Posted by peerlessvolfan on January 26, 2008 at 9:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Yes!!!!! Go Chris!!!!! Well done!!

Posted by SFOrange on January 26, 2008 at 9:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

rout.

Posted by GreerVol22 on January 26, 2008 at 9:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Really nice hustle, focus, and intensity tonight, nice win. Great to see Crewser back on the floor. This ESPN 360 thing is pretty nice.

Posted by Plasticman on January 26, 2008 at 9:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Thats the Lofton we all know and love. Keep that up and we can again be talking Final 4. However, FT shooting is horrible. Why can't JP Prince hit FT's?? Officiating was great tonight. You didn't even know they were there most of the game.

Posted by Plasticman on January 26, 2008 at 9:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Also goo to see Tabb get some minutes tonight. Great defense. I predict Tyler Smith will get the first triple double in UT BB history before he leaves the program.

Posted by mparker on January 26, 2008 at 9:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Anybody notice the FT stats?? C'mon, rout of not, got to get better at those.

Glad the guys took care of business.

Posted by Ironcity on January 26, 2008 at 9:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Great to see the old Lofton back. I thought the team look sloppy and uninterested at times but UGA is just no match for us. We will have to play far better agasint a tough Miss St team if we expect to win.

Posted by budd on January 26, 2008 at 9:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)

any time we whip ga is a great win. wish we scored a 100

Posted by mparker on January 26, 2008 at 10:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

My guess at the rest of the year; the Vols hold serve at home, though Florida, Arkansas, and Kentucky will push hard. The Vols beat Memphis, as the Vols will have nothing to lose. They lose several road games.

In total, I see 4 more losses and 8 more wins for a season record of 25-6. Make your own guesses!!!!!

Loss 01/29/08 at Alabama
Loss 02/02/08 at Mississippi State
Win 02/05/08 Florida
Win 02/09/08 at LSU
Win 02/13/08 Arkansas
Win 02/16/08 at Georgia
Win 02/20/08 Auburn
Win 02/23/08 at Memphis
Loss 02/26/08 at Vanderbilt
Win 03/02/08 Kentucky
Loss 03/05/08 at Florida
Win 03/09/08 South Carolina

Posted by bricker865 on January 26, 2008 at 10:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)

AirForceOne...where are you bud? I could always use a good puke.....Go Vols!!!!

Posted by bricker865 on January 26, 2008 at 10:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

mparker...interesting picks...i agree on about all of them. The only one I might waver on is I think we'll win at Vanderbilt and Alabama and lose at Memphis.

Posted by Hacksaw57 on January 26, 2008 at 10:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Looks as if the intensity is back after the KY game. Lofton looked like he's getting back to his old form,as well. Saw glimpses of it in the KY game.
I really believe we were not ready to play the Cats the other night - a lackluster performance due either from a "big head" from the rankings or, hopefully, from playing several games in a row which, they better get used to when tourney time gets here.
Kudos to Coach Pearl for getting our Vols back on track, down to earth and taking care of business tonight. It's only going to get tougher so we better get ready. Hopefully we're back on track. GO VOLS!!!!

Posted by mparker on January 26, 2008 at 10:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)

bricker, it's tough to call. I just kind of peeked at the records.

My reason for Vandy is that I think the place will absulutley rock. Same with Bama. Miss State??? Those boys are tough, tough, and tough. They just manhanlded Ole Miss tonight, and Ole Miss made us look like little kdds around the glass.

Posted by jevolball7 on January 26, 2008 at 10:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)

mparker: No way we lose at Bama. Memphis beat the Zags by 8 today IN MEMPHIS. Toss up on that game. Your others are IMO, pretty close. Great showing tonight against a pretty good team. Hit foul shots and finish those circus oops and win by 30! The Dawgs are,in fact,Dawgs!

Posted by Orangefever on January 26, 2008 at 10:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

i think we lose at miss. state and at florida win the tournament to be 30-4 as a #1 seed heading into the Dance!

Posted by reasonablevol on January 26, 2008 at 10:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

if you guys noticed, Chris Lofton's shooting form was MUCH MUCH better tonight! Once he released the ball, I could see him using follow through with his wrist flexed downward OVER his head. I guarantee that is something he has been working on! I predict the CL slump is over. His form looked better tonight than at Kentucky!!!

go vols

Posted by navyvolinva on January 26, 2008 at 10:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm glad to see Lofton back! I hope the team can rally around him. It seems that J. Smith has been off a little as well.

Posted by bricker865 on January 26, 2008 at 10:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Actually when I think about the officiating in the past at Alabama, you might add that as a loss also. It has been atroscious (spelling) in the past....Overall I think we'll have a great stretch run.

