No. 1 in the SEC

DK is a big mfer

Averaging over 30 a game in conference play is nuts

At that pace, he’ll be joining the likes of Ernie & Bernie, Slay, Lofton and Williams et al

For those saying the crowd isn’t loud in TBA, it’s a TBA problem because that crowd was loud but it’s a more confined space

They were aware when TB was built…. It had a multi-use purpose for Knoxville. Fans are far from the action and the sound is lost in the Cavernous Arena.

Tell that to the smooth brains complaining about the lack of crowd noise every game.

Exactly. TBA is huge.

-4 O/U, -0.5 spread. Brutal beat

I'm with you but picked up the -5 at half to make up for it

Ugh didn’t cover by .5

DK might be my favorite player since Grant & Admiral

Damn just a half point under the line

Ah, Rocky Top being sang in that shit hole gym during garbage time is a beautiful thing.

Rocky Top blaring in Vandys arena 😭

The first half ended up being good for this team. It’s so good to see them be gritty and successfully play from behind

Felt the same way about the Georgia game.

Alabama-football-level of second half adjustments there. Fired me up seeing us be able to do that.

I scared my dog I was so pumped for that alley oop. Fantastic play by ZZ. Fucking hate Candy basketball. They do this shit every year like Florida in football

I will say, the only thing DK needs to improve on are his handles. Good enough for college but

He just almost made that shit

Oh man if that went in

By God that was the sexiest play I've ever seen in my life

The best part about that comparison to Brandon Miller is that Dalton didn’t act as an accessory to a murder 🙂

Dalton IS the shooter

I’m 31 years old. He’s the best I’ve seen in orange due to his size and literally scoring every way imaginable. These are freaking tough shots, and he moves well enough inside our offense to get plenty of open shots too.

That’s the thing man, he’s got all the shotmaking ability in the world but he also has legit NBA size & athleticism for a wing

Same age range- I’d go second to Lofton, just ahead of Tobias and Stokes.

I was in school for Lofton and I am a huge fan of his, but even with my nostalgia I can tell you that this guy is on another level.

Same, was in college with Lofton and Bruce. Lofton wasn’t built like DK and was more of a 3 shooter, imo. DK does it all.

You might be a better marker because honestly it would be hard to say childhood nostalgia doesn’t tint Lofton. All of my favorite athletes when I was 12 are still the best ever.

I am cool with any order on Lofton/Knecht and agree that Tobias is right there. Grant was right that too and Stokes in the neighborhood for sure. For Knecht with me it’s some recency bias and just his size like I mentioned. For every year since Lofton graduated I never thought anyone would enter his territory but it is for sure happening. For me at least

I think he’d have to win a title for him to pass Lofton in my mind. Might not be fair but with only having one year that’s probably the only thing that could do it.

I don’t blame you a bit for that. Lofton didn’t have many off nights in 4 years and could shoot (and I remember many crazy drives) on anyone.

I would say I wish we had another year of Knecht, but he would be getting drafted regardless of his eligibility

I turned the game off at halftime again and we are playing better. Maybe I should just stop watching them lol

It’s crazy he was a D2 unknown last year. Edit: replied one comment further down lol

Don’t miss a second of this team this year. They’re special!

We thank you for your sacrifice.

gat dang. what's the single-season scoring record for the Vols, is he in the running?

806 by Allen Houston. Depending on how many games they plan on the SEC and NCAA tournament, He’s gonna have to average about 20 points a game from here on out

We played 36 games last year, so if we play the same number, to get 807 he'd need 22.4 ppg, and he's at 19.5 now. If he goes for 32 again next game he'd jump to 20.2 ppg.

I like how even athletes walk like me when I get a cramp.

Lmao I just had the exact same thought.

Same!

That is just a disgusting shot from Knecht

which one?

Fuck everytime he shoots its wet

Every time he shoots I’m wet

He may be unguardable. That’s an insane shot

Holy shit DK

Vescoviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

gonna need 75 points

Did Rick tell JJJ he better not take a single shot tonight?

JJJ probably heard Barnes say they had to pass the ball 23 times before shooting against the b team last year and never got the memo

JJJ has lost all confidence. He passed up a wide open lay up. I feel like after.he missed a wide open three he just decided to not shoot

I was just thinking the same thing

Rick needs to get himself tossed to send a message.

