Vanderbilt @ Tennessee - Open GameThread
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 6:00 PM EST
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Vanderbilt Commodores at Tennessee Volunteers, Jan 27, 2010 7:00 PM EST
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I'll be working and miss most of this one,
but go ’Dores!
And please, AJ and Dolla, show up this time. Your days of disappearing against UT are over.
"And with the 15th pick, the Tennessee Titans select..."
by Drubaru on Jan 27, 2010 6:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Tough Luck
We’ll be in here if you catch a few breaks…though if you’re like me, you won’t want to know the score until you watch the replay on the ol’ DVR.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 6:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Crap
AJ’s got a foul already. Bring in Fes.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 7:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
AJ Turnover
that really belongs to Brad.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 7:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Chism with a foul
JT to the line. Makes both.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 7:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
is Tinsley a freshman?
he’s a local kid isn’t he?
by golfballs03 on Jan 27, 2010 7:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Sophomore
and he’s from Oregon.
I think you’re thinking of John Jenkins. He’s from the Hendersonville area of Nashville
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 7:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
oh right
they were both sought after recruits weren’t they?
by golfballs03 on Jan 27, 2010 7:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
Brad originally committed to Pepperdine, but they fired their coach. He wanted to go to UNC, they didn’t offer, so he chose Vandy over Oregon and Wake Forest (if I recall correctly)
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 7:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Foul on Prince
not a great decision by B-Tins on the drive, but I’ll take the bailout by the ref.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 7:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Bruce Pearl says that Vandy is playing their best basketball of the year
do you all think so?
by golfballs03 on Jan 27, 2010 7:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Playing well
but I think most commodore fans think there’s room for improvement.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 7:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Makeup call for not calling the foul on JoJen
by VandyFanwithaTie on Jan 27, 2010 7:26 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
AJ with 2 Fouls btw
He better sack up at the half.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 7:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Airball
Lucky to get one of those from Wayne
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 7:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
WTF. We are a little too pass happy, perhaps?
by VandyFanwithaTie on Jan 27, 2010 7:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yes
we need to settle down. we look too excited.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 7:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Where did the clock and score of this game go?
ESPNU is bushleague
by VandyFanwithaTie on Jan 27, 2010 7:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Dre stepping up.
Good to see eafter his showing against Auburn.
by VandyFanwithaTie on Jan 27, 2010 7:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Beal should have gone to Jeff
Andre couldn’t make a play there due to the defender.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 7:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
rebounding
We’ve got to start getting some offensive rebounds…
by doredarling on Jan 27, 2010 7:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
It's been a really weird game
No flow to it, really. AJ has been absent as usual vs. the Vols.
by VolnVA on Jan 27, 2010 7:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
AJ
he’s been absent in the first half of most of our games…
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 7:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The lack of flow is really bugging me…but it might be good for us.
by doredarling on Jan 27, 2010 7:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know...
I think VU is more athletic and fluid than the Vols in their current state…
by VolnVA on Jan 27, 2010 7:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't look like a great FT shooting night for us
Not good on the road
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 7:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
J.P. Prince
He always has big games against us…and this appears to be no exception.
by doredarling on Jan 27, 2010 7:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
yeah, just like the U
when I think Vandy, I think SWAGGA
by golfballs03 on Jan 27, 2010 7:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Our second half team...
…needs to come out strong. AJ will be back, and I hope it doesn’t take too long for him to get going.
by doredarling on Jan 27, 2010 7:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Not sure how I feel about the quick whistles
Benefitted us so far…but I’m not sure that stays that way on the road
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Jeff big board
and he picks up the 4th on Hopson
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
We've got them on the ropes with fouls
Need to take advantage.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
The consolation there is that they aren’t shooting much better at the charity stripe.
by doredarling on Jan 27, 2010 8:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The stars are aligned right now
Can the ’Dores take advantage?
by VolnVA on Jan 27, 2010 8:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
They're looking on the monitor
to determine
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And I'm falling asleep
while they take 30 minutes to decide…
by VolnVA on Jan 27, 2010 8:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ah. That would explain why I was so confused.
by doredarling on Jan 27, 2010 8:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Jeff just picked up his 3rd
Walker with 3 as well with the personal and the tech
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
How many fouls can you call in a 2 minute span?
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
472
JP is done with 2 stupid plays. Such is the enigma of JP Prince…
by VolnVA on Jan 27, 2010 8:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure
if the announcers realize that yet or not
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Steve just got away with a push
and they called a travel on Chism.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
This is horrible to watch
Let them play, refs.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Worst officiated game ever
Tennessee and Vanderbilt fans might be able to make peace over this common enemy.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
...Officiating So Awful
100+ years of rivalry came to an end.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just a really weird, choppy, ugly game
I think all the foul calls are working against Vandy right now. The lack of flow is preventing them from running offense like the 2nd half against Auburn.
by VolnVA on Jan 27, 2010 8:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I could swear
You may be the most pro-Vandy UT fan (during a Vandy-UT game) I’ve ever met. Is it cause you’re living in Virginia?
