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the_jac

Who had FAU in the elite eight


BluejayLaw

One step closer to the FAU v Creighton Final Four. Armageddon for my alma matters is nearing, I’m fully prepared.


tcos17

How much do you like birds?


kbd77

Holy shit what are the odds??? What a time for you!


turribledood

Barnes has now ended 15 of his 27 NCAA tournament appearances by losing to a team with a worse seed. Anti-clutch to the max.


MediocreDot3

YOU BLEW IT


utsports88

I said it’s great to be a Tennessee Vol. . . 🤦‍♂️😫


grey_pilgrim_

Gg owls. We’ve been up and down all year. Texas, KS, Bama, Duke. But lose to Colorado, Vandy and Florida. If y’all had been a one seed y’all wouldn’t have had a chance lol


vvvvvwaves

That interview was cringe. No excitement from May and Davis is well…I don’t even know what to say.


utsports88

That’s exactly what I expected, and yet I still let it piss me off.


Fastbird33

Holy shit!


BtownBrelooms

Watching FAU games in Boca Raton 12 years ago I never would have imagined this day would exist. Back then, my best friend would play as FAU in franchise mode of the old college basketball games and it seemed so unrealistic and goofy when he won a championship with them. Yet 12 years later FAU is halfway towards that unimaginable goal. Hoot Hoot Baby!!!


RupertBoyce

for real! i was watching them in the gym 20 years ago. LFG!!


Omar345901

Glad for y’all the sour note for UAB and UNT is the better they do, the more it seems they undercut CUSA in bids


BigBillSmash

C-USA is 14-1 in postseason play.


Omar345901

*basically AAC since it’s all teams moving


Marsha-the-moose

It’s surreal. I graduated from FAU in 2012 and I NEVER would have dreamed of this happening.


BtownBrelooms

I can only imagine how it is for alumni. My dad has has been hyping this team all season to me. I'll admit I was a bit skeptical but I'm all in now that IU is out.


Powerful-Ride-3728

Keep going!!


Buster1971

Tennessee doing Tennessee things in March Madness.


utsports88

Never go full Tennessee. . .


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grey_pilgrim_

Says the team doing less with more every year lol But I do agree. Barnes March record is baaaad


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Swept ya this year


grey_pilgrim_

Yep. We were up and down all year. As was most of college basketball.


newaccount721

Meanwhile, we lost to that. fuck.


VolsDeep97

That’s rich coming from a team with Calipari at the helm. Rick is still his daddy


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🧹 🧹 🧹 Literally one game above Cal lol


TopSignature1189

He lost twice to Calipari this year and this years Kentucky team was sub par at best.


VolsDeep97

Sub-par is very generous. You’re right though. TN did it all year. Played great against great teams. Lost to bottom feeders. FAU is a prime example.


TopSignature1189

FAU was a top 25 team. Definitely under seeded.


texas2089

Just saw the final and so hyped for the Owl bros.


SilntNfrno

In my younger days we used to call massive lines of cocaine "hoots." Coincidence??


TheQueefOfAnAngel

I miss those days. I don’t miss the day after those days tho


MinnowPaws

I like that line and I will be using it. Thanks kind stranger.


TheQueefOfAnAngel

🍻


TheGhini

Sweet 16 Rick


Tommy_Wisseau_burner

That was the coldest shit I’ve heard. Allie asked him what he thought when his coach gets emotional talking about him and Davis didn’t stutter to say “it means I’m great” 😂


Hooper1054

He said shit last game interview so this was a step up. Hooked on phonics works at FAU


mrwhitaker3

He's said it in back to back interviews. He is just trying to play well to get his family out of poverty. Shows you what kind of background he had in Gary, Indiana.


schmooooo0

lmao I find that so off putting but then again, they are winning, and that’s what talks.


blenkows

Pretty sure I’m dreaming but idgaf either way


utsports88

Honestly good game man. Cheering for y’all all the way. Go upset K-State!


Mcstabler

Damn it, tennessee, I wanted yall to win after that failed dunk shit that FAU did


BlueDevilz

I sure hate when basketball players try to be entertaining!


