*** Official #23 Tennessee vs #6 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

One of these Sweet 16 trips you'd think we'd break through on dumb luck, a miracle shooting night, something. That stat about being the worst Sweet 16 team winning percentage is f***ing brutal.
And we usually get dominated in the sweet 16. Illinois 2 years ago was close in the end, but even then they controlled the game against us.
 
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I seriously think they will beat Illinois tomorrow.
Maybe we’ll have a team that sucks someday that will make it to the Elite 8. No more talk about not wanting to win in KC or only caring about the tournament. Stupid stuff happens in the tournament. Iowa is proof of that. JJ getting hurt is proof of that…
 
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3 years in a row Milan disappears in the tournament to get us bounced. As good as he is, he sucks when we need him the most
Coaches don't help him out much either. Run him off one screen and stand at the 3 point line. Our staff needs to study what other good offensive teams do for there stud shooters.
 
I guess a small silver lining is I bet Milan comes back.

Toure
Batemon
Pleta
Buchanan
Milan

This is a good core. Add some guys from the portal, see what the freshmen can do, add in Mason Williams. Should be another good year.
 
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Even getting killed on the boards, we still had a chance.

Milan no showing on offense (how does an 6’8” guy get 0 rebounds in 33 mins…) and missing 10 free throws doomed us.

Good season. Sweet 16 seems to be our curse. Now 1-7 in S16 games in the last 30 years.
 
R u guys saying I'm wrong and bard core old school guys like McHale wouldn't have played because that has been proven wrong.
I think it's pretty damn stupid to think Jefferson wouldn't play if he was able. You think he didn't want to be out there with his teammates? The dude can barely walk right now.