Posted by cwisenhower on February 26, 2008 at 11:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Those refs suck. Someone needs to file an official complaint because that was ridiculous. Vandy did not earn that victory and I refuse to honor it. That just made me aboslutely sick to my stomach, and those refs need to be fired, now.

Posted by grvol on February 26, 2008 at 11:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Why does the Div. II white guy play? Does Ramar have a blood disorder that keeps him on the bench?If Howell does not play Vols win. I don't expect to win the SEC even with a tie if Howell continues to play the minutes he gets.

Posted by volintexas on February 26, 2008 at 11:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Can't blame it on the refs. The Vols looked a little tired, and Tyler Smith clearly was under the weather and not himself. Some poor shot selection at key times and some tough misses at the line, were the difference. If they had one more day of rest after Memphis, I think the Vols would have won this. No disgrace here. They fought hard after getting down big in the first half.

Posted by go370 on February 26, 2008 at 11:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I agree. All game they called the slightest handchecks and then with 45 sec or less they wouldn't call a foul to stop the clock when we were blatently fouling vandy. That was very poor officiating.

Posted by stevefrommemphis on February 26, 2008 at 11:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Everybody be calm. We got our share of foul shots and fouls on their key players -- not the referees' fault. Congratulations to Vanderbilt and especially Coach Stallings, who is truly a class act. We could see this coming for the last 72 hours. Asking UT to play the two most emotional games in school history within 72 hours was just a little too much. Now everybody just has to get fired up to beat Kentucky, win the SEC outright, then go to Atlanta and hopefully get a 3rd chance against both the Cats and the Dores.

Fellow East Tennesseans, when the Memphians come on the board, let me take them on.

Posted by go370 on February 26, 2008 at 11:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

We did get our fair calls. But, how could they not call a foul on us when we were fouling the crap out of them in the last minute to stop the game. I just like consistency out of refs and that wasn't consistent.

Posted by flyintiger on February 26, 2008 at 11:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

EXCUSES EXCUSES EXCUSES
FACE IT-YOU CHUMPS GOT DUMPED
IT HAPPENS TO THE BEST

Posted by ggriggs939 on February 26, 2008 at 11:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The game went as it has gone for many years in Nashville. Apparently everybody in the Nashville area knew what would happen. The officiating has always been in the commode doors favor as it was tonight. When the VOLS began to get close or were ahead, fouls were called that gave the commode doors free throws. I didn't keep up with the number, but I suspect they got three times as many as the VOLS. The setup was so blatant the talk shows discussed the outcome as a foregone conclusion. It was just another cut by the sec against the VOLS. When one caller said the only thing that he was concerned about was the officiating, they didn't even discuss his comment.

Posted by pms151 on February 26, 2008 at 11:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Not yet fully recharged physically. Playing against the SEC's second best team, a rested rival, on the road in a very hostile environment. Showing our Achilles heel (FT shooting) to the max. Poor coaching environment due to the antiquated bench setup at Vandy. Being number 1 for the first time and the hype that comes with it. Losing by only 3 is a miracle in itself. Get some sleep guys you're going to be number one again real soon.

Posted by ggriggs939 on February 26, 2008 at 11:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The game went as it has gone for many years in Nashville. Apparently everybody in the Nashville area knew what would happen. The officiating has always been in the commode doors favor as it was tonight. When the VOLS began to get close or were ahead, fouls were called that gave the commode doors free throws. I didn't keep up with the number, but I suspect they got three times as many as the VOLS. The setup was so blatant the talk shows discussed the outcome as a foregone conclusion. It was just another cut by the sec against the VOLS. When one caller said the only thing that he was concerned about was the officiating, they didn't even discuss his comment.

Posted by volintexas on February 26, 2008 at 11:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

As Bruce the Pearl said, I'm not sure if UT is the best team in the country, but it was nice to be #1 for a day. With Smith ailing and Vandy stoked and waiting, you have to give the Vols credit for not wilting in the first half. Vandy is a solid team and Foster was a monster.

Posted by volsfan92 on February 26, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I agree with volintexas...great game but they looked a little tired...great to see number 5 shooting again...could someone explain why the hot press I'm sure there's a reason but why push a tired team like that....go vols and get well tyler great effort tonight

Posted by Ironcity on February 26, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Poor shot selection by our seniors and a loss of composure did this team in. If Howell can't play any better then he has the last month then we might as well play one of the walk ons in his place. He is sucking the energy out of this team. Its hard to be on top. The good news is this team knows how to get there and they now will have the opportunity to watch film of how they lost it. I know the reefs were bad but our offense was worse.

Posted by cwisenhower on February 26, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

go370, you hit my problem right on the money. They wouldn't call the foul until the best shooter on the floor for Vandy got the ball, when we clearly fouled their other players 4 times before Shan got it on at least 2 different drives at the end.

Our guys were getting knocked down, not blocked, and the refs let the clock run. The refs in the Memphis game were allowing the same kind of play; street ball. Except in this game, when UT would play street ball against Vandy, the refs would call UT for the fouls and put Vandy at the line, where they are 2nd in the conference in sinking their foul shots.

this is the 3rd most ridiculous game I have watched all year from bad officiating (LSU, Memphis, now this) and I protest any game these fools are ever allowed to work again. I am going to make the phones at the office of the SEC hot tomorrow.

The bad officiating is getting out of hand, and the time is now to get some control over it.

Posted by grvol on February 27, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I agree with Ironcity that Howell and his continuously pathetic play is sucking the life out of this team. He sits tonight and Vols win. That simple.

Posted by utchris2003 on February 27, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

We actually shot a higher FT % thanthe season avg, but it was still not great. The Foul Shots were actually close, but it was the timing of the fouls that I question. It seemed that they bailed out Vandy time after time. You have to over come that kind of stuff on the road though.

Posted by rdobyns on February 27, 2008 at 12:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Has fulmer ever lost a game as head coach ranked number one.

Posted by vandyfan on February 27, 2008 at 12:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)

#1 for a day, soooooo sad. Maybe you will finally get past the Sweet 16 - NOT. You better do it this year, because after Lofton and Jajuan are gone it is all down-hill.

