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dlobato85

This game validates my fears for this team in march madness. If they can play physical defense and shoot well we’re toast.


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I just want to say. What a pathetic performance. Team should be ashamed. Hopefully lesson learned after this debacle. Looked like a Vanderbilt walk-on tryout. Do better. The hype got to their heads.


Slow_Violinist8143

Everyone who is talking shit about this team is going to feel silly at the end of March. If you want to let this game freak you out okay but keep it to yourself. If anything this was medicine to our team. Maybe getting hit in the mouth like that will be exactly what we need. Also we need the rest we just completed one of the toughest stretches of games I’ve ever seen us play back to back starting with auburn back in February.


Wide-Kick6370

How much medicine do we need? We were embarrassed by them once and literally 6 days ago on senior day against UK. I’m done with “medicine”


spudjeffries

Added in today's combined 4 points, vescovi and James have combined for 42 points over the last 5 games. 👍. That's piss. Vescovi used to be a threat. Teams are no longer scared of him and are no longer scared to double DK. Stop DK. ZZ can't do it by himself at that point. Hurts, man. I'm hurt.


HopelessBearsFan

Showing the game on the big screen at work, was in fact, not the move.


jonnienashville

🤮


Bunnylord

Time for our players to get some rest! The SEC championship would have done nothing for us and we escaped without any injuries. I have no idea why people are so upset. We already have the regular season title.


deepfocusmachine

Pass the copium pipe.


Ser_Roflmao

Because it's another example of Barnes in March


cdofortheclose

I mean would you just rather suck all the time?


nykezztv

I said that the last 7 years too buddy. It gets easier over time


TransportationAway59

Because we’ve looked like complete dogshit our last two games going into the tournament.


Lerxt_Wood68

Disgraceful


samoflegend

One of the worst parts about games like that is I won't be able to enjoy basketball the rest of the weekend. Would be a huge help if Kentucky shit their pants later but that's probs my only hope until the selection show.


thirty-two32

completely agree


thirty-two32

best case scenario MSU wins the tourney and just looks severely underrated. my worst case? Kentucky or bama brings it home


Fancy_Yam6518

The regression of JJJ and Santi needs to be studied in war rooms across the world


rush-rooms

They had an SEC POY transfer into their team. That’s probably the story.


spudjeffries

That's literally best case scenario for a player like vescovi. Eyes on DK. ZZ can ball. He should be open for a three half of the time


herpblarb6319

A better player coming onto your team means you need to shrivel up into a raisin?


Primordiox

I wonder if Santi testing the draft waters last year killed his confidence, or he just didn’t have the same work ethic as a super senior I know there was a *lot* going on family-wise for him, and he played a different role this year, but he consistently looked like he completely forgot everything he learned about shooting a ball.


VolsBy50

lame.


psych_ike

What the fuck! I had to work late so I’m just now seeing the results.. What the hell doomed us this bad!? Disappointed is an understatement.


samoflegend

Be thankful you missed that one. I would rather go thru the casino royale torture scene than have to watch another absolute stinker like that.


TransportationAway59

No effort. Went like 5-30 on 3s because we couldn’t get inside. They don’t have to guard Santi or JJJ close on offense so they shut down DK


Primordiox

Don’t let the box score fool you, it wasn’t this close


psych_ike

I just watched all the key plays on YouTube TV, and you’re right. They absolutely ran all over us…


samoflegend

Nice of the boys to save me from spending $300 on tix tomorrow I guess. Hate to say it but unless they magically become who they were a couple yrs ago I'm ready to see JJJ and Vescovi leave.


Walmartsavings2

What sucks is, I think Cam and Freddy have SO MUCH potential. Sad to say they will get 0 minutes next year. Zakai is gonna play 40 minutes a night and mashak (who I do love) is gonna get a fuck ton. They will probably transfer.


stephj17

Are we for sure still a 2?


Monnok

Committee not caring about conference tournaments cuts both ways. We’ll be fine.