There’s 3 minutes left, not sure it’s worth it at this point

Maybe not, but I would want to send a message for future games. I feel like Rick has that clout that if he got tossed some refs may pay attention.

Ok. I need some old people to tell me if it’s ok to start talking about Knecht as one of the best to ever play for us. He’s getting real close to passing Grant in my book…

He’s special and could be the greatest scorer, but Lofton could take a game over. Grant was money late. Houston was limited by coaching😉

If he keeps up this production it’s likely this season goes down as the best for a Vol ever. The question simply becomes do you grant the title of “best basketVol ever” to a one year guy?

If we get further than the elite 8, and he’s instrumental in doing that, then it’s no question.

Grilliams and Dadmiral were a great combo. By himself, Knecht is an awesome player on par with Williams. If Dalton can keep this production going through the year, I'll consider putting him above Grant.

I’m not old but part of grants greatness Imo is how he did it for 2-3 years

Hmmm. Dale Ellis was very good, BK is an all time great & Allan Houston was the franchise centerpiece on a team that made the NBA finals. He’s def as/ more talented than anyone I’ve seen here in the past 20 years thiugh

Grunfeld, Lofton make the top 5 with the 3 you just named. DK is playing into Grant’s tier very fast though.

I totally forgot Ernie & C lo 🤦🏽‍♂️ (favorite vol ever regardless of sport) you’re absolutely right

Certainly one of the most talented

Dalton Knecht is gonna make me throw up

Vandy basketball team tackles better than the football team

5 v 8 out here

Aidoo doesn’t jump and they brick it into his hands and no foul called. Finally

This is fun.

It's wild how high his percentage is on those inbound corner 3's.

After all that bullshit in the scrum the first two shots, they call over the back on Knecht

MY COURT

I’m a little confused. It sounds like a home game but there’s a giant ugly V in the middle of the court.

Also the court is all fucked up wide and high

And the benches are in the wrong place

Ride and die with Knecht

Knecht is just fun to watch man. I hope this team makes it to the final 4 and he scores 30 or more every game to get there.

Between him and ZZ this team definitely has march madness media darling appeal

That inbound play works every time 😂

That kid can shoot

I just have no idea how Knecht makes it look so easy wtf

How TF do you not see aidoo right there

HES HOTTER THAN FISH GREASE

Dear lord.

Jonas “too tall” aidoo

HOW DOES HE HIT THOSE

THE HANDS!!

THE CATCH. LOL

*sigh* just win and move on

Interception!

If I get 500 upvotes TN wins!!

If that’s not a foul then I mean what is

 Vandy when Vescovi is driving into the paint

Lawrence is their only player keeping them in this

Aidoo’s little man bun thing bouncing around as he runs is so silly looking

Refs back up on their bullshit

Vescovi just got tackled. No call.

These refs trying their hardest to keep Vandy in it

Time to cover.

I’m so tired of these animated red bull commercials

Better not watch Twitch. They’re rampant.

ESPN coverage SUCKS!!

I’m a Titan fan. Nashville can’t fill their sports team stadiums with their own fans. Sad.

Even when the Titans are good, I really just don’t care about them. Hopefully that changes with the change of staff.

I live in west Tennessee. Only tit game I’ve been to was the the throttle from Arizona week 1 that one year. Not going back until our offense is at least entertaining, like the early Heupel games. At least we were entertaining if not good

Only one I went to was against the Texans a couple of years ago where they lost in a monsoon. It was miserable walking back to the car

I got tricked into becoming a Titans fan by someone who convinced me they were going to be good. It's a cult.

There's always next year.

Yeah hopefully with new staff and stadium we can make some noise

Kensucky down by 6.

Theyre looking very shaky rn . That said we’ll probs spilt bc as is tradition .

Hard to win in Rupp

Very

Man, we've seen some crazy inconsistency with the continuation calls these last several games.

Even within this game. I can’t remember the play earlier in this half, maybe a Knecht drive but it was closer continuation call than ZZs

It was Aidoo. Should have counted as a bucket and they said it was on the floor.

These announcers blow. I get wanting the upset but please shut up

Looks like we just got caught looking ahead to South Carolina and Kentucky. Barnes was able to rally the troops. Would love to have been a fly on the wall in that locker room. Let's keep up the pressure.

Not having a game all week too. Barnes practices get intense and we might have gotten a little cold.