Posted by stevefrommemphis on February 27, 2008 at 12:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Absolutely tired - you could even hear it in Bruce Pearl's voice Monday night on Vol Calls. But, no excuses. This is type of effort it will take in the NCAA tournament, on two days' turnaround, not three. Perhaps this experience will prepare us somewhat for the tournament. I've seen games in person at Memorial Gym when the officiating cost Tennessee the game, and believe me, this was NOT one of them. BEAT KENTUCKY!

Posted by cwisenhower on February 27, 2008 at 12:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Of course the sore tiger fans have to come in and make their statements. You fools lost the other day. Just suck it up until next year. Keep playing in your stupid little mediocre conference and hope that you ever get noticed on the national media stage again. The chumps are in blue playing in C-USA. Real basketball is in the SEC. Try some of it sometime. Oh ya did, and you lost. Thanks.

Posted by hdhurst on February 27, 2008 at 12:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

flyintiger :

Chumps?

Who just got through chumping you, jerk?

Now, go play that cheesy Conf USA schedule and believe you are "really" No. 1 again.
_______________________________________________

VOLS will rebound...really not a bad time to take a loss, even with us not playing a good game. No excuses. Vandy did what they needed to do to take this win.

GO VOLS...

Posted by pms151 on February 27, 2008 at 12:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

volsfan92, They really didn't push the hot press that hard. That is always the case on the road.

Posted by midtowncowboy99 on February 27, 2008 at 12:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)

bawahahahaha

Crying on the refs. Wonder why Pearl didn't have his guys grab a player, it worked against Memphis with out an intentinal foul being called.

I kept waiting for Chism to bank in a 3. Or for one of the coachs best plays. Once the shot clock is at 4, shoot an airball from 25 feet, catch the airball, score and get a touch foul called.

Face it, the Vols played the game of their lives at Memphis and won because of a missed layup.

Its a little tougher being the hunted.

Vols will go out in sweet sixteen...again.

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Posted by utchris2003 on February 27, 2008 at 12:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Q: Anyone know which team had the shortest stay as #1?

A: Memphis. Lost in '83 to VT less than 12 hours after polls were released

Posted by volsfan92 on February 27, 2008 at 12:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)

thanks pms and what happened with Pearl's T in 1st half anybody

Posted by Volalumnus on February 27, 2008 at 12:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Vandy 50
Refs 22
Vols 69

Howell and Ramar are becoming liabilities.
Howell no longer has a shot and Ramar is driving into triple coverage at the end of the game when we need 3s

The Vandy guy walked catching that ball just before it went out at the end in a long line of errors and bad calls by the officials.

Posted by arsports on February 27, 2008 at 12:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)

cant play the blame game officiating went both ways both teams shot about the same amount of fouls shots we just need to keep fighting and keep our heads up and murder Kentucky GO VOLS!!!!!

Posted by volsfaninkpt on February 27, 2008 at 12:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I guess everybody just wants to be a part of the Tennessee Volunteer family, because that is the only reason I guess fans for other squads come to talk on here. We'll see what happens from here on out, but I think we will be just fine in the nick of time. Go Vols!!

Posted by cwisenhower on February 27, 2008 at 12:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)

midtowncowboy, your screen name is as gay as the conference the Tigers play in. EXTREMELY!

Posted by huntined on February 27, 2008 at 12:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Got to hand it to VANDY they played good enough to win and they did.. Sorry foul shooting at the end for us and letting Vandy getting a big lead.
Need to check schedule 3 games in 6 days got us beat twice this year..
Get ready for BIG KY as we will have to now win all the games left to win SEC outright
I was VOL this morning and I will be a VOL tomorrow.. this team has been great for TENNESSEE and they still have a lot of ball to play..

Posted by midtowncowboy99 on February 27, 2008 at 12:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)

ccwisenhower says "this is the 3rd most ridiculous game I have watched all year from bad officiating (LSU, Memphis, now this) and I protest any game these fools are ever allowed to work again. I am going to make the phones at the office of the SEC hot tomorrow."

HAHAHA

Watch the film of the Memphis game, you climbed the ir backs all night with no calls. The only way TN won in Memphis was the no calls. Watch the travel by Chism on the last basket. Didn't know the refs let you use both feet to pivot, did you?

Lofton got looks tonight, unlike in Memphis. Vandy plays no D.

The reason both Memphis and TN shoot poorly from the free throw line is they bust ass on Defense and get fatiqued.

Posted by pms151 on February 27, 2008 at 12:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Pearl just got pissed off on a jersey check foul and wanted to make his point. Actually a good move by him, just didn't motivate the guys tonight.

Posted by BigVolinCarolina on February 27, 2008 at 12:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It was a tough game. Vandy's has always had an excellent home-court advantage in that gym. The ref's definitely missed some calls, but I didn't think it was overtly one-sided in Vandy's favor. We got away with alot of contact underneath the basket on defense.

In all, though, it's not a devastating loss. Vandy's a good team & our legs were gone with 8 minutes or so left. We fought hard, but we'll be okay.

Some rest will be nice in the days ahead. We'll kick some tail this weekend!

Posted by NickS4117 on February 27, 2008 at 12:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Being No 1 is out of Vols element. Nice 1 1/2 day run though.

Posted by Plasticman on February 27, 2008 at 12:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Midtown, You obviously haven't seen us (Tenn) play this year other than vs, your pussy cats. That was NOT one of our best games, we only shot 35% and our best player scored 7 pts. If we had played our best game, we would have won by 15 -20 points, just like last season in Knoxville!! Now go and beat UTEP, Houston and all the other tough teams in your cheesy little conference.

Posted by cwisenhower on February 27, 2008 at 12:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)

midtowncowboy, I realize how bad the officiating was in the Memphis game. Obviously you don't read very well. Hell, you even copied and pasted my post and still didn't get the full meaning of it. I know how bad the play was throughout the game, both on the Memphis and UT side. The refs were horrible. We were lucky to win. I know all of this. Now go back and reread my post and maybe you will get it this time.

Posted by abrown on February 27, 2008 at 12:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Memphomaniacs and Comode-doors: One of you is really more Arkansan than Tennessean, and the other secretly wishes you were Duke. You both got all you could handle from us on your home court, whereas we trounced you in Knoxville -- not even close. The reason for that is that while you are both good, we are better. Vandy played great tonight, great coaching, Foster was great, Tennessee couldn't get the roll, and yes, the refs did help. Even with all that, you have to hang on for dear life to eek out a win over a team on the rebound. Nice win, but don't kid yourself. It's just a moment of weakness that will make us stronger -- look fwd. to seeing you in the SEC tourney. By the way, Kirkland Hall is ugly.