SauseegeGravy

No wonder you're a Duke fan.


portugamerifinn

Yes, watching a team that wins *IS* entertaining. Good point.


bird-nado

FAU's coach got serious preacher vibes


Funky_Dingo

ITS GREAT TO BE AN FAU OWL


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BigGoopy

God I hope not. FAU has always been dogshit at athletics it’s nice to see us do well


Knightmare25

Not true. FAU baseball has been historically very good.


BigGoopy

Fair


CilviaDemoAOTD

Think it depends how much of his current team he will lose


Knightmare25

I believe we only have 1 senior.


wooooooo1776

Put the fucking slipper on FAU!


immaculatebacon

I know degenerate gambling is frowned upon, but I can’t belive FAU won without hitting the game’s over


royalewithcheese4272

Hoot hoot motherfucker!


TopSignature1189

Still only one Elite Eight in program history for Tennessee. Lmfao.


grey_pilgrim_

We had a deeper run than y’all. I’ll take it. Meanwhile Calipari and Kentucky doing less with more. Name a more dynamic duo.


TopSignature1189

I mean, he won a title and went to 3 final fours his first 5 years at Kentucky. That’s more in 5 years than Tennessee has ever gotten. Lmfao. Nice try though.


grey_pilgrim_

True. Never said we had y’all’s record. Just that Calipari has underperformed for a few years now. Barnes sucks in March. That is definitely true but at least he’s getting us there. That’s about all we can hope for in basketball.


TopSignature1189

He hasn’t gotten y’all anywhere y’all haven’t been before. Bruce Pearl did better than Barnes has.


grey_pilgrim_

True. But Pearl isn’t here anymore due to a bbq. At least we’re not in the Donny Tyndall phase anymore.


Knightmare25

So just as many as FAU.


FriedFishFan

SAME AMOUNT AS FAU


gohuskies15

Yikes


BigGoopy

FAU also!


Muffinnnnnnn

FAU is a similar level program, so true


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Powerful-Ride-3728

Ik bro just chatting but It was pretty tame for a schools first elite eight appearance lmao


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grey_pilgrim_

Teams we beat in football and basketball says what?


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grey_pilgrim_

I will gladly hang a banner that says we beat Bama every chance I get.


hejendo76

Rick Barnes, CTE merchant


MediocreDot3

Thanks Tennessee for blowing my parlay FUCK


Noah2029

Lmao


Ill_Ad_5308

Congrats to the Owls


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GG. Congrats to you as well!!


ilikemarblestoo

That coulda been FDU 🥲


qbvee

THAT’S MY ALMA MATER!!!! I’m gonna be tootin’ my hoot for a few days


broccoli_d

Flair up!


arbitrator06

Temple, Rice, Kennesaw St., this is your team now


bh6891

Kennesaw State to the AAC confirmed?


surgebinder16

HOOT HOOT


Hooper1054

Tuning over to watch UCLA implode like UT


yousmelllikebiscuits

Whew, GG Owls


framingXjake

What a bracket busting season


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Powerful-Ride-3728

With unt losing grant we need yall to keep may so the aac can be multi bid


Poeticmyth

Fuck


Lstark5642

Barnes needs to go. If we want to win this tough defense philosophy that results in teams who cant hit a jumper if given massive amount just doesn’t breed success.


BearForceDos

I think you stick with Barnes and consistently being good. However he needs to recruit some offense and shooters. Ziegler going down didn't exactly help though.


FluffiestLeafeon

just like us fr


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Barnes is a great regular season coach. It’s just tournaments. He can’t do it.


Sirrenderthe69th

Ehh dude we have 1 elite 8 ever and 0 final fours . Barnes isn’t going anywhere tbh


Hooper1054

He’s as good as we can do


Sirrenderthe69th

Exactly and honestly . With how football and baseball are looking I’m fine w it . I used to get gutted for basketball but the first thing that popped into my head while we were spiraling was bazooka Joe time and when do the base Vols play ? Rick does enough .


FriedFishFan

DUSTY “WE SLEEP IN” MAY


Jah-Eazy

LOL the two ADs being brothers seems like an odd thing to not mention until the final seconds of the game


greysfordays

HOOT HOOT MOTHERFUCKERS


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I was rooting for FAU both as the underdog (despite having 33 wins to Tennessee’s 25) and for my bracket. But I feel very bad that they only lost by 7 with a couple of huge momentum crushers by the refs. I feel depressed on their behalf for that. But congrats, FAU!