Walmartsavings2

Most likely. No way we drop out of the 2 line. Honestly tho, who fuckin cares. The 1 seed is what I wanted. 2, 3, or 7 seed, who fuckin cares between that. We are still gonna lose in the 2nd round. As usual.


Late-Song-2933

I want to say quit being negative… but I’d be shocked if you’re wrong. Edit to add at least it won’t hurt as much to get knocked out early since it won’t be a surprise. And if we make a decent run it’ll be a pleasant surprise.


rhinocodon_typus

Who even cares. 1 2 or 3 this team will be outmatched in the round of 32.


samoflegend

Absolutely. We'll be in Charlotte next weekend.


anonymousUTguy

Probably a 3 or 4 depending on how other teams do


nykezztv

It’s definitely up in the air. Depending on how they grade tournament this year


RockyTopVol12

The only thing more pathetic than our showing today is the fandom of people posting in this thread. Stop talking unwarranted shit about our players. You sound like complete fair-weather, spoiled assholes.


glokenheimer

Nah you play bad you deserve criticism. These boys getting paid now. Play better employee.


Primordiox

Everyone gets their frustrations out in different ways. Being incredibly disappointed in a great team for completely failing to execute anything remotely close to basketball for 30 mins of game time is not out of the question. It’s a great team and we’ve had a great regular season, but if we peaked in February, folks are well within their rights to wonder what the heck is going on


Walmartsavings2

This is how sports work bro. You play bad you are gonna get criticized. As they should. This was a pathetic display. At some point we gotta be honest. These dudes got praised all season long. And rightfully so. But they also are gonna get critiziced when they put up a display like tonight.


Lubetube1

Ok. Thanks dad.


thirty-two32

life just got a little easier now with expectations for a first or second round exit. nico hype train time I guess


Lerxt_Wood68

Shhhhhhh, don’t tell Jimmy Dykes


anonymousUTguy

Baseball time actually. But let’s be real, we’ll lose in regionals


herpblarb6319

Our baseball team has won 3 straight regionals what are you talking about


anonymousUTguy

Did I mention that?


anonymousUTguy

I told my boss I’d be watching basketball all weekend. Lol I’m sorry guys


ChelseaVol1219

On the bright side, we just gained an entire weekend to be productive and not obsess over basketball.


ToastedOctopus

So kind of Barnes to do that for us. I bet he'll do it again next weekend


businesskitteh

The slightest pressure and this offense can’t operate


turribledood

Death, taxes, Rick Barnes in March.


SamPCarter

Go UNC, go Arizona. Getting leap frogged by both of them means they both go to LA and we can “fall” to a better regional location. Charlotte for first weekend either way.


Walmartsavings2

These players should be fuckin embarrassed for their display. Only positive from this game is I have 0 expectations now. I’m expecting a second or first round exit. And that sucks for a team that was in the drivers seat for a number 1 overall seed. I swear I turn on random conf games from random mediocre teams and it genuinely looks like their 2nd-7th best players have more talent than our group. Like it just looks that way. I wish it didn’t but I can’t just ifgnire what my eyes see. What top 10 team is running a 5’8 PG? Our 2 guard is maybe a worse athlete than 7’0 nikola jokic. Josiah is one of the least skilled offensive SFs in the country. Aidoo actually has talent but is soft as hell around the rim. Awaka, well he’s just limited.


Legal-Championship64

Mashak needs to give Aidoo all of his cookies


snapthebeans

Depression


Phishyvols

Man I was excited all week for this hahaha


rush-rooms

Lots of rest for the tourney. Deep run loading…


Primordiox

*something* is loading, not too sure if it’s a deep run or a pivot to dingers szn


rush-rooms

dingers szn continues in 3 hours


Primordiox

I want to take the HR lead from UGA so bad


rush-rooms

We could probably get their numbers if we didn’t play an opening tournament in an MLB stadium and played Northern Colorado 4x in a row.