Posted by zjcvols on January 26, 2008 at 10:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

CL looked great tonight. The problem he was having was he wasn't being assertive at all. He also has no mid-range j which makes it much difficult to get open shots. But his shot is looking much better and I believe the slump is over. Tyler played great and props to Coach Pearl on putting Ramar in the lineup. Not only is Ramar a better penetrator and passer, we now have a 3-point shooter coming off the bench. I also wonder who is going to lose more pt with Duke coming back, Ryan or Brian?

Posted by bricker865 on January 26, 2008 at 10:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Great job Duke!!!

Posted by lempga on January 26, 2008 at 10:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

zjcvols, Ryan for sure

Posted by Hunter on January 26, 2008 at 10:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)

We SHOULDN'T lose another game until Memphis - I think that game is a toss-up. We will lose at Vandy. At Florida will be VERY tough if their young guys grow up as expected. Losing two of the last 5 will keep us from a #1 seed. Mark my words, the UT/Memphis game will be a #1 vs. #2.

Posted by b.skelton on January 26, 2008 at 10:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Lose at Memphis, Lose (maybe) at Vandy, possibly lose one more. I'm thinking 26-5 at worse, with a #2 seed in NCAAs.

Posted by jevolball7 on January 26, 2008 at 10:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Anyone seen airforce1? Probably watching L'IL Bush re-runs KY will be LUCKY to make the NIT. Of course,they are much deeper than people think....added the players they have in stripes.

Posted by SFOrange on January 26, 2008 at 10:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

9-3 the rest of the way (to the SEC tourney with losses @ Miss State, @ Memphis and @ Vandy.
26-5 into SEC tourney. 2-1 @ tourney.
28-6 into NCAA. 3-1 NCAA.
31-7.

Posted by JAJUAN on January 26, 2008 at 11:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

lofton is my boy

Posted by HardcoreHottie on January 26, 2008 at 11:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Georgia: JUST LIKE FOOTBALL

Posted by tigervol9802 on January 26, 2008 at 11:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Glad to see Crews on the court.

Glad to see #5 shoot like #5.

Glad to see Tabb get some PT.

Glad to see less of Childress.

I wish Prince would quit playing like he's on NBA Jam.

Free-throw shooting....got to do better. It will cost us again eventually otherwise.

But, #5 is turning it back on, and Pearl seems to be willing to let the offense run through him more now.

Rest of the season?

2 more conference losses at either Vandy/Florida/Bama and a loss at Memphis.

I think we finally make it to Saturday of the SEC tournament, but not Sunday.

NCAA Tournament? Sweet 16 again.

Posted by Orangefever on January 27, 2008 at 12:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)

hahah "less of childress" haha! thats funny- just the way it came out

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

Hope they make the final 4,living in Austin that would be an easy trip to take. Sometimes a loss is good,get's the focus back . So many strengths on this team,especially with everybody healthy.

2 more losses tops, this team is going to be special.

Posted by FWBVol on January 27, 2008 at 12:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Nice win, but 12-of-27 from the FT line won't cut it in crunch time against good teams.

Posted by bricker865 on January 27, 2008 at 12:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It will be interesting to see the free throw shooting between Memphis & TN when they play. At least we won't have to worry about getting killed at the free throw stripe.

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

The free throw shooting was horrible. One thing that I noticed tonight when I went to the game is the the Georgia players went back to the locker room right before the national anthem. NO CLASS!!! I don't care if they are the road team or not...totally un-American!

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

Other than lofton or jajuan (and maybe Ramar now) I don't trust anybody at the line. If I was a team that went 11 or 12 deep, i would foul tennessee like crazy especially duke, wayne, and jp.

the only way ut makes it to the final four is if they don't have that stretch they always have in close games where they go 5 minutes w/o scoring. If that happens in the sweet 16 or elite 8, its see ya next year.

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

If anyone has paid attention, Bama has lost 5 of their last 7 games. No way we lose to them.

Posted by allvols7 on January 27, 2008 at 1 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Chris is great! So glad to have him back with the three pointers, he is the (very pretty) man. Congratulations to Crews, we love ya. Congrats to Ramar, your hard work paid off. And Josh, you almost the man tonight...good job. The Smith men, they all good. Chism, I just smile when you play.
Guys go get some Bama victory.

Love the Lofton!!

Posted by et_vol_fan on January 27, 2008 at 1:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)

As Corso would say...not so fast rockyknox...We've only won in Tuscaloosa twice in the last 25 years. Granted..the last 16 have been every other year though with the conference division. I think that they need to be ready or we're looking at two straight road losses. MSU won't be a push over in S'ville.

Posted by pdhuff on January 27, 2008 at 7:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Beat Bama.