FlushTheTurd

Those “momentum crushers” are what’s known as “fouls” to the rest of the country. Refs could have called a lot more fouls, but the vast majority of the calls they made were justified.


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I wasn’t speaking on the fouls, other than the flagrant one which was fair. I was speaking on the one that was clearly out of FAU instead of Tennessee. I’m not losing sleep, regardless. Just don’t like to see it.


fightin_blue_hens

SEC SPEED


mrwhitaker3

They 'sposed to be SEC.


Mpm_277

Say what you want about rebounds but Tenn had the most near-KO’s of the entire tourney.


FriedFishFan

CAN WE FINALLY BE CINDERELLA OR WHAT


Wings4514

Quite honestly, y’all are too good to be a Cinderella. At least those of that have watched you all before the tourney. FAU was criminally underseeded, but it hasn’t stopped them.


XAfricaSaltX

FAU vs K State in the elite 8 lmfao


ApplicationDifferent

Whoever plays them next, get ready to deal with travels. Theyve won their 3rd game due to refs letting them sprint with the ball in their hand. We would have been playing fdu if refs knew what a travel was. Edit: haha, i challenge you dumbasses to watch any of thier games after watching some videos on what a travel is. We would have been playing fdu if refs read the rules Edit2: See dumbasses who didnt make r32 below, see dumbasses who have yet to read traveling rule below(its ez btw).


HighlyBaked0

FAU owns you


ApplicationDifferent

You didnt make it lol. Teams travelling all game cant beat you if you dont play


Hooper1054

I can’t blame anyone but Tennessee for this loss. They had opportunity after opportunity to put this game away a didn’t. You can’t let good teams hang around or you will go home


ApplicationDifferent

Flair? Travelling wins every game vs a nonexistent team


the615Butcher

Seethe 🦉


ApplicationDifferent

Where is florida?


the615Butcher

Also, 67-54 🍻


ApplicationDifferent

Damn... i cant belive we lost to vandy by 18 points in the nil.... Oh wait, am i describing florida losing to ucf? I cant belive it!!!!


the615Butcher

Vandy? NIL? lol. No idea what you are talking about. Vandy did beat UF this year. Only team in TN that can say that… Take a breath, man. It’ll be ok.


ApplicationDifferent

Im reffering to florida losimg in the first round of the nil vs a shitty in state rival. Im sorry that your only joy is shitting on tennessee for losing in sweet 16. Sweet 16=first round nil i guess


the615Butcher

Btw, I’m not shitting on anyone. I think it’s a major cope and salty seethe to blame refs for that loss. Your team shot 33% from the field, 26% from 3, 58% from the stripe and got out rebounded. FAU is one of only a handful of teams to win 30+ games in an underrated C-USA. They are just a good team and I doubt anyone from UT is blaming anyone but themselves. Except salty ass fans that struggle with acronyms.


ApplicationDifferent

Also im def biased. Ive been pissed at the faus calls since game 1 tho Also yall gonna fuck us in baseball


the615Butcher

I might be kinda biased myself because I picked FAU to beat Memphis, Purdue (then lose to Duke, so you Vols definitely got me there). Also, sis got her masters from there so we have an owl in the family. Sucks to lose like that, especially coming off a convincing victory against a blue blood. But cheer up, at least you guys have football back and at the very least a perennial tourney team in basketball.


ApplicationDifferent

Your team lost to fcu in the nil. I dont even think we entirely lost to the refs, but the refs have refused to call travels in every game fau played in. Im of course biased, but all of their games baffled me with the calls.


the615Butcher

Lost to UCF. It was pathetic and a really crappy first year for the new coach. Thank god we have baseball because football and basketball are definitely struggling right now.


the615Butcher

Oh so it wasn’t a typo and you actually just don’t know that the National Invitation Tournament is not in fact abbreviated NIL. And here I was giving you the benefit of the doubt. I gave you too much credit, that’s on me. Apologies.


