The Official Tennessee vs. Duke Game Thread, 5:30 EST, ESPN2

Hey cat, this has nothing to do with this post, but you're alright. I've observed some posts and you dont seem like a troll. I actually like having good opposing fan posters to get an outside opinion.
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Thanks. Its hard to judge how people view you here. One little miscue and the whole forum blows up.

Thanks again.
 
That's an impressive showing for an unranked UT team 3 games into its first year coach. Gotta be happy with that result if you're realistic. We have some talent on this team. It'll get better as the season goes along. No doubt in my mind we'll be better than the preseason polls suggested.
 
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We played with a ton of energy and never backed down or rolled over when Duke hit a dagger 3. Against the defending national champions and the all-time winningest coach. With our starting PG (and arguably best overall player) playing 4 minutes in the first half thanks to 2 cheap ticky-tack fouls. I know there's no such thing as moral victories, but this is a MUCH better team than I thought it was going to be, and there's no reason why it shouldn't continue to improve as the season rolls on. We're definitely going to pull off a couple of upsets somewhere along the way.
 
My stomach is glad this game is over. It was a lot closer then I expected. But UT played very hard and I hope they kick the stuffing out of Memphis tomorrow. Anyone know if its on tv?

all games from this tournament are on espn's family of networks
 
I'm just happy that we were able to compete with an elite type team. If we can learn to finish around the hole, things could become remarkably good for this Tennessee team. I was impressed. It's obvious that we've found a good basketball coach.
 
People complaining about timeouts need to go back to the football forum. Tennessee played a good game and pretty amazing we only lost by 10 considering we did not hit a 3. That means we played a very good halfcourt game and excuted some plays. We left a lot of points under the basket, hit a few lay ups and this is a tight tight game. Either way, good D and great hustle this game. Coach Martin showed that he has this team ready to play and ready to go hard on the defensive end. They keep this intensity on the defensive end we will get some wins we are not supposed to. The ball will fall in the basket eventually.
 
I will say that if we can bring that kind of effort every game we will upset some teams and possibly make the tourny.
 
Maymon missed some point blank shots. Those big Ogres Duke had blocked and contested a bunch of shots. The Refs also swallowed their whistles a little on our end of the floor. Oh well.

Duke looked better coached and Tennessee was more athletic, exception maybe those two guards of Duke's.
 
I thought we looked better than Duke on defense, we just couldn't finish our opportunities, while they did. Also they got all the breaks and 50/50 calls, which is nothing new. That's the game right there.
 
Good game considering we didn't hit a three and got those ticky tack fouls that go against us. Our strong point this year so far has been the three. Losing to Duke by 10 considering that we could of should of pulled the upset. We need to work on our offense and threes..We continue to hit free throws which is a blessing after last year. I will take it but get ready for the Tigers...Go Vols!!!
 
I didn't get to catch the 2nd half but the score reflects a respectable battle. Im proud of our guys and I think coach martin is going to do great things for our program. Go vols
 

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