Posted by james on January 27, 2008 at 9:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)

mparker12- No loss at "bama or Florida. Vandy and Miss St are going to be tough. We will win one of those two. 28-3 sounds better.

Posted by bugman on January 27, 2008 at 9:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)

our free throw shooting is horrendous.

Posted by james on January 27, 2008 at 9:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

AS I said before, should have brought Crews in against KY for 30 seconds or so and it would have lifted the team. Pearl is a coach who plays the angles but he missed an angle in that game.

Good team effort in this one but Free Throw shooting still was not good and the inside game still lacked from time to time. Still a win is a win. Good luck in 'Bama and Starksville. Welcome back Duke. Go VOls.

Posted by budrhon on January 27, 2008 at 9:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Good win, nice to see Lofton getting the stroke back. What is with the crowd though? I had friend drop in asking me why the game was so quiet. We could almost hear individual conversations during the game. Wow!

Posted by mtnvol on January 27, 2008 at 9:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Just Like Football! Clap, clap, clapclapclap.

Posted by marc_ash on January 27, 2008 at 9:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Good play by the team last night in some areas. Good shooting night for Lofton, but he missed all 5 of his 3 pt fg's in the second half and only scored 7 in the 2nd frame. Need more consistency from him.

FT's were horrible. This team will not even come close to making it to the final 4 if they cannot finish. It cost the many games last season (see both Ohio State games for starters).

Started looking a bit like last seasons team with Lofton and JuJuan having double digets and the others filling in. Nobody scored in double digits besides those 2. Need to distribute the ball a bit more to even things out. Don't have a problem with Lofton taking more shots, but Lofton took 17 of the 40 shots the starters had.

Good win. Wouldn't have wanted to have been GA after the KY loss. I'm sure a few of them needs a hug this morning.

Posted by daddyaxe on January 27, 2008 at 9:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The Lofton turnaround is simple. Work for your shots and they will come. Great game . All the credit to coach PEARL.....He had them ready and to see him chew out his all american on national tv shows why we are so fortunate to have a coach that will not tolerate anything.....Look out Bama, your staring down a red hot barrel...GO VOLS

Posted by CrankE on January 27, 2008 at 9:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Just in case we needed more bulletin board material for the Memphis game:

"We're going to go from being Tennessee's Team to being America's Team," Calipari said.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news;_y...

That deserves a strong answer from Tennessee on Feb 26.

Posted by tdvolman on January 27, 2008 at 10:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Great game Big Orange!! Keep working on that FT shooting.

Posted by CatScratchFever on January 27, 2008 at 10:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Good morning vol fans. Bricker, Volball...you guys having a good weekend?

Looks like tennessee had a good night last night...compared to the nightmare Kentucky handed you last week.

Your success may be short lived however. Word is the New York Knicks have a close eye on Pearl to become their head coach for next year. That would be a shame....his shenanigans are entertaining and laughable...kind of like Curly from the Three Stooges...Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk.

Posted by VolCane7979 on January 27, 2008 at 10:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

AF1,

On the same vein, word is that Billy's probation officer has an eye on him to become the head coach of the Texas penal league. That would also most certainly be laughable... "nyuk, nyuk". Enjoy that first round NIT loss to Creighton punk.

Posted by natcross24 on January 27, 2008 at 10:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)

AF1, kitty kats will be a road team in the NIT

Posted by johnlg00 on January 27, 2008 at 11:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Some pretty good predictions for the rest of the season from several posters today. Here's my $.02 worth: 1) 'Bama is a wounded animal; they are going to be very dangerous there; strong inside with streaky outside shooters; could be a trap game unless we show up big-time; 2) Miss. St. may be the toughest opponent we have left, except maybe for Memphis; they crushed the Ole Miss team we struggled with; we will probably lose that one unless we REALLY step up; 3) Fla and Vandy will also be tough at their places. We will probably lose at least one of these, and could easily lose all five, including Memphis. The key in all these is to shoot free throws decently and avoid getting steamrolled on the boards. That is the fine line we tread; as good as we can be at times, we just don't have much margin for error, though our defense will keep us in most games. GO VOLS!!!

Posted by TurboFan on January 27, 2008 at 12:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

We beat Fla in Gainesville when they had 5 future NBAers on the team. We lost there last year when they had something to prove to us. Should be able to win there again.

MSt will be the most difficult game in the SEC.

Memphis? Rather beat them in April than February, if they make it that far.

My take on Lofton. We will probably find out after the season that he practiced shooting treys too much over the last summer and strained muscles/joints/ligaments. Thus he didn't practice shooting much Oct-Dec to recover. No more basis for my guess than anyone elses.