Posted by reasonablevol on February 27, 2008 at 12:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

as BP said, both point guards needed to have played better! GET OFF OF JORDAN'S BACK! We all know he is not that good, but he is the only back up point we have. Ramar can not play 30-35 min a game with our style of play!!! Jordan needs to make the 2-3 open 3's a game that he gets. He does not turn the ball over nor is he a defensive liability!!

GET OFF JORDAN'S BACK. WE NEED HIM!!

Posted by volsfan92 on February 27, 2008 at 12:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

thank you again pms...go vols beat the cats

Posted by midtowncowboy99 on February 27, 2008 at 12:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)

what is a jersey check foul, isn't that called holding?

It took everything you had to win in Memphis and Memphis missed many wide open looks.

The reason you won in Memphis is the officiating let the Vols grab and climb the backs on the rebounds. And the Vols were the hunters. Tonight the other team wanted it more, just like TN did in Memphis.

Posted by et_vol_fan on February 27, 2008 at 12:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Howell does not have any shot anymore. He's gotten worse over the course of the year. Yeah, the officiating sucked but hey it was a quick turn around from a tough opponent on Saturday on the road and having to go back on the road on Tuesday is tough. I would love to see Vandy in Atlanta in a couple of weeks.

Posted by yabadabadoo1026 on February 27, 2008 at 12:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)

STFU cwisenhower and others,,,so automatic and predictable that noone EVER wants to give credit to the other team but ALWAYS gonna whine and cry about being done in by refs---we are an easy school to hate with all the cryers and excuse makers all the time---bad losers and bad winners---Vandy outplayed us and deserved the win---thats why we lost Cwisenhower, you crybaby. No ggriggs they didnt have 3 times the freethrows as us---just 5 more--we had 26 fouls them 25--so quit your whinnin too.

Posted by abrown on February 27, 2008 at 12:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)

insults and humour aside, the free throw shooting is the sort of achilles heel that can knock a good team out in the late tourney rounds. As much gloom and doom as there is about the loss, if we nail a few more at the stripe, we win that game.

Posted by Plasticman on February 27, 2008 at 12:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Vandy shoots 24 FT's in the second half. VOls had 12 field goals to Vandy's 10 in the second half. THe officiating was horrible in that the refs made this a FT Shooting contest, not a basketball game. Games that are called this close are not good for the VOls and the way we play "D". It also makes for terrible viewing. WHo wants to watch a bunch of talented atheletes shoot FT's???

Posted by cwisenhower on February 27, 2008 at 12:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Dude, do you not get it? I KNOW! Do you have any other points of brilliance not already realized? If not, go away! The Tigers lost, and that was on Saturday night. This is Tuesday night, and we (UT) lost to the referees. History is made. Bye bye!

Posted by Volalumnus on February 27, 2008 at 12:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Howell is going to have to start hitting more or driving more and Ramar is going to have to learn to do something besides drive if TN wants to make it to the final 4

Posted by utchris2003 on February 27, 2008 at 12:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Why are the Memphis fans on here? The First 48 is on; shouldn't they be watching the highlights of their team?

Brokebackcowboy (translation of midtown)... go play with your boys at the Plush Club

Posted by chrisw2967 on February 27, 2008 at 12:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)

wasnt JP suppose to be a point guard ? Instead of bringing in Howell just let JP run the point.All Howell does is hurry up and get down the court and comes to a complete stop. He wouldnt even start on a Div.II , we had our chances to win this game , I personally think the Memphis game drained them.
The season inst over and all tehy are going to do is get better.

Posted by pms151 on February 27, 2008 at 12:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

plasticman, I love watching talented athletes making FT's. And if our talented athletes were making theirs tonight you would too.

Posted by 02champs on February 27, 2008 at 12:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Unfortunately...the Commode-doors have NEVER played on their homecourt as a Number 1!....lol

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Posted by Plasticman on February 27, 2008 at 12:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Volalumnus, I totally agree, Ramar needs to learn how to dish it off when he drives the lane. It's like once he gets to the lane, he is hell bent on throwing it up at the goal. We need Howell to get his shot back real soon. He is 0 for February.

Posted by reasonablevol on February 27, 2008 at 12:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Refs called it both ways, but when we have a set of refs call a bunch of hand check fouls...it slows us down defensively!!

Posted by midtowncowboy99 on February 27, 2008 at 12:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Now go and beat UTEP, Houston and all the other tough teams in your cheesy little conference.

We will, after we have victories against UCONN, Georgetown, USC, Oklahoma, Arizona, Gonzaga.

Who did the Vols beat out of conference? Other that Memphis, have the Vols beat anyone ranked opponents on the road or at a neutral site?

Posted by cwisenhower on February 27, 2008 at 12:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Now that was on ridiculous post by me. I'll leave it alone for the rest of the night. Thank you KNS for letting me get this BS game off of my chest! Good night!

Posted by abrown on February 27, 2008 at 12:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Two straight games in the state of Tennesse with celebs and big time atmosphere. That part is pretty cool. It was a big time scene in Nashvegas tonight. Really, if I were Vandy, I wouldn't want to run into UT in the SEC tourney.

Posted by Plasticman on February 27, 2008 at 12:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)

PMS, I really don't get too excited about watching a BB game that is basically nothing more than shooting FT's. These refs tonight ruined what could have been another classic game, ala Memphis, by letting these teams play and not calling every ticky-tac foul. I really think these Nationally televised games get in some refs heads and they want to be the center of attention. THe best games to watch are the ones where you do not even notice the refs being there.

Posted by Volalumnus on February 27, 2008 at 12:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)

You have to give it to the players though, for the most part they were ready and played hard in such a short time.

The refs were huge in this game and yes they did affect the game and its outcome.

Why no foul with the Smith on the floor having called time out and then seconds later a Vandy player jumps on him. I thought that should have been a technical and an ejection.

Posted by LittleJohnny on February 27, 2008 at 12:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

GatorNation - you lost to Vandy last year. Maybe you will get to play Manhattan in the NIT. Maybe you can win this time.