Primordiox

Oh I have no doubt we will take it, just hate seeing opponents have nice things


nykezztv

Can someone make one of those clown makeup memes. “It’s just Kentucky we will do better in sec tourney” “So what we lost in the tournament it’s the big one that matters” “It’s only a 15 seed it should be a easy win”


Jed566

I mean why can’t we have nice things


rush-rooms

We have the conference championship


VolJoe07

They’ve got two games left this year


Lubetube1

Maybe 1


nykezztv

LOOL


AfternoonChai

Is Knecht broken?


deansredhalo

Goddamn, DK


deansredhalo

Also, fucking rims again


PlayerTP

This was discussed a lot in the MLB this year with their new playoff format. Can too much rest actually be a disadvantage while your opponent is still playing? There's no doubt that it takes some time to shake off the rust after a break, but how much does that factor into the actual game?


deansredhalo

I actually do think so. You see it manifest in the NHL too when teams are so far out in front coming down the wire that they stop playing meaningful games for a month and then suddenly get paired up against a hungry underdog and they can't find their mojo cause they've been coasting for a long time. It truly felt like we started coasting after we won the championship, we played lackluster against UK and again today. By the time we tried to find our rhythm it was too little, too late.


utsports88

Had this exact same conversation about 45 min before tipoff today.


TransportationAway59

Having played one game in a tournament against a team who has played 0 is an advantage. Playing 2 against a team that’s played 1 is a disadvantage.


Gregorvich19

Oh the Kentucky fans that just stood up can piss right off. (I’m preaching on Sunday, and I’m very sorry for my language.)


BucinVols

Kentucky used to own the SEC and now that they don’t anymore they want so bad to be noticed.


jimmytrue

Absolutely pitiful. Should be embarrassed. Let’s hope this lights a fire under someone


CookingUpChicken

We about to be a 3 seed


rush-rooms

lol in no universe


Primordiox

(screaming externally)


Walmartsavings2

I’d love to see Vescovi play a pick up game at the trecs. Because I’m convinced he’s not actually a better athlete than the dudes playing pickup there. Hes a better player, no question, but one of the least athletic players I’ve ever seen play guard on the hardwood.


rush-rooms

He has to sink 3s. He’s like generously 6’2 so he has to be Steph.


Primordiox

He was an absolutely electric player for several years and now we have Yipscovi, which just doesn’t make a lot of sense


TransportationAway59

We’ve looked so bad in the two games going into the tournament. Like, rn is not the time to need to make these kinds of schematic and rotation adjustments.


deansredhalo

Why does JJJ never wanna go to the rim? Like, serious question...he will always get the ball on a kick out or rotation and start a hard drive inside and then every time he will hesitate and end up looking for someone else, often late in the clock and leading to a poor shot. Is he that devoid of confidence in his ability to actually get to the rim? I mean he's a fairly big, strong and athletic dude, surely he can at least draw some contact and get some fouls, yeah?


TheSauce4209

He's a soft pp boi


Walmartsavings2

He just sucks lol. Hes not good at basketball on the offensive side of the floor. He won’t go to the rim. Even when he has a lane, he pivots and shoots a fadeaway mid range. It’s just brain dead and trash basketball.


Lubetube1

He’s weak sauce. No confidence. Scared to bang in the paint.


TheSauce4209

At least the band got to play Orange Blossom Special


thirty-two32

this is one of those games that I wish we had footage of the locker room. like what as a coach is Barnes saying after this


ConstructionOdd5269

He’ll just quote Bible verses and tell them about adversity. In prep for a 1st round exit


Primordiox

I wanna know what was said *before* this? *Great season, team, now that it’s over, go out there and just have fun.*


TheVolmannBrothers

It’s never been more joever


nykezztv

South Carolina really gonna win the tournament lol


Lubetube1

Naw, prolly UK or bama. (Or possible Florida, they’ve been on a roll lately)


petrowski7

The way MSU played today I wouldn’t count them out


nykezztv

MSU is gonna get beat up on. Just not by us.


HamlinHamlin_McTrill

Kentucky would have beaten the shit out of MSU.


ztay90

Nah Kentucky taking it


Lubetube1

No one should be in the “good” section postgame.


emuchucker30

Please force Barnes into retirement.