Posted by CatScratchFever on January 27, 2008 at 12:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

volcane...it amazes me that tennessee fans like you think that the vols are so great. THEY HAVE NOT DONE JACK!! When you can match our 7 National Championships, 43 SEC Titles and NCAA leading all time victories....then come with your talk. Till then, you have NOTHING!!!

As ESPN put it, Kentucky has more glory than tennessee could muster in six lifetimes. Pearl knows tennessee's place in the pecking order, no matter what kind of season they have this year.

Posted by dvolsdacious on January 27, 2008 at 12:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hard to figure this team out. I see us getting beat by Memphis, Florida and Mississppi State. Mississippi and Vandy are overrated and should not be in Top 25. I think next year belongs to Tennessee before Florida and Kentucy reload in next two years. Elite 8 would be good.

Posted by SFOrange on January 27, 2008 at 12:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

AFO:
per your suggestion, lets get back together in 75 years and compare the number of championship banners---brilliant.

Your posts here are sad (we can feel your frustration)--doesn't UK have a blog that you could crawl to?

Posted by CatScratchFever on January 27, 2008 at 2:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

sforange. No frustration here...just looking forward to more years of showing tennessee who THEIR DADDY IS!! You know it. Pearl knows it.

Your frustration is that even when tennessee is having their best year, they still cant beat Kentucky in a rebuilding year. The only tradition tennessee has is choking.

Posted by bricker865 on January 27, 2008 at 3:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

AF1 seems to have all the answers. Too bad none of them are real. Did you get your crystal ball at Big Lots? By the way, there are 2 things that really matter and I would include UT football or UK basketball with this, is that the present and the future are really what matters the most, and the past is just that. I think most people would agree with that. At least we didn't lose to Gardner Webb. We'll be rooting for ya in the NIT this year.

Posted by SFOrange on January 27, 2008 at 3:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

AFO (no doubt with Bush on board) adds to the sad KY backwoods legacy of isolation. Please try to have some insight for this site or take it back to the UK pep rally.

Posted by 55Vol on January 27, 2008 at 3:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

AFO.... your team will be nothing more than butt-wipe material when you come to Knoxville and then in the SEC tourney. We will flush the blue right down the toilet with the rest of the crap from Lexington. BTW, did you notice who the better QB was in the Senior Bowl yesterday? Woodson was the MVP...oh, wait....it was Ainge...the TENNESSEE QB. That was an easy flush.

Posted by TurboFan on January 27, 2008 at 4:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)

AF1, yeah, you're right, ya got a lot of hardware up there and we have a long way to go to equal it...in men's basketball. However,

Football: who's YOUR daddy?
Women's BB: who's YOUR mama?

Has UK won a championship in anything other than men's BB?

Posted by marc_ash on January 27, 2008 at 6:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Airforce, what is your purpose of posting? Are you wanting to gloat over a win? Are you trying to flex your muscles over a moral victory?

The Vols lost, plain and simple. However, I do not thing beating the Vols in one game should make you happy...unless it happens in the SEC or NCAA tourney. I think you may have a shot in the SEC tourney, but as it stands UK has an uphill trek if they are going to even get into the NCAA tourney.

Enjoy your teams win for now. Hell, the Vols beat Florida 3 of 4 over the last 2 years they have won the National Championship...think that consolation prize means squat? I'll answer for you...no.

Posted by mloaks on January 27, 2008 at 6:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Freethrows. For cryin out loud...
If Ramar can finally get consistant, land sakes; kin you say Damon... naw
Go Eli!

Posted by budrhon on January 27, 2008 at 9:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

TouchdownTN- I agree that this game of UT -v- Memphis is getting so much hype that I hope it does live up to it's billing. I believe it will. I think Memphis defensively is bit better and Rose is the key difference. Ramar and Jordan are going to have their hands full, but Pearl may utilize Prince or J Smith to guard him. But this kid is so quick it's unreal. CDR & Dorsey are going to be difficult to handle as well. But on any given night you never know how your shooting percentage is going to go. Memphis had no answer for Lofton last year as Georgia couldn't handle him Saturday. It will be a heck of a game. Can't wait.

Posted by bricker865 on January 27, 2008 at 11:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

17-2..haven't done jack....moron! What does 'haven't done jack' translate to..? maybe AF1 expects going unscored on to get respect. I bet your IQ doesn't match the point total that KY delivered against UT. You apparently don't know how stupid this is making you look. Goodnight Moron!

Posted by et_vol_fan on January 27, 2008 at 11:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

AFO: The only one choking is you in Tyson Park.

Posted by budrhon on January 28, 2008 at 7:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Pacman - Memphis conference schedule maybe cupcake, but their non conference games have been good - Oklahoma, UCONN, Georgetown, Cincy, Gonzaga,Southern Cal, Arizona. None of these teams are cupcakes. Research before you comment.