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It's the Vanderbilt degree hanging on my wall
Knoxville kid, Vandy grab, hence the split loyalties…
by VolnVA on Jan 27, 2010 8:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Vandy grad
Hopefully they will forgive me the terrible typo…
by VolnVA on Jan 27, 2010 8:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No worries
Especially since you can’t edit comments
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Dre at the line for 1 and the bonus
Makes one.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
3 Guards
Tinsley comes on to replace Jeff.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
3rd Foul on Prince
DAMMIT MAKE YOUR FREE THROWS AJ
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Persistent but lucky
finish by AJ after an ugly attempt
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I just don't see how VU won't win this game
They are better than this UT team, especially with the foul problems.
by VolnVA on Jan 27, 2010 8:45 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
You're right
and I hope you’re right on the prediction.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
could this game set a record for fouls called?
by bloggywo on Jan 27, 2010 8:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
also, lets have mcbee keep shooting. thats working pretty well
by bloggywo on Jan 27, 2010 8:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Maze (?) misses both
At least I think that’s who was shooting.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Jermaine
makes an ill-advised runner.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
wow. that was a quick turnaround. holy cow. keep it up
by bloggywo on Jan 27, 2010 8:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
im going to get a jermaine beal tattoo on my ass. love it.
by bloggywo on Jan 27, 2010 8:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
This one almost has a fork in it
UT’s offense is terrible.
by VolnVA on Jan 27, 2010 8:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
career goal: Las Vegas Businessman?
Really?
by bloggywo on Jan 27, 2010 8:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Probably Not Really
Probably an inside joke.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
do you think the builders of the great wall of china would imagine jermaine beal would be on top?
i’d say yes
by bloggywo on Jan 27, 2010 8:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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by bloggywo on Jan 27, 2010 8:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Jay Bilas
He does commercials now. Better than the Mark Howard, 104.5 the Zone Dickie V commercials?
It’s Markie H Bay-BEE!
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Consolidated Credit
Face Transplant for that guy? Seriously, they couldn’t find someone a little more photogenic?
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Digger
Put him on one of those dancing shows. Let them die a violent death.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 8:59 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Coaching Staff
thinks Festus will settle in at a 65% clip from here on out. Obviously factoring in his earlier misses, his average won’t get that high…
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 9:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not a great time to foul
with 5 seconds on the shot clock. Hopson fouls out.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 9:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
up 8, 1 minute left. get the ball into jenkins hands
by bloggywo on Jan 27, 2010 9:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
AJ can't go for that steal
and leave his man wide open around the rim. Kentucky will rape us that way.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 9:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
get the board. dont let them set up the press
by bloggywo on Jan 27, 2010 9:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
That Ref
Didn’t know what he was going to call until well after the whistle.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 9:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I’m watching with two UT fans…their faces are priceless.
by doredarling on Jan 27, 2010 9:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I thought VU would win
And they did. As a VU grad, I’m excited about the possibilities. As a UT fan, I’m nervous about what the last 2 games signal for the remainder of the season.
by VolnVA on Jan 27, 2010 9:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Awesome win
Game wasn’t on in Atlanta, so can’t wait to read the write ups.
by GTwill on Jan 27, 2010 9:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Congrats guys
You guys came out and took it to us in the 2nd half. You were definitely the better team. Hopefully we can repay you in a couple weeks.
It's simple Cubs in the spring and summer, Vols in the fall and winter.
by cubvol on Jan 27, 2010 9:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I’m so happy to see that we can get it done on the road…that’s huge! Now we’ll just have to keep it up on Saturday…then we’ll have most of our tough opponents at home. What a night to be a Commodore fan!
by doredarling on Jan 27, 2010 9:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Can't ever remember...
…any team that corrects in the second half better than this.
If this happens again Saturday night…this could be a really, really special year.
"Well, if that ain't a show, I'll kiss your ass." - Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. (D-AL), 1948-52
by VandyImport on Jan 27, 2010 9:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Hey-ooooo
Nice win. Anyone see the commercial for the VU/UK game Saturday featuring Jeff Taylor? Hoooo boy, gonna start drinking early for that one.
by Train Island on Jan 27, 2010 10:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
OK
to be honest, I thought Vandy was ok tonight. I think they have potential to be better. They probably could have won by more, but I thought Tennessee looked pretty bad. What are your thoughts?
by golfballs03 on Jan 27, 2010 10:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
Tennessee really, really needs Hopson to start asserting himself more (especially while Chism is out). For a stretch it looked like he might do that all season long. If he can be a little more consistent, I like Pearl’s chances of righting the ship.
Vandy didn’t play their best by any stretch. A lot of that had to do with UT. Both teams seemed really psyched up and I think that worked to their disadvantages.
Also, the refs were way too whistle happy in my opinion, and that obviously worked to Vandy’s advantage…though that has tended to be the case for us all season due to being aggressive on offense and in the interior.
by KingJamesIV on Jan 27, 2010 10:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
interesting you say that
according to Ken Pomeroy (http://kenpom.com/expsked.php?team=Vanderbilt) there is a positive correlation between the # of free throws that opponents shoot to Vanderbilt’s offensive efficiency. Kind of counter-intuitive, huh?
by golfballs03 on Jan 27, 2010 11:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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