Step up in competition?
Tennessee 86, Illinois 79 Postgame
Agreed with point 1 to an extent, but the times Domask had Ziegler on him in the post he settled for tough shots, unfortunately
Point guard did not cost us this game, it was people not keeping their opponent from penetrating while on defense.
Agree it changed the momentum, but one call early in the second half doesn't beat you .
MustangWally
- Mayfield
36 3 point shots. Not how we win.
Also huge props to coach Rick Barnes for shutting down our supposedly down hill offense. Nearly 40 3 point shots aren't gonna win. Especially when only 3 of our men can shoot it! His defense on drop and close out scheme was outstanding. Out coached today! Coach is awesome, but his halftime speech to CBS reporter told me everything I needed to know. " we missed a ton of open 3's". Really coach Underwood. All from 25 ft. Didn't know we had 3 Steph Currys?
Beat Mizzou, all is forgiven. Lose again to those bums, No Sir!
Lots of switching.
GallopingGhost
- Denver, CO
I thought we did pretty well considering they are a top 10 defense and the Refs were a little homer.
I still feel as good about our team as I did yesterday. I hope we play them again in the tourney.
I still feel as good about our team as I did yesterday. I hope we play them again in the tourney.
A little weak on the defensive glass and loose with the ball at critical moments in the game… but those things can be fixed. Absolutely love this team!
Good game playing in that arena. Couple of missed shots hurt in the second half. How could the refs call Goode on that last min foul? The guy slipped.
Defense is not the reason we lost today. It wasn't perfect but was enough to win. If we shot like we normally do, we win. Missed a lot of wide open shots and they made a lot of random shots that don't normally go in. Don't know what game you watched but defense was fine.
We played great offenses
Difficult to beat a top 20 team on the road when your top two guys have rough shooting games.
No shame in losing to Tenn on their court. This was house money for us. 2-1 in the toughest stretch of the season is a major success.
No shame in losing to Tenn on their court. This was house money for us. 2-1 in the toughest stretch of the season is a major success.
Enjoyed watching a competitive game even though we lost. Could we have played better? You bet. The same could be said by Tennessee. In seeing what Gurrier did, it gives me even more confidence in this team going forward. Before today, I felt that we might be pretty good. Now, I DO feel that we can compete with Purdue for a BIG title.
We had to win by 10 to win by 2 at their place. Very subtle the Vols got the calls and some turned the momentum.
First game our lack of pure PG was exposed. Great game by Quincy and overall pleased effort.
Our switching is so far ahead of last year.
First game our lack of pure PG was exposed. Great game by Quincy and overall pleased effort.
Our switching is so far ahead of last year.
I too feel that we took to many three's. There were lanes that were open and it seems we waited until the last 7-8 minutes to start driving the ball.
or at least it was for meTough game for TJ. Somehow, he still scored 22 points.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
I mean...if I had come back from the future and told everyone the Gurrier goes for 20......we all would have laughed and said we win in a blowout.
Clearly TSJ and Domask left some in NY. Tough road trip.
We all would have accepted 2-1 before we left.
Now go brush our teeth!!
Clearly TSJ and Domask left some in NY. Tough road trip.
We all would have accepted 2-1 before we left.
Now go brush our teeth!!
I don't see it that way. Our sets were fine. We just did not penetrate enough to rebound the ball. We took to many threes which resulted in a lot of rebounds for the Vols.
We win this on a neutral court. The refs came out the second half wearing Vols jerseys. It is what it is. Everytime ILL had a lead there were unrelenting calls against us. Everytime we were closing the gap, more fouls against us. That flagrant on Ty was so baffling.