Posted by reasonablevol on February 27, 2008 at 12:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

JP has not proven he can make consistant good decisions as a sg or sf. JP IS NOT MENTALLY CAPABLE OF RUNNING OUR OFFENSE AS A POINT GUARD! He was not a good point guard at arizona anyway.

Posted by Plasticman on February 27, 2008 at 12:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Midtown, How about Xavier, GOnzaga (we beat them on the road)and Ohio St. I just hope we get to beat you guys one more time in the TOurney to make it 8 out of the last 10!!

Posted by VolJunkie on February 27, 2008 at 12:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

We made some bad decisions with the ball when we were up 3 in the 2nd half ... never got a run going and Vandy hung tough with a good game plan, Foster was unbelievable. The inside game that beat Memphis was nowhere to be found, don't know how much T. Smith having the flu contributed to that.

Two tough road games in three days, we go 1-1 and get our first #1 ranking, not bad. Time to rest, heal up, and kick UK's butt on Sunday. I understand we are hanging another jersey in the rafters that day ... Ernie somebody ;)

GO #1 VOLS!!

Posted by midtowncowboy99 on February 27, 2008 at 12:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Refs called it both ways, but when we have a set of refs call a bunch of hand check fouls...it slows us down defensively!!

HAHAHA

Yes it helps to be able to hold and grab and not get fouls called.

It also helps to have officials who allow you to grab a player while not making a play on the ball to prevent an attempt at a three.

But thats good and fair officiating right!

Don't forget about the Tyler Smith two step....its the latest dance in Knoxville.

Posted by newtonrail on February 27, 2008 at 12:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey grvol, aside from your racist comments, just who would you play at point to give Ramar Smith a rest? You really want a walk on against KY and Fla? I suppose you are still happy Childress isn't getting much playing time. The team was tired no matter what Bruce or a few of the players said. That's a lot of flying and staying in Motel rooms, which isn't conducive to being rested. They talk about the Tournament being like that, but it's really not since you stay in the same city.

Posted by midtowncowboy99 on February 27, 2008 at 12:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)

How about Xavier, GOnzaga (we beat them on the road)and Ohio St.

nuff said.

Posted by Volalumnus on February 27, 2008 at 12:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Have the Memphis players made it out of the locker room yet?

Posted by yabadabadoo1026 on February 27, 2008 at 12:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)

cwisenhower, I'll keep mine shorter and easier to understand----you're an idiot!!!!!!

Posted by EDis4UT on February 27, 2008 at 12:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I'll use memphis tigger logic on why we didn't win:

* If we only hit 4 more FT we would have won the game

* UT only played up to 60% of our potential, while Vandy played up to 97% to their potential and that is why they only beat us by 3pts

* Vandy didn't outplay us. We just beat ourselves. It was just a fluke.
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Seriously, this was a good loss. Vandy is a great team. They were just better than us tonight. No excuses. Congrats to Vanderbilt.

Now Vol fans, get ready for all the flamers to tell us how much we suck because we lost to a team that is 24-4, 17-0 at home, ranked #14, #10 RPI, on the road in a in-state rivalry.

Here we go...

Posted by reasonablevol on February 27, 2008 at 12:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)

midtowncowboy- I didn't say holding, I said hand checking. That is something we all do during pick up games.

Posted by pms151 on February 27, 2008 at 12:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Plasticman, I prefer watching the games that the refs back off and let the teams play. However, that is not going to happen all the time. It is just the nature of the college game. That's why you better be able to win the FT battle when it doesn't.

Posted by midtowncowboy99 on February 27, 2008 at 12:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Vandy is a great team.

Funny flag.

I didn't say holding, I said hand checking. That is something we all do during pick up games.

And its a foul. You know like the ones called against the Memphis big men.

Posted by cb4vols on February 27, 2008 at 12:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Tough game for the Vols tonite. It's hard to stay up in the rarefied air of No. 1 in the country.....

Posted by Volalumnus on February 27, 2008 at 12:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)

TN does need to work on free throws and set plays but this game wasn't officaited well and I believe the officials wanted to show out against the #1 team.

Posted by midtowncowboy99 on February 27, 2008 at 12:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Here is the Tiger logic on how the Vols won in Memphis was:

The players put more effort into winning the game than the players from Memphis did. Not because of coaching or because of officiating, because of effort by the players.

Posted by yabadabadoo1026 on February 27, 2008 at 12:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Volalumnus, now why would the officials want to do that Mr. Paranoid????

Posted by dfreeman on February 27, 2008 at 12:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)

There was a huge no call when the Vandy guy tackled J. Smith as he was on the ground trying to call a timeout!! That was the biggest no call I've seen all season! The two handchecks and then the technical were BS!! That ref should hide!! I thought those were crap. The rest of the way it was just bad on both teams!! Vandy played lights out!! Foster couldn't miss either!! That was just crazy!!

Posted by pms151 on February 27, 2008 at 12:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I don't feel like doing the work, but has anyone already Googled and found how many number one teams there have been already this year?

Posted by midtowncowboy99 on February 27, 2008 at 12:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Volalunmus said :
TN does need to work on free throws and set plays but this game wasn't officaited well and I believe the officials wanted to show out against the #1 team.

Are you talking about the Memphis game?

Remember about 3 minutes to go in the game and Chism rides a Memphis player into the cheerleaders....hahahaha

Have you learned the Tyler Smith two step dance.

Pivot on your left foot. Set you right foot down. Now pivot on your right foot. Slide your left foot back and jump....hahaha

Posted by yabadabadoo1026 on February 27, 2008 at 12:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)

pms, why would anyone care-------only #1 that matters is the one after the tourney

Posted by Volalumnus on February 27, 2008 at 12:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)

BTW
Vandy's win was good for Vandy
But is wasn't for TN, it wasn't for the SEC, and it wasn't for Memphis.
The ones excited are the Dukes and NCs etc.

At least when Memphis lost is was to #2 TN.
Now Memphis actually will be said it is weaker because TN lost.
NC UCLA Duke Kansas TX will get the biggest benefit

Posted by dfreeman on February 27, 2008 at 12:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I do think the second hand check right before the technical was a shot across Pearls bow!! It was a crap call, but I think the official did it for a reason!! He didn't like Pearl questioning his call the time before!!

Posted by pms151 on February 27, 2008 at 12:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)

dreeman, the whistle had already blown; The ref should have called a T.