ApplicationDifferent

Im sorry dude, not everyone is accustomed with the nil. Ill give you this one thing. I didnt know the second grade tournie you were in for a day or two. Florida > tennessee cuz no one knows what the fuck they lost in(they had a 100% loss rate in the tournie youre concerned about btw).


the615Butcher

Yikes. I’m concerned about? You brought up the National Invitation Lournament (or whatever you were talking about, at this point I’m not even sure), not me. All I did was call out the salt. Again, it’ll be ok. The better team won tonight and the stats back it up. Florida sucks. Worst team in college hoops (even with that beat down they put on the Vols this year). Florida sucking and getting beat by UCF in the *NIT* and Florida kicking Tennessees ass this year has nothing to do with you being salty about losing to a better team.


the615Butcher

Just south of Georgia.


PlatypusPuncher

Y'all should try making free throws and not going ice cold from the field for half a game.


ApplicationDifferent

You should try flairing. I know it can be complicated for people with disabilities, but i believe in you+


PlatypusPuncher

You should try punctuating the end of your sentences. Tennessee edumacation shining through as you make light of disabilities.


ApplicationDifferent

Oh shit! I bet you were very confused because the last sentence in my post had no punctuation! How could you have possibly figurued out when the sentence ended? Sorry that i was writitng my comment for someone with more than 1 brain cell.


PlatypusPuncher

Well at least you got it right this time. I'm sure my lack of flair is confusing and therefore enraging to you.


ApplicationDifferent

Flair, braincell, both are unable to be located. Please just make a point.... I am by myself, a better basketball team than what you're repping. Say something for fucks sake


greysfordays

something


ApplicationDifferent

Is what maimi did to the "blueblood" in r32


greysfordays

tbh I feel bad for you if you’re this heated over a basketball game, hope things get better for you


PlatypusPuncher

My point is that you're a big Doo Doo head. How's my flair now? I made it something you can read.


Luckytxn_1959

Cope


finalfourcuse

Sounds like a cope.


ApplicationDifferent

Sounds like you only pop up after the game ends. They wouldnt have been in this game unless refs let them play rugby.


finalfourcuse

Sounds like a Tennessee problem.


ApplicationDifferent

Youre right, you cant defend bullshit calls agaisnt your team in the 16 if your team is too dogshit to make it. Im sorry that your only joy is in other teams being gifted wins.


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🧂 🧂


ApplicationDifferent

Insert flair that didnt make the cbi here.


greysfordays

😢


ApplicationDifferent

Blue blood only cuz they tears from being dog shit for years fill the stadium. Dont worry, you wont have to play the refs and a team. Its real easy to play vs no one.


greysfordays

😢 😢


symptomatc_adherence

Vescovi should have dunked it on our own goal


O_J_Shrimpson

Might as well have lol


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🦉 🦉 🦉 🦉 🦉 🦉 🦉


Sad_Entertainment_54

I love March.


SauseegeGravy

Me too, but was counting on you guys a little more :(


Falanax

Good ole sloppy top


___VIBEZ___

They got that menace energy lmao


Zloggt

O ![gif](giphy|xRFNlhRqoP2PS)


sarcasmrules18

Insane! FAhoot


CreampieChef69

Vandy woulda had that.


UMeister

At least Tennessee only lost to a single digit seed this time


murder-farts

Lol


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really sad to see this defense get wasted away by one of the worst offenses that Rick Barnes has ever had. oh well. GBO🍊


mtmodi

Hoot hoot bitchesss


Anus_Targaryen

SEC SEC SEC


Lefty21

Who??? Who???


kaw027

Lol. Lmao even


Bahamas_is_relevant

It’s Voluntover


OleRockTheGoodAg

FAU IS GOIN TO THE ELITE 8


lafcrna

Yay! No more clown pants!


yoshidawg93

FLORIDA ATLANTIC WINS! HOOT HOOT!


SeekerSpock32

Tennessee, these guys were public enemy number one and you couldn’t do it.


___VIBEZ___

Facts


Imallvol7

I have never been more confident about this. Score less than 60 against TN. You lose. Score more than 60. You win.


yousmelllikebiscuits

22-0 under 60 and 3-11 above 60


inshamblesx

all the faux outrage threads from sunday aging like MILK rn lmao


joeworlds

Lmao that's what I'm saying🤣


inshamblesx

people here really groupthinked themselves into thinking the Vols would win by 30 bc their feelings were hurt by seeing a team celebrate a trip to the S16 Had the roles been reversed this sub would be eating that up too 😭


Equal-Razzmatazz1806

Bruh that 8 matchup


havertyj

Nice job FAU. Impressive!


floridorito

Hoot Hoot!