The Official #9 Tennessee @ Mississippi State Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN2

[calban]

This is another Desperate team coming off double downers and playing at home. We'll have to come in focused and ready to go.

 

[cwbytruckers]

I hope this team doesn't have a hangover from Kentucky, but I fear they will. I think Miss State will beat them by 5, they are not as bad as the first game suggests.

But UK isnt as bad as they had been playing either. That loss will not look as bad later in the season

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Line has moved to -5.5. Anybody else taking that action? This team knows they have to perform tonight. I think that's a very high probability bet

I’ve learned long ago to never “take that action” in any Tennessee game. Impossible to judge how Tennessee teams will perform night in and night out. We could win by 30+ again tonight, or we could lose.

 

[Voljayton]

Need some redemption tonight. Hopefully ON shows up and the backboard doesn't swat the layups like flies.

 

[Volfan1000]

HIT THE DAMN BUNNIES!

Win the board battle and Phillips needs to score at least 12 to 18 points per game from here on out for Tennessee to go to the next level offensively.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

No Vescovi tonight

 

[Volfan1000]

No Vescovi tonight

Mashack probably gets the start in place of Vescovi.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I’d like to think that TN should win having outscored MSU by so much in Knoxville. But Allan Houston’s last team lost to KY 101-40 and also beat KY in Knoxville a few weeks earlier. Anything can happen on the road in the SEC.

 

[Voljayton]

No Vescovi tonight

What happened? Shoulder?

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

What happened? Shoulder?

Kesling goes live in a minute and it will be explained in the first 2 or 3.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

What happened? Shoulder?

 

[Freak]

That's not good.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Tyreke Key hadn’t come out to warmups yet. Yikes!

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

What happened? Shoulder?

Yes

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

Tyreke Key hadn’t come out to warmups yet. Yikes!

Out sick per Kesling

 

[TooLegit2Quit]

BJ Edwards, come on down!

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Well this isn't good.

 

[Creeker]

No Vescovi and no Key, that sucks. Not encouraging news.

 

[Doctrippin]

I’ve learned long ago to never “take that action” in any Tennessee game. Impossible to judge how Tennessee teams will perform night in and night out. We could win by 30+ again tonight, or we could lose.

College bball has a rhythm to it. Just like KY rolling in and taking down the Vols. They had to win to save their cred. I think the same applies to us tonight. A game we are expected to win needs to be a dominant performance

 

[Freak]

 

[The Dog]

Vols 65-60, before I found out Vescovi wasn't playing. Now, Vols 61-60. This game is huge if we want stay in the hunt for the regular season SEC Championship. I know how good Bama looks, but we hold our own destiny, in our hands, still. I think it will be ugly, but we get the win. I wanna see JJJ step-up and be the leader and player he was on March, last year. I think Phillips bounces back and gives some much needed offensive rebounding and 2nd chance points. I think he is too athletic and talented for the Dogs. Plus, he had 11 and 7, last week. Over/under on Phillips' Dunks 2.5

 

[SGMVols]

No Vescovi or Key makes us the underdog now, imo

 

[walkenvol]

No Vescovi or Key makes us the underdog now, imo

Need 38 minutes from ZZZ - hopefully his knee and foul trouble won’t prevent it.

 

[SGMVols]

Need 38 minutes from ZZZ - hopefully his knee and foul trouble won’t prevent it.

Probably don’t have a choice but to play Edwards at least a little. Hopefully he won’t be totally lost out there.

 

[Tnphil]

Down to 4.5 last I saw.