Posted by chrisw2967 on February 27, 2008 at 12:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)

people you cant talk to brokebackcowboy,he has that name for a reason.
as far as the tigers goes , they still dont have no reason to be on this site cause we still own them and to be honest there not the 2nd best team in the state cause I dont think they can beat Vandy, theres a difference between the SEC and the all city confrence.

Posted by Volalumnus on February 27, 2008 at 12:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Well I don't know the numbers but imagine the majority that win the tournament are #1 seeds, so a #1 ranking would help that cause.
I believe TN will need to win out now to get a #1 seed.

Posted by coach75 on February 27, 2008 at 12:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)

we played horrible and vandy played good. we had no defensive effort on shan foster. we slow him down and we win by 10. we looked verytired the last 6 minutes of the game. midtowncowboy, if your tigers were playing in the sec they would be below tn,vu,miss. st,ky, and ark. to tell you the truth i am not sure they could beat fla or ole miss. calipari must be mad now that vandy is getting some of the votes from the state political structure. what a stupid comment calipari made when he tried to go political. we were not the better team tonight. we do have something vandy has not a number one ranking in football, basketball(men and women), track, and i am pretty sure swimming. vandy( baseball and womens bowling)has two and i am not sure the female one is even a legitimate sport.

Posted by volwalk on February 27, 2008 at 12:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)

midtown--you suck as bad as your boy dorsey--Vols be thankful we don't have an idiot on our team like this JOKE. Dorsey>>(let me talk a little trash to JP and get punked after he swishes two in my face) then (bear hung one of my teammates and slam him down on the court to get a rebound). midtown---mempiss will go down in a ball of flames in the tourney.

As for the VOLS---I hate losing but this may turn out to be a blessing for the remainder of the season. We will run the table for the remaining SEC and at least a final four appearance--maybe National Championship. Bruce Pearl teams ALWAYS bounce back from tough losses. Look for the Number 1 team in Tennessee go on a serious run!!

GO VOLS!!!!

Posted by utchris2003 on February 27, 2008 at 12:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Games over, a new day is upon us. Time to turn towards Kentucky. Maybe the last chance for Lofton to remind Kentucky of the errors of their ways.

GO VOLS

Posted by trl_x on February 27, 2008 at 12:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Tough loss but the SEC Championship is still within reach.

Go Vols!!

Posted by EDis4UT on February 27, 2008 at 12:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Posted by midtowncowboy99 on February 27, 2008 at 12:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)

"Here is the Tiger logic on how the Vols won in Memphis was:

The players put more effort into winning the game than the players from Memphis did. Not because of coaching or because of officiating, because of effort by the players."

You know if buddies all thought like you I would not have posted that. I agree with your quote completely. The only thing a would change, take out "Memphis" insert "UT".

Posted by cphil on February 27, 2008 at 12:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)

While the bottom line numbers on fouls & FTAs by both teams were about the same, this was a horrible excuse of officiating. I don't think it alone cost UT the game. As others have already pointed out, the Vols looked tired, and for the first time I can remember this season. Vandy was pumped up for us too.

One thing I can't understand was why there was no foul called late in the first half when J. smith was on his back holding the ball and calling a time out and the Vandy player, I think it was Metcalf, dived in on top of him. The play when Crews and other Vols started off the bench. That should have been a technical foul against the Vandy player if there ever was a time for one.

The Vols just need to rest up, regroup and finish out these last 3 games.

Posted by BossAF on February 27, 2008 at 1:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

what about the tyler smith BS charge on the made basket?

Posted by VolMama on February 27, 2008 at 1:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It was a tough loss, but we will be ok. This the best mens b-ball team we have had in a long time. So we just need to keep our heads up and get ready to take care of Ky.

Posted by schymtz on February 27, 2008 at 1:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)

UT's most difficult game of the year based on scheduling, not the opposition. I hope we see Vandy in the SEC finals. Vandy played a great game and a great game plan. So did Tennessee. Tennessee got too few turnovers and had difficulty finishing inside. I believe the National Champion Gators lost their last road game in Knoxville, gatornation, then went undefeated through the SEC and NCAA, representing the SEC very well. Thanks for the inspiration! The Vols may or may not duplicate that fine example but UT is quite capable. The best is yet to be!A road loss only makes the remaining games more important. Go Vols! Beat the 'cats!

Posted by memphrican on February 27, 2008 at 1:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

the refs should have called a t on pearl for hitting on erin andrews after the win saturday night. he's old enough to be her papaw. pearl is an slobbering idiot! calipari is a class act though. he will still be coaching in the tourny after the vols lose to some MAC or MVC team in the 2nd round...way to totally f-up a good thing volz!

Posted by volwalk on February 27, 2008 at 1:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Calamari=Home Alone

ESPN made your guy look like such an idiot on TV...Maybe Calamari should audition for Home Alone 3????

Mempiss--1 and done

The Kings of TN will be your National Champions of 2008!

Posted by pms151 on February 27, 2008 at 1:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Cal a class act? Unbelievable. The guy is the exact opposite.

Posted by wjtenn on February 27, 2008 at 1:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Rules question because I don't know--
Inbound pass after made basket 1st player can run base line. After he passes to 2nd player who is also out of bounds on the base line out of bounds, is it a legal play for the 2nd player to also run the base line?
That happened in the closing seconds of UTK/Vandy game and I have not found the rule.

Posted by memphrican on February 27, 2008 at 1:20 a.m.

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Posted by chrisw2967 on February 27, 2008 at 1:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

memphrican = joey dorsey daddy. just a complete idiot , I still cant believe tiger kittens are here posting , I think there wanting to jump on the bandwagon. you better worry about if your players are going to make bail this week.

Posted by memphrican on February 27, 2008 at 1:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)

how many times is #5 going to be aloud to push off when he has the ball??? talk about no calls!!! sec refs are giving him the treatment.

Posted by VolMama on February 27, 2008 at 1:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Did anyone see the sign, that said my blood runs black and gold not redneck orange. If so what did you think.

Posted by memphrican on February 27, 2008 at 1:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)

very clever creekgirl

Posted by newtonrail on February 27, 2008 at 1:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

No creekgirl, I didn't, but if it got them on TV, they achieved their purpose.

