The Official Tennessee vs. #6 Alabama Game Thread, 1:00 PM ET, ESPN

[amaralfan1]

Wouldve been a different game if Barnes used a TO during that huge Alabama run. It's like he thinks slowing momentum us unsportsmanlike

 

[VFL1127]

Way to give it away. Such a Tn thing to do! Blew a 15 pt lead then had a chance at the end with free throws and couldn't hit them.

 

[VOLnVANDYland]

Yes.

Nice lineup management huh? Pretty impressive.. let’s put an ice cold player who never plays all year in for the last minute down 1... great call coach

 

[1985Vols]

Would have won if anyone but ticket shot those free throws. It is what it is

Shouldn’t have been been in the game. Wish he had let someone else get the rebound

 

[VolPack22]

That was a horrible last shot attempt. Should’ve drawn a play up for Vescovi instead of having him dribble the ball.

 

[Rylee_Vol18]

Anybody dogging Gaines, I can be at every Waffle House in Knoxville, within 20 minutes

Come to west tn, he choked.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Proud of this team today. The SEC allowed the refs to control this game. We will make @ show in the NCAA with Fullerton back next week.

 

[I4Vols]

Bailey is terrible. Can’t play a lick of defense and is a spotty shooter at best.

No f'ing court sense for a guard
But then our point guards gave up the game during that one stretch

 

[JonGrudensAgent]

BAILEY HAS KILLED US ALL GAME

He was pretty awful today.

Had some terrible misses.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Sorry to say it but that is on Barnes for sticking him in there cold.

Again, if he can't hit 1 FT then he needs to find a lower level team to get with. He wasn't even close on those FTs.

 

[Delmar]

sorry but the 2nd half was pathetic. They shut Keon down and nobody else could shoot

And couldn’t handle the ball either. Way too many unforced turnovers

 

[VOLnVANDYland]

Stupid

It’s March.. are you liking why your seeing?

 

[roberthunter]

Josiah-Jordan James finished the game without fouling out!!! That means we win, right?

 

[tnvols72]

There was not even a play drawn up. There was no sense in even calling a timeout. Cant blame Gaines, Barnes put him in

 

[vavolfan6]

Barnes shouldn't be ashamed for not going at the refs abd at least getting a Tech...James getting his 4th found was bs and all the tricky tack crap at the start of the 2nd lost us the game...Bama was able to go on a run and We were already playing at a disadvantage without Fulky...having to rely on Uros

 

[aWhiteLoftonChism]

Gaines? Barnes sat him there cold and puts him in? Terrible terrible awful game time coach

Is this supposed to be In blue font? He put him in for Defense to get a stop. Which he did. Jones made a bad decision to foul but got lucky that Gaines isn’t a good FT shooter.

 

[Chris4Vols22]

1. Good play in the first half
2. Absurd officiating
3. 2nd half collapse
4. The Gaines sequence

All of this after what happened yesterday.

Man, tough times.

 

[GBO18]

Bama had just as many turnovers as us. This game was pretty even. Just came down to a couple possessions as most close games do.

 

[YankeeVol]

Well we may have secured a 5 seed playing that close.

So we can get bounced in the first game. The 5-12 is not a good spot for this team.

 

[BreatheUT]

Gaines? Barnes sat him there cold and puts him in? Terrible terrible awful game time coach

If he was a decent FT shooter then he at least would've been close to the rim regardless of how cold he was. He came in for defense but once again found himself blown to the floor and tragically at the FT line.

 

[djohnnyg]

He looked like he'd never played basketball before on those free throws. The way he looked. Way he was set up. Horrible.

 

[1985Vols]

Sorry to say it but that is on Barnes for sticking him in there cold.

Dude that can’t shoot a FT doesn’t deserve to be a D1 player

 

[TooLegit2Quit]

Wow that was complete garbage out of a timeout. Brutal second half between the turnovers, the lack of intensity on offense and the atrocious officiating.

I'll pull for Ole Miss vs the non-conference schedule sandbaggers that made the conference look bad. Doubly vs cheating LSU. Auburn are complete suckers for sitting out the postseason.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Kind of a freak ending with Gaines. In his defense, he made a great play to get the stop, and he would never have been taking a shot on the offensive end. Nobody expected him to be shooting FTs.

He made a great defensive play but I was screaming for him to pass it because I was afraid he'd get fouled.

 

[JCP201]

Everyone knows Gaines can't shoot a lick, but he's put in a game like this at crunch time.

That's all on RB

He got the foul on him. They played a good game-- Team like Bama is not going to be cold the whole game. They figured out what to do with Johnson. I'm unhappy we lost, but this bitching here when we were playing without Fulky against the best team in SEC is BS.