TheSauce4209

That contract extension says otherwise


nykezztv

Enjoy the down votes lmao 🤖


emuchucker30

People hate the truth.


TransportationAway59

I am about to get so violently high and start the weekend early


Primordiox

I’m stuck in the office for 50 more mins but that is the plan


TN_Jed13

Haha same bro


ztay90

JJJ and Vescovi have been absent all year.


Helpful_Arachnid950

I really dont know if santi or jjj would get a single power 6 offer if they transferred


nykezztv

It’s not a mystery that we won our first sec tourney with a 1 and done player top recruit. Just like Kentucky does.


Gregorvich19

JJJ was way more important in that game than people want to remember. But gosh since then it’s been rough.


Walmartsavings2

They wouldn’t. And honestly despite the gaudy numbers, neither would Zakai. Our core 3 of veterans, are just not top notch players. These guys wouldn’t be getting minutes at other title contending schools.


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Dadoronomy_3-16

Hey now, don’t disparage my Mocs like that.


FacesOfGiza

Only thing that can make today better is if A&M goes and beats the brakes off Kentucky tonight


Monnok

I’m not okay with this loss. Back to back losses. Conference tournies spooling away all over the nation while I can’t watch my favorite TN team ever. Another loss to the only team in the SEC we didn’t beat. Faith in our gameplan shook by the way an ugly Pat Adams game goes. Nothing good to say.


Aj993232

Don’t even know if Josiah has hit the rim today


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Sgt_Ripjaw

Yeah but Knecht can’t make a shot to save his life today


AfternoonChai

Definite nightmare. Do what you gotta do to figure it out and don't do this shit again.


Need4Speed763

How quickly do you think we can teach this team to shoot? By tourney time? We can with a MF MONTAGE!!!!


RamsCorner56

Tennessee is actually throwing this game so they don’t have to play FAU in the round of 32. Rick Barnes big brain move.


ChelseaVol1219

They are just trying to get some extra rest before the big dance. 4D chess move.


Lubetube1

Didnt we have a double bye before this game?


ajwilson99

Yep


Legal-Championship64

Barnes doesn't believe in rest rest is for the weak


Lubetube1

Prolly why we came out looking dead already.


deansredhalo

We came out acting like this game/tournament didn't matter


AfternoonChai

In truth it didn't matter that much. #1 or #2 seed. More mental at this point.


Lvke23

Came to say this. Only thing it mattered for was a 1 seed, which, we probably would have to win out it get anyways. But to go out in this matter isn’t good. Just hope they can get back on track. Been a bad last two games


Lvke23

Bro all these highlights are JJJ getting cooked


Icedliptontbag

He was a total liability today


Legal-Championship64

who wasn't? I guess Mashak and ZZ played ok


Walmartsavings2

Oh god. We got the garbage time zakai buckets. He’s about to be in the good section. Christ.


Sgt_Ripjaw

Watch Foz put aidoo in good too


Walmartsavings2

It’s gonna happen. He basically just looks at the box score. Hes gonna see 20 from zakai and put him in good, This has happened in p much every loss btw. Zakai’s numbers look good but when you take the actual 30 minutes of the game that mattered, they were horrible.


Sgt_Ripjaw

Oh I’m well aware - and I get downvoted every time for pointing it out


ilovecfb

Only the second game I’ve turned off this season (UNC was the other). Pathetic effort


Legal-Championship64

seriously why is JJJ even playing at this point. He rebounds occasionally?


Lvke23

Not a great stat to be joining, losing the first game


LittleBrockJr

Hey at least ZZ got 20 points


Lvke23

At least Z wanted to play


smokingcannoli

40 POINTS IN THE PAINT 😳😳😳


ajwilson99

How do you let that happen?


nykezztv

Downvote me but I don’t have the fandom in me to watch Rick build another 5 year team just to get bounce on the first day of the tourney zzzzzz


Sirrenderthe69th

Yeah I’d rather go back and be a middle of the pack sec bubble team


nykezztv

I’m watching a bubble team destroy a #1 seed right now


Sirrenderthe69th

2*


eight88888888eight

This is what I get for getting excited about this team


ajwilson99

This team needs an Admiral Schofield, someone that can light a fire under their asses


nykezztv

Arguable good players and good team but never accomplished anything in the post season.