Posted by yabadabadoo1026 on February 27, 2008 at 1:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

aloud----------thats even worse than anything I've seen from own own

Posted by memphrican on February 27, 2008 at 1:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

there's plenty of room on the bandwagon chrisw because we all know that ut's fans are constantly playing that game. at least we won't have to see anymore orange this week. that disappears after losses, but suddenly reappears after wins...

Posted by memphrican on February 27, 2008 at 1:30 a.m.

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Posted by memphrican on February 27, 2008 at 1:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)

and your typing skills are are just perfect yaba...or are you a studderrer?

Posted by stevefrommemphis on February 27, 2008 at 1:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)

wjtenn,
Good question. I pulled down the NCAA rules (Google for NCAA basketball rules 2007), but could not find a direct answer. It just says the player throwing the ball who can run the baseline can throw it to a teammate, but I can't find where it says what that teammate can do.

I have studied the college football rules very closely. I guess if UT is going to play big time college basketball, I'm going to want to do the same thing for basketball! Meanwhile, as a Kentucky fan and thus a long-time basketball fanatic, maybe AirForceOne could tell us. AFO, do you know the answer?

creekgirl, my first thought was that the person with that sign and/or her family are sure being overcharged for that Vanderbilt education if that lame statement was the best thing he/she could come up with.

Posted by EDis4UT on February 27, 2008 at 1:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)

chrisw:

you mean jodi dorsey.

jodi dorsey cry baby thug = a sissy and a choker in big games

Posted by jckrell on February 27, 2008 at 1:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Choke..choke choke..
Sorry but Tenn just destroyed their week of glory. Their most magnicent accomplishment just got cancelled out. When you think of the big win at Memphis..the very next thought will be..and then we lost 72 hours later.. we became a joke nationally and we lost our number 1 rating 29 hours after getting it and.. worst of all.. we handed it back to Memphis.......
Now give us back that number 1 rating.. you got it all dirty... we are gonna have to scrub that nasty orange off of it. Really must hurt. from the mountain top to the cellar in a matter of hours. You know the nation will laugh at you when they find out about this. Really you aren't that good. You edged Memphis by 4 and they could have/should have won but their two player fought over the same rebound..which cost them the game.. it was that close. They played very bad and unmotivated. they had been doing it lately and we knew they'd better get it together or they would lose..the free throw shooting..etc.. and they didn't. So.. you really didn't beat the Tigers of a month or two ago. Then you lose to number 18 who has beaten you 4 out of 5 times. They own you.
Mary_ash.. you should not come to the memphis board and talk so much trash. He registerd on the memphis board sat night after the vols won and has posted 80 times in 3 days...all trash talking insults.. so.. this is for you... This is what makes us come over here. I could have felt sorry for you .but.. not when we've had to put up with what we have for 3 long days. you'd think they would have gotten over it..but they kept on... well.. i have a feeling they will stop now.......

Posted by mparker on February 27, 2008 at 1:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

vandy beat the living hell out of us all night long. that was Stalling's plan, he knew the vols were tired. I watched it on tape. perfect examplek, the big ugly red-head doing a two-fisted punch in the back on a UT rebounder.

This was supposed to be a marquee SEC game, and instead it was a complete mess with over 50 free throws.

Ah hell, we all knew it was going to happen, but it still sucks.

Posted by jckrell on February 27, 2008 at 1:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Ha.. seeing so much trash about the refs.. and this is from the people that came to our board telling us to face up to it that we just got beat. I've never seen people make such a big deal out of a 4 point win.. you'd think you beat us by 24..not 4 and it was really 2.. the last 2 were free throws.
Face it Vols.. don't make excuses.. Vandy led this almost the entire game. You were number 1 and number 1 should beat number 18. Refs had nothing to do with it. Go over and look at what you said to us about our complaining.. ha..so funny now to see it here. Another thing you kept saying there was.. Tenn owns you. Well. you beat us two times and you own us. What does vandy beating you the last 4 out of 5 times mean.. that's total ownership fellas..

Posted by jckrell on February 27, 2008 at 1:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Memphis took so much out of you. You didn't have anything left tonight. I'm glad we were at the top 5 weeks...not 5 hours. Now .. we're number 1 again.. thanks for keeping it warm..

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Posted by jckrell on February 27, 2008 at 1:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I know the vols beating Memphis was the best it gets for you and it was the worst it gets for Memphis but let me tell you..this is the best storybook ending for Memphis. The very best thing that could have happened would be that you lost immediately..never legitimized your number 1.. will be looked at as a fraud and the pain we had has now been transferred to you and we suddenly feel good again. We lost our number ranking and you got it.. and now.. you lost it and we get it from you.. very nice. Thanks so much. This was the worst thing that could happen to you. You had the best and the worst all in 72 hours..

Posted by anthony on February 27, 2008 at 2:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)

winning is not everything, i do wish we'd played with more confidence at times, and scored more points over a period of time. Just put it in the bucket. The refs did the best they could, and we didn't get enough calls to win. The refs call the game and we have to become smart enough to let them do it. At any case, here we almost won another close one, playing bad. Hat e to see us when we are on all cylinders. Just wait boys, just wait!!

Posted by mparker on February 27, 2008 at 2:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)

yeah, whatever Jckrell.
but while you are gloating, you pig, think about this. your team lost AT HOME with a HOME CROWD. Your team got EXPOSED for its lack of inside play. without ROSE you are NOTHING.

so, prick, enjoy your conference usa. You won't win a national title, you aren't tough enough and you don't have the inside play to get it done.

you had to come on here and be an a$$hole, so now read what I'm saying, digest it, and live with it. deep down, you know I'm right.

Posted by EDis4UT on February 27, 2008 at 2:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Ahh...jckrell your late! I thought you would have shown up 2 hours ago. Yep, Vandy, a better disciplined and smarter team than memphis ever will be did what you thugs could not do.

This is the tigger high village idiot that posted this insightful comment on the memphis board a few hours after we won:

"Did anybody see the segment on the vol player whose father died. The father wouldn't let him go to Tenn. cause Pearl had lied to him and then when the father died Pearl made his move and got him over to Tenn. Then last night when they were doing the story about it .. Pearl said it was his son now and the tears came streaming down his face...ha... What an actor. He should be getting an award tonight. Is he on the oscars?"

I sure you that was cute you tigger high thug.

