Worst game ever?

#30
#30
It was a horrible performance. We missed 60 shots with fg/ft combined. Texas Tech played almost as badly. So it was definitely an ugly ugly game. It wasn't just that we missed so many. It was how. JJJ's blown whatever that was will join Carlos Groves nearly knocking the backboard off on a missed free throw years ago as shots I'll never forget.
 
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berryvol said:
I guess you don’t pay attention when the team isn’t as good? Georgetown 2012 was WORLDS worse than this game.
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This is the key to all the hysteria. People who watch 5 games a year and only in seasons where we’re ranked so they don’t have any idea how a college basketball season works

Like, tonight’s performance wasn’t good, but it’s kinda like in politics where I wanna criticize a politician for being a bit corrupt but everybody around me is calling them a child eating Satanist and I end up spending more time defending something I disapprove of than actually criticizing it because others’ criticism is so outta hand
 
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cncchris33 said:
6 of 39, but who's counting? And yet, the team we played against was nearly as inept (4-24).

It really is quite unbelievable that two, high-level teams could both be that awful on the same night. They were a combined 10-63 from 3. Sheesh...
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Upward Basketball at its best
 
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Flush it and move on. Nothing to learn from it. Game seemed off from the beginning. Offensively, the plays were there, but the open shots weren’t falling. That’s on the players. They seemed distracted for some reason. The roodee-poo officiating didn’t help matters.
 
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cncchris33 said:
6 of 39, but who's counting? And yet, the team we played against was nearly as inept (4-24).

It really is quite unbelievable that two, high-level teams could both be that awful on the same night. They were a combined 10-63 from 3. Sheesh...
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Actually its 40. But with no real posts, 3pt shooting is our game. Out of 40, 30 or so were absolutely wide open.
 
#37
#37
I thought I heard we were supposed to be a good three point shooting team but the last two games have proved everyone wrong.
 
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Vol49er said:
This is the key to all the hysteria. People who watch 5 games a year and only in seasons where we’re ranked so they don’t have any idea how a college basketball season works

Like, tonight’s performance wasn’t good, but it’s kinda like in politics where I wanna criticize a politician for being a bit corrupt but everybody around me is calling them a child eating Satanist and I end up spending more time defending something I disapprove of than actually criticizing it because others’ criticism is so outta hand
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Lmao spot on. It’s not like we think tonight’s game went well or was fun to watch. But does it make it any less likely that this team can make a run in the post season? Does it have any bearing on how they play in the SEC? Absolutely not. When you look back at the end of the year, losses like this in CBB are, many times, a blessing in disguise.
 
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I remember Vols vs Temple in 1973. Before the shot clock and 3 point line. Ugliest game ever. 11-6 was the final. But at least they hit some of their shots.
 
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1985Vols said:
If I’m a coach and my team is 2 for 25 from 3 I think I might change my strategy and stop shooting 3’s. Not sure what we are paying a guy $5M a year to do if we can’t at least get that amount of coaching
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Our guards were going against 4 defenders inside. That wasn't working either.
 
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BondJamesBond said:
I remember Vols vs Temple in 1973. Before the shot clock and 3 point line. Ugliest game ever. 11-6 was the final. But at least they hit some of their shots.
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Yeah but that was back whenever teams got a small lead and just held the ball until someone decided to foul. That was the whole reason the shot clock came about. It was poor sportsmanship.
 
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#50
berryvol said:
Yes. Georgetown 2012. Did you only watch when we are preseason top 25 or are you seven?
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Georgetown 2012 we scored less but tonight was uglier. If we shoot the same percentage tonight that we did in 2012 vs GTown we win. Tonight was a brickfest for the ages. I'll be surprised if we have ever missed more shots in a single game. That's a Stat I couldn't find in the media guide.
 
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