2nd best team in the SEC or the 9th. I'm leaning towards the 9th. We had to defend home court. Bad loss in particular with the offense we put on the floor.

 

[VOL_Lyfe]

We shot 25% from 3 on that possession

Insane

 

[TheBigOne10]

We will be what this team probably truly is. A 4 seed or so. It is what it is.

 

[volbound1700]

I’ve always thought his offense requires a dominant inside offensive presence to work properly. Look at what Grant did here

We haven't had that since.

 

[BleedOrange81]

Wish the cats still had cal..pope is a much better coach.

 

[vavolfan6]

Just gotta learn to shoot 30% from 3 and we can even beat a team that shoots 50% from 3.

It literally took a 25% percentage difference to lose. Really proud of this team! No one else is shooting like that on a nuetral floor against us. Which is what matters in the tournament.

 

[Vols919]

Losing to Florida, Vanderbilt, Pearl and Kentucky. Just twists the knife over and over.

 

[hUTch2002]

If you’d have told me we would shoot 21 more 3s than Kentucky I’d have said you’re insane. We sure did though and that’s why we lost.

 

[theroyz71]

Vols are like 2-4 when I watch them. Hard for me to get excited about them.

I stopped watching them a few years ago because it seemed like they lost whenever I watched them.

 

[C-south]

Pickleball offense. Can’t score over the line.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Only fitting for Ziegler to miss yet another 3 pointer to end it.

1-11 . He does not shoot at a high enough level to shoot that many 3s.

 

[WilliamDuVOL]

Uuuuuuuuugh

 

[LibertyVolance]

Clank clank clank. No shooters. A typical Barnes team. Great defense, but no shooters. Lost at home to Kentucky.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

I don’t understand why they didn’t go for 2. Wasted a lot of time trying to get a 3.
Maybe that’s not what Barnes drew up. We have no way of knowing, but I have a hard time thinking he’d do that, given the way they had better success inside

 

[volfan__18]

We took 45 three's and made 11. This is why I stopped watching the NBA. What is this offense?

you’d hate to watch the girls play. It’s full run and gun and shooting threes.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

Those are the main reasons for this game. Them 2 sucked it up

Terrible and Dubar like 1 for 7 also

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

I don't understand why RB didn't call a TO and set something up there. It was obvious everyone was panicking

 

[hUTch2002]

Just gotta learn to shoot 30% from 3 and we can even beat a team that shoots 50% from 3.

It literally took a 25% percentage difference to lose. Really proud of this team! No one else is shooting like that on a nuetral floor against us. Which is what matters in the tournament.

I’m proud of the fight but our shot selection sucks something awful.