The Official Tennessee vs. Xavier Game Thread, 9:00pm ET(11/12/13), FOXS1

[utvolz98]

Big men were absolutely useless tonight. McRae should rightfully be pissed

Yes he should

 

[AZVOLSFAN]

Well, on the bright, if this is one, we may get a chance at redemption real soon.

 

[patrick]

Same old CCM, same old result.......

Oh but wait CCM is a great coach and I am a fool to think otherwise even though he has never made the AA tourney. It's the player's fault..... TOTAL GARBAGE.

 

[Gilbert]

Looks like another painfully slow start to the season is on the horizon.

 

[Gary10ec1]

We will improve. Showed signs of life there at the end.

 

[golfballs]

ukeb:

At least they serve beer here

 

[GTvols]

This is the reason why I prefer the basketball team over the football team. At least they try in the 2nd half.

 

[TOP]

Cuonzo Martin... the Derek Dooley of basketball.

 

[k-town_king]

Its the first game of the season. That is all.

 

[7maxims]

Hope this is the beginning of the end of the Cuonzo error / era ..

 

[Catbone]

This game pisses me off. Dammit

 

[OrangeBalls]

That's not a bad loss on the resume, but the way we lost it was. Another early season missed opportunity. I'm getting sick and tired of Martin being clueless for the month of Nov and Dec and having to scramble like hell to make the tourney. If tonight is any indication, we'll be sweating it out yet again on Selection Sunday. Which is damn pathetic with this talent.

 

[Cartervol]

Well, different year same old trash. Martin's brand of basketball is as entertaining as a root canal.

 

[patrick]

CCM stealing football slogan "Brick by Brick"

 

[Chris4Vols22]

Gahhhhhh awful game plan tonight. I don't expect another slow start, but tonight does not help.

 

[VolGee4]

Same old CCM, same old result.......

Oh but wait CCM is a great coach and I am a fool to think otherwise even though he has never made the AA tourney. It's the player's fault..... TOTAL GARBAGE.

Just quit. Please. Tonight was terrible but he has done some good things. I agree that he has to win this year but your **** is stupid.

 

[k-town_king]

Cuonzo Martin... the Derek Dooley of basketball.

Yea except for the winning record every year, finishing above projections, beating his rivals , some ranked teams and bringing in a few five stars.

 

[GTvols]

Can Coach Martin coach defense for the football team?

 

[Ace]

Should've won that game by double digits. Really pathetic.

You are right. Coaching lost that game. We did not play to win. We have much more talent than Xavier. If we traded coaches we win easy. I will still pull for the Vols, but this loss is very disappointing. We have players, but played with very little emotion or passion. That is coaching. Where is the fire?

 

[volgrad500]

Not a good night for the SEC. We need the conference to win these early games to help our SOS- lord knows we will be straddling that tourney bubble

 

[orangealways]

Thank goodness for the lady vols. They're the only freakin team in orange who knows how to win.

 

[SCowlsVOL]

Big men were absolutely useless tonight. McRae should rightfully be pissed

McRae and Barton are really the main two offensive players that showed up tonight

 

[orbs son]

I hope we get to play this team again. Without the home court advantage and calls going their way, we win by double digits.

 

[VolGee4]

Cuonzo Martin... the Derek Dooley of basketball.

Was waiting for this. Not even close. Martin has winning records and beat many ranked teams. Please stop this.

 

[Mullins2010]

Cuonzo Martin... the Derek Dooley of basketball.

First time I've heard this.....