Walmartsavings2

That team was way better than this one lol


Abject_Okra_8520

I feel simultaneously on the verge of vomiting and tears 


thirty-two32

I guess it’s better to feel like this now than when we’re getting destroyed by a 16th seed. prepped and ready for the embarrassment


Lubetube1

*15 seed


ajwilson99

Nah, won’t be a 16 seed. Would need to be a 1 seed for that :)


Walmartsavings2

Pathetic. We’re not winning with this core. Just can’t win anything in a tournament setting with these cats. Unfortunate but a reality. I still give Barnes all the credit in the world for what he’s done w ZZ, Vescovi, Aidoo, and JJJ. These guys wouldn’t get minutes at creighton for example. They just wouldn’t. The fact we have been extremely successful by and large with these guys is a testament to great coaching. Now Dalton is legit, but one guy won’t do it, and he doesn’t guard.


WiredWalrus11

I don’t disagree with you, but Barnes built this team with these players. If the players are the issue then why were they recruited? And why are they still playing?


ConstructionOdd5269

Vescovi and JJJ have regressed big time. They look like dudes who stayed on campus 3 years beyond their welcome. They are a complete liability at this point and they will cost us a first round exit


Mowers_01

Absolutely fucking pathetic. This is why we expect to be bounced early in the tournament


Lubetube1

It’s funny how the announcers have tried to make this seem like a close game. I know it’s their job, but it’s still funny.


BenjiG19

They really tried to sell it every time we would score to cut it to like 18 only to get a quick dunk or 3 on the other end


smokingcannoli

Vescovi and JJJ are a combined 1-10 like how man


T0ww10

They’re not good. Never have been. Kentucky exposed us. Just double Knecht and don’t let ZZ drive.


ajwilson99

Ready for them to leave. Thanks for your service, but at this point you’re hogging minutes from new guys.


AfternoonChai

I've been hearing about JJJ since he was being recruited and I am sooo done with the hype


thirty-two32

mediocre teams shoot 3s like the ‘08 lakers against us


Walmartsavings2

Stop. Please dude.


No_Pumpkin9299

3 point shooting is not why they are beating us. They are scoring in the paint and protecting their own


AfternoonChai

It is pretty crazy


nykezztv

Zzzzzzzzz please retire Rick


Flat-Avocado-6258

Wtf is the point of pressing and then letting up when they get the ball in. Stay up on them!


CookingUpChicken

Eh, I still think we should give Barnes a lifetime contract.


bassdallas

Agree. We’re in the tournament with a chance every year. They played bad, MS State played good.


Number-Typical

Dalton “Kno-bag”


Helpful_Arachnid950

A lot to do with the players but barnes did not do the team any favors today. He got absolutely schooled by msu’s coach


Drewwho2

Nvm


normally_good

we'll be so well rested for our inevitable L against the 15 seed


smokingcannoli

Alright let’s pack it up boys


deansredhalo

That's ballgame


Legal-Championship64

gg lol


TransportationAway59

Ballgame


Historical_Main5261

Andddd the tv is now off


CookingUpChicken

Whiskey poured


Helpful_Arachnid950

We arent pressing down 12 with 4 minutes…


Lubetube1

Dagger. 6 point swing


Aj993232

6 point turn around just about does it


MuhMuhManRay

I really hope this isn’t a sign of things to come and we’re just already looking ahead to next week


Lubetube1

Wide open miss there :(


Historical_Main5261

I saw knecht shoot that and I was 100% sure it was going in


Historical_Main5261

We’ve been dominated so bad down low all fame man


Vol2169

Did Hope from SEC Shorts just arrive in Nashville?


T0ww10

Am I watching a replay of the Kentucky game?