Posted by mparker on February 27, 2008 at 2:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

anthony;
stalling's desire was to have a physical, foul-plagued game. The reason?
-vandy shoots FT's better than ut
-he knew UT was already beat up from the Mem game
-a FT shooting game gets UT out of sync

He was correct; we missed front ends of 1 and 1, missed critical ft's, and got the refs in foul-calling pattern that favored VU over the long run.

Most of the hardcore UT fans knew this game would be hard to win. Vandy is a decent team, very tough at home. Too bad we couldn't have played Mem's opponent tonight, and let them come to vandy instead.

Posted by mparker on February 27, 2008 at 2:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)

edis4ut;
the key stat is Ramar and Tyler being a combined 5 for 11 ft shooting. Since Stallings planned to hack tyler on every possession, than hurt. The bullshlt charges hurt, as well.

You could tell tyler was sick. he passed up some shots and ended up turning the ball over.

Posted by EDis4UT on February 27, 2008 at 2:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)

jckrell: "What does vandy beating you the last 4 out of 5 times mean.. that's total ownership fellas.."

You are about is stupid as Keith Lee and William Bedford combined. At least I think you can read. Until tonight, UT has won 3 out 4 games against Vandy.

Why I'm I even arguing with your dumb ass?

Posted by mparker on February 27, 2008 at 2:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)

one thing is for certain: we had chances to win. the missed ft's on our part, a couple of 3's, the bad play out of timeouts, all hurt.

so, whether the refs sucked or not, we were tired or not, whatever, the kids gutted it through.

Not being No. 1 is nothing. It should probably go to UNC anyway. It would be great to win the SEC, and we have a long way to go. UK will be a pain in the a##, and then we have UF donw there, and finally USC, who can also compete.

Lots to do still.

Stallings is a smart coach. In Knoxville earlier, the game was close into the second half, then we had a strong finish. He knew his team didn't play well.

I'd like to have seen Wayne be able to play. The ticky-tack fouls on him where huge.

Posted by TennMom on February 27, 2008 at 2:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Wow! I guess the taste of sour grapes also affects one's eyesight. Anyone "crying foul" tonight wasn't paying attention, as the foul totals were virtually even (UT-26, VU-25.) And, if you missed all the fouls called on the Vols during the last minute, except for those which sent Foster to the line, you either were taking a bathroom break or had surrendered good sense to too many beers. Otherwise, you would have seen the foul which sent Keegan Bell to the line for the first time this season, and you would have noticed that he missed both, the only thing which allowed the Vols to even have a chance to tie the game with their final shot.

Vandy won this game because they were the better team tonight. They shot better from the floor, won the 3-point battle, and did not allow Tennessee's defense to force them into double digit turnovers. Other than the Commodores' mastery of FG% and 3-PT%, and UT's sizable rebounding edge, this game was a statistical dead heat.

The best team won. Be men (or women) enough to give the Commodores the respect they deserve, as did Coach Pearl and his players. Cry babies are so unattractive, especially when they are spouting off excuses which have no basis in fact.

Posted by EDis4UT on February 27, 2008 at 2:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)

mparker:

Yes that is a key stat, but you and I know the game was going to be called that way and so did Stallings. I don't blame Stallings plan. I would have done the same thing.

When was the last game you saw a game in that gym where the refs let them play?

Unlike those idiots from memphis - Vandy knows how to shoot FT's.

We just lost plain and simple.

Posted by lfevol on February 27, 2008 at 2:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I am sure John Adams will find a way to pin the loss on Fulmer.

Posted by EDis4UT on February 27, 2008 at 2:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)

When was the last TIME you saw a game in that gym where the refs let them play?

ooops! It's getting late.

Posted by mparker on February 27, 2008 at 2:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

edisrut:
yeah, that is my point. whether stallings knew it or not (about the refe), he planned to make it a physical grinder and figured the FT's would go with it.

He set the trap, and we fell in it. It does amaze me how we still came THAT close to winning a game like that.

Just kills me to read about Foster. hell, it was Beal and Gordon that won them the game. Those 2 were 14 of 18 from the line, and 1 TO between them. That's damn good playing.

Posted by mparker on February 27, 2008 at 2:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)

ah, yeah, it's late. these boards will burn tomorrow. jsut to tough a row to hoe for the team at the moment.

hope they can finish out this season well.

Posted by EDis4UT on February 27, 2008 at 2:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)

MP:

That's just good planning by Vandy. Coach Pearl knew that it was going to be Vandy's game plan too. What CP didn't know his team would only shoot 27% from the field.

What can you do? Punt?

Posted by gate12 on February 27, 2008 at 3:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It was a good time for a loss. Frankly, I hate being ranked #1 too early. You always learn more from a loss than from a win. This was perfect for tweaking our game, getting the right psychology going into the final stretch run of the season, and for getting a dose of quick game turnarounds in a big-game, high-pressure atmosphere. A loss is never fun. But this one couldn't have been timed better.

Posted by bobo_the_vol on February 27, 2008 at 4:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I must say that officiating made me sick to my stomache. Vandy's players were lowering their shoulders and barreling into the Vols when Vandy had the ball and UT was getting called for it. And what about that tackle by Vandy after JJ called the timeout? And it was Smith who almost got T'ed up for that. that should have been a flagrant foul at the least, that Vandy player just dove at his head, not the ball.

I was also disgusted with the refs calling the game tighter once Vandy regained the lead in the second half. Disgusting, disgusting. I also want to know what JJ had said to that ref to get T'ed up on the foul line. For some reason I doubt it was even that bad, having seen the way he was calling the game.

Props to Vandy, Foster was a beast as were a few of the other players. They were well rested, pumped up, etc. We looked a bit tired from the Memphis game (remember how physical we had to play them) and we still only lost by 3. I'm not dissppointed with the team, but I sure as hell am disgusted. Still, as long as we can close out the season with no more losses we'll be an easy #1 seed. Which is what matters.

Put this game on a neutral court and the Vols win by 10. At home .. well, we all know what happens then.

Posted by Volalumnus on February 27, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It was the refs

Posted by bobo_the_vol on February 27, 2008 at 4:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Again, though. It's something for us to play as bad as we did last night, get some really killer calls (or no-calls) and a Vandy player shooting lights out. Vandy hit their FTs and came up with big plays. Good Job to them, just goes to show you they are a good team .. they have the #10 RPI for a reason.