This is why DK is so huge , when our O is not clicking he can get us through those stretches and let us come back not completely fucked .

This might be my favorite vols team I’ve watched. Right there with the Bruce pearl era Chris lofton, tyler smith, Wayne chism & duke crews team. S/o grant & admiral & j-mac/ jarnell stokes teams as well

What year was that, 08? My all-time favorite team, too. But this team is in the running to dethrone them!

Whatever year it was when we played Memphis on the road and beat them to get the #1 ranking. That team was insane man

Yup, 08 beat #1 Tiger High in Memphis and then lost the next game a few days later to Vandy and gave up our first ever #1 ranking.

2018-2019 team?

I loved that team as well, but I have special childhood memories of that year we were #2 going against #1 Memphis and won on the road. Also that year we had a loaded team and everyone got suspended and skylar Mcbee hit that crazy three to beat Kansas

Sure. The early Grant years was when I started paying attention so that last Grant/Admiral team holds a special place to me

Hell yeah bro! That’s what it’s all about 🍊

The announcers shake and cry when anything goes our way

Gainey redemption arc and I'm here for it

Home cooking?

Need that Estrella gif

So that’s an and 1 but the one on aidoo wasn’t…ok

estrella left hanging lol

Watching the refs literally have to get on their hands and knees to explain the call to the scorekeepers is insane. This court is so fucking stupid, you can’t help but just laugh at it

Remember when the SEC tournament was on this floor too?

I seriously don’t understand how it’s still allowed in this day and age. It’s fucking ridiculous

These refs are so goddamn inconsistent but it’s working out for us 😂

I love angry Tennessee. We look locked in now

Oh wow I’m not sure they should’ve counted that basket lol

makes up for the one in the first half that should have counted for Aidoo

Makeup call for earlier

If Gainey was just in a slump and this isn’t just a heater, the league is chalked

Literally all they have is prayer 3’s

https://media4.giphy.com/media/hpFTV3KfDXTQ9X8pEX/giphy.gif

They had us in the 1st half.. we cookin now

Gainey was waiting on that one lol he knew it was going in

GAINEYYYYYY YOU MOTHER FUCKING GOD

Are there any good announcers left in college basketball?

Kevin Harlan

21 looks like he came back from *Hoosiers* in a time machine

Gainey!


This commentator is an absolute dumbass. They thought they were reviewing it for Vescovi. Holy shit

That’s what I’m saying. What else could they be seeing? Lol

they probably can't see anything because of the ridiculous court design

Lmao call it home cookin 😎

Confused pichachu face, it was a hook and hold???? These announcers are clowns.

Are these commentators idiots

Why did the announcers act so shocked lmao

Wow that never happens!!!!

Ahahahhahahahahahhahahaha

A surprise for sure, but a welcome one

Hahahahaha them eating crow live is amazing!

These announcers being shocked by the obvious call is hilarious

Vandy arena so bad that they don’t even have a mic for the refs

And you have to go over and talk down to the crew like their toddlers.

No shit they’re calling it! That’s a clear as day hook and hold!!

Thank goodness. I can’t believe they called that on vescovi on the floor. These refs are blind

oh wow a bullshit shot and then a bailout again

Wow. Yes you were wrong announcers. Good job refs.

Oh nice

Feel gainey has really kind of mellowed out and turned into a nice role player off the bench

Now that he no longer just launches it up every time he touches the ball. I agree

Vandy guy hooked him like a praying mantis

The way these Vandyboys shoot I can see why they are 5-13.

Absolutely a hook and hold on Vandy

If anyone hooked and held it was the Vandy player

How these announcers don’t see that is beyond me.

5 rebounders to their 1 and we get a hook and hold. Nice

Vescovi always gets the worst foul calls against him

Aaaaaand here comes the refball. What a fucking joke

We have 4 guys going up for the same fucking rebound

Brick hands night

Really liking Gainey coming alive.

He’s got a nice game, high IQ & coaches son, he can play a big role if he can keep finding his shot

lmaooooo nice throw Mahomes

If Knecht has a weakness, he seems to get stripped from the weak side when he backs people down

Man i love mashack. He’s a menace

All good teams need a player like him

The SEC: Vandy, your gym is fucking stupid. Vandyboys: What if we let the coaches stand on the sideline near the end line instead of the end line near the side line? The SEC: ...........fine.

I really hate playing @Vandy.