SEC Tournament: Tennessee Volunteers vs. LSU Tigers open game thread

Is anyone else taking off work to watch this game?

(and I also believe I will be taking quick peeks of the score throughout the afternoon)

…and we’re off to a good start on other teams competing for a 3 seed losing.

also Memphis down 36-27 at the half to Houston, a loss that would kill their tourney hopes

crazy day already

And I’m here anyway.

My Boss is a LSU fan.

So I’m sure he’ll “understand” my shirking my job duties to keep track of the game.

Someone take note. i think in like 3 years, this the first time I’ve commented ona Basketball Game Thread heh

calling the SEC Tournament – that’s an upgrade from the JP Sports/Raycom crew we usually get

We should get our game going right on time

From Myrtle Beach. I’ve got the gf’s blackberry so I’ve got access to the score, but as much analysis as ya’ll can give will be nice to scroll through.here.

I may try to watch on ESPN360, or I may just listen on the radio. Or I may do both..and get totally confused.

Just opened a live Facebook Forum.
Was wondering if they were ever gonna catch up to the whole Internet thing hehehe

http://www.facebook.com/tennesseeathletics/posts/381349294253

http://twitter.com/Swiperboy/status/10324276788

and

http://twitter.com/Swiperboy/status/10324382051

Crazy kid….

shooting two

a huge Bama run finishes with the Tide up 62-59, but Carolina hits a three, then Bama scores again. 64-62 Bama, 55.3 left, Carolina ball after a timeout. Whew.

Memphis down 64-63 to Houston in the CUSA Quarters, 29.6 left with the ball

66-65 Houston wins…Kemp gets (rightfully) called for a carry about a second before he hit a three with less than a second to play

I managed to miss the key plays at the end of the game for both the UH-UM and USC-UA games.

Outscored Carolina 32-9 down the stretch

the same day I happen to be taking off early to watch the game…. i told my assistant what i was doing and she told me to have fun watching basketball today… right as my boss walks in. not much damage control i can do there. told her that Tennessee is playing LSU sooooooooooo

Why is this?

There’s one that their fans do that looks like the thing the old tag team wrestlers The Bushwackers did when they walked to the ring. They’re super irritating, too. Luckily, they only have 2 basketball fans, so we won’t see much of them today.

“Pete Maverick”…that mug has been watching Top Gun

ugh

he should have stuck with the afro

Haha

Maze/Hops/Pajamas/CHI$$LE/BWill

2-0 LSU

from the corner…both teams playing zone

But that link I posted a few minutes ago works.

Also CHI$$LE

In Operation and working

4-3 though

Chism to the line

that Pearl is wearing an orange, pink, and black striped tie. Gonna need to see it again to be sure.

6-4 Tigers

we’ve gone back to man with some full court pressure

for Maze, Hopson, and Chism…6-4 LSU at the under 16

Too many turnovers.

Pearl turns it over. That’s 3 TOs already.

i’ll take the flutag over that

Best player on the court

Guys…come on!

He’s not having his best start ever

LSU is not good enough offensively to really hurt us, but we’re playing right into their hands on the other end…turnovers and quick shots that don’t fall

But they’re leading 8-4

i hat that swiper can’t beat him out in the rotation

Didn’t quite get the finish. LSU fouls on the board though.

He couldn’t get the shot to fall, but he got right to rim against the zone.

We’re shooting 1/9 I think

And 1. Because Tatum dribbles off his knee

10-6 with a free throw coming after the under 12 timeout

they look lackadaisical out there. they need to attack the rim! Pearl isn’t doing good in that zone he’s got to be able to handle the ball and make competent passes from the top of the key.

BWill came to play. Just not to score.

That’s at least 4 team fouls on them. None on us, I believe.

The score:

LSU 10
Chism 7

Bobby turns it over.

Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy

Skylar in the game.

…and fouls

Pajamas scores it!

we’re in the bonus for the rest of the half…get to the rim, get contact

Prince has a basket overturned for a travel

why can we not shoot?