Posted by mbradshaw1 on February 27, 2008 at 5:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The refs called a very inconsistent game to be sure but if we hit our free-throws. I think we win this game.

Posted by RocketVol on February 27, 2008 at 6:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Get used to losing folks. Tennessee is making a habit of shooting horrifically from the floor. When you can't hit a jumper to save your life (in 30% land last two games) you can forget March action. This better get fixed because if you aren't dropping baskets once you've penetrated, it's over.

Posted by CatScratchFever on February 27, 2008 at 6:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Just as I predicted. A close game. Tennessee still tired physically and emotionally from the Memphis game and having to play a very good Vanderbilt team in a ridiculous gym.

The way the game started however, it was looking to be much worse. Kudos to Tennessee for staying in it.

I would not get too hung up on losing the number one spot. Honestly, I would rather head into March without that pressure. At least after 99 seasons, you finally got a number one ranking...keeping it for at least two weeks would have been nice huh?

Posted by mtnvol on February 27, 2008 at 6:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Victim mentality blames the refs. Poor shooting (33%) and lackluster defense (8 turnovers?) did the Vols in more than crappy refs.

Great teams take adversity and learn from it to get better. The Vols have that kind of talent....we'll see what kind of heart they have when the toothless wonders from KY come to town Sunday. GO VOLS!

Posted by dopedawg on February 27, 2008 at 6:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Vandy played a good game, and even though we lost, our guys still did a good job in very hostile territory. Be proud of your Vols. beat some more kats this weekend!!!

Posted by dfreeman on February 27, 2008 at 7:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey Midtowncowboy your two-step commment was funny. Here's one for the ages! How bout the Joey Dorsey two-slap!!

Come on now you put the right foot in
step the left foot out
you pivot with your hips and you knock your girl out!
That's what it's all about!!

Wait a minute you flukes from Memphis need girls before you can do this! Hmm.... well if you have some money there is a bunch of back alleys....

Posted by dfreeman on February 27, 2008 at 7:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)

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Posted by adimatteo on February 27, 2008 at 7:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)

no excuses, and nothing to jump ship about. Tough game to play after the Memphis one, that was so hyped, and in few days to have to play another in state rivalry, good team, at their court, and SEC rival, tough to follow. Its a shame they couldnt get adifferent game, all will be well, they played well and fought, just came up short. No way they were 100% after the other night...

Posted by dfreeman on February 27, 2008 at 7:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Joey Dorsey two-slap!!

Come on now you put the right foot in
step the left foot out
you pivot with your hips and you knock your girl out!
That's what it's all about!!

Posted by inthefort on February 27, 2008 at 7:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)

why can't we hit free throws?

Posted by GreerVol22 on February 27, 2008 at 7:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It was sad to see the refs control the tempo of the game the way they did. Ticky tack fouls and free throws are not the way to decide the game. Vandy, if you feel good about that win then you probably are the kind of people that....drink sweet tea through a straw.

Posted by ksteelescvol on February 27, 2008 at 7:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)

mcbrim1998 how is your mom, its been a few years since i'v seen Linda...

Posted by Plasticman on February 27, 2008 at 7:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Vandy beat us fair and square, however, these 3 refs should be banned from Nationally televised games. It's obvious (53 fouls called and 69 FT's shot) that they wanted to be center of attention. IT was difficult for either team to get in a rythym with the whistle being blown every 30 seconds. The game lasted 2 1/2 hrs. which is ridiculous. The no call when JuJuan got piled on right before halftime was horrible too. #1 right now doesn't mean a thing, let's be there in APril!!

Posted by james on February 27, 2008 at 7:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I am afraid the higher ups sold the SEC Championship for a big payday at Memphis. With a loss at Florida, which is possible, a tie would be the best hope. Why, because we needed a big February payday? It didn't make sense to move the Memphis game to the middle of the conference schedule. It certainly didn't make sense to do it before the Vandy game. College basketball, like most everything in the world, is about MONEY.

I thought the kids played well and gave a very good effort. They ran out of gas. I agree, the refs suck and so does our free throw shooting. Prince and Chism started Vandy's comeback with one and one first shot misses and Ramel made sure we didn't get back by missing two critial free throws, late. Why does he drive the basket late in game when he misses the FTs?
Go VOLS. Beat KY this time around. Chism, don't let the freshman, Patterson, out play you.

Posted by vol52 on February 27, 2008 at 7:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)

If the refs calll a tight game we are always going to have problems because we play aggressive. Having said that we looked lathargic and and a step slower. Its time to think about beating the crap out the cats.

Posted by vol52 on February 27, 2008 at 7:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)

If the refs calll a tight game we are always going to have problems because we play aggressive. Having said that we looked lathargic and and a step slower. Its time to think about beating the crap out the cats.

Posted by lnbadger320 on February 27, 2008 at 7:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)

howell cannot make a basket anywhere except at home. it seems his productivity has decreased
alot of the last 4 or 5 games. i think Tab should be playing more. it was a poorly called game on both sides, UT couldn't get into a rhythm. we need to rest and regroup and cheer on sunday.

we need to be loud and obnoxious to those ky fans.
UT is a better team than Vandy, we just didn't play well.

Posted by mnvol on February 27, 2008 at 8:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Blame the refs. Blame the refs. You whiners are losers. Anyone with any basketball sense at all knows this was Phillip Fulmer's fault.

Posted by stevefrommemphis on February 27, 2008 at 8:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)

james,
Don't despair! A win over Kentucky combined with a Mississippi State loss at Vanderbilt or at Florida means UT can lose at Florida and still win the SEC outright. Last night's loss made it tougher, but not impossible. UT MUST BEAT KENTUCKY SUNDAY. Our chances of winning the SEC outright just dropped last night from about 90% to 70% - that's all.

Posted by GreerVol22 on February 27, 2008 at 8:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Plastic, thanks for the foul shot stat, it made my point about the refs controlling tempo both ways. I mean lets get real, Vandy's # 2 scorer was on the pine for 30 minutes, and Chism should have never dressed.

If the SEC is happy with a free throw shooting contest then lets just send the best shooters to the SEC toutney for a big game of H O R S E.

Posted by TinCupVol on February 27, 2008 at 8:16 a.m