Just like Tennessee’s entire season, the Volunteers delivered an underwhelming performance in the NCAA Tournament. Tennessee fell to 12th-seeded Oregon State on Friday afternoon, coming out flat and ice cold from three-point range.
John Fulkerson was unable to play, but the Vols failed to show that intensity that we saw flashes up last weekend in the SEC Tournament. Energy was non-existent, shots weren’t falling — this one quite honestly felt over midway through the first half after the Beavers took control with a 27-11 lead.
“They were certainly packed back in there daring us to make threes or take shots, and we had some looks, but it didn’t go down,” Rick Barnes said after the loss.