Doesn’t give you a good feeling about our chances in the real tourney

C’mon fella’s!!! Burn’em already!
Hope I’ve not jinxed them by actually paying attention to a basketball game

you know nothing about this team’s preparation…

out of bounds

It will get better. Much better

We may actually be in trouble here

can’t take the negativity.

17-14 LSU at the under 4 with a free throw coming…

I don’t think LSU has enough offense for 40 minutes to beat us

He and Chism are double-handedly keeping us in this game.

If the guards would help them out a tad, we could start rolling.

this is frustrating to watch.

why is that?

Fairly consistent. A good 3 will tie us up and keep us in the game.

The way they are playing really makes me feel like they are running with a lose hand to see what LSU has in the gas tank

attack the rim!

shooting two with 0.6 left in the half

Nice board, Wayne. Make your FTs

21-21 at the half

And we’re tied. I think we’ll pull it out.

But I’m now taking my computer to my 5:00 class.

FG
UT 7 of 27, 25.9%
LSU 10 of 28, 35.7%

3Pt
UT 1 of 9, 11.1%
LSU 0 of 7, 0%

FT
UT 6 of 9, 66.7%
LSU 1 of 2, 50.0%
11 fouls called on LSU, 5 on UT

Chism 10 points, 6 rebounds
Storm Warren 4 of 5, 8 pts, 4 rebs, 2 blks

Chism, Brian Williams, and JP Prince are the only Vols to make a shot

wow.

i’m blaming the black shoes. i hope they come out with white ones in the 2nd half

Is Live Stats behind??

but go Marquette!

ha

Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

but before that, a three from Maze and a two from Prince to give us a three point lead

or at least better score wise in the 2nd

but you call jp on a block earlier??

Nobody else seems interested.

I had to re-register my laptop because I haven’t used the campus connection in so long.

or stop feeling sorry for himself and play.

I’d bet a lot of money that Bruce is going to be Fulmerizing up a storm in the postgame. This has just been totally uninspired.

it’s now 34-30 Vols, with consecutive bad shots from LSU

and are 0-12 otherwise

followed by a travel…up six

Another LSU turnover…let’s push this out to 8 or 9 right now!

i’m not sure kennedy will have much to scout

Chism: 14 pts, 7 rebs

The defense has been stout, but we are still struggling so much on offense that we can’t put these jokers away.

shooting (and missing) a lot of 3s. it kept them in the game.

With no live feed

here’s Bruce on the Sideline

http://tweetphoto.com/14042256

Melvin!

Create a turnover for each team…then he turns it over again.

LSU gets 2 offensive rebounds and scores on their 3rd try. AHHH!!!!

We are leading. Hold on to the lead. Keep playing D. Take your shots where we can get them. Don’t do nothing crazy.

0-6, 3 turnovers

Tatum almost fumbles a handoff from Maze and then Hopson DOES fumble it right out of bounds. Somebody get in his face…get a reaction…something!

Could be goodnight right there…LSU is so bad, we can play this poorly and still be up 10 points before you know it

I’m SOOOOOO glad he and BWill came to play today.

WHEEEEEEEERE have you guys been for 34 minutes?! Gahh, so frustrating.

Just on fire

so we can put in the subs for a couple minutes

and instead just looks at the final score

he doesn’t even know whats going on defense

Bruce in slow motion:
“Hoooooly shi- fu- whaaat?!!?

About time

In general, I agree with the strategy…but Maze is one of only two guys you shouldn’t do that to.

they made a run at us at the end of the game in Baton Rouge

54-49 Vols with 55.6 left, LSU ball

59-49 Vols final

But we wouldn’t have survived anybody but LSU today with play like that. Frustrating, gross, despicable, etc.

ha

Some catastrophic performance I think we can defend the score for a W

Memphis lost a heartbreaker to Houston, UAB is about to lose to Southern Miss, and Wake Forest got hammered by Miami. Florida, I’m looking at you to represent the SEC and act like you want to play some more basketball.