The Shark This tweet got me fired up

VOLS. Back to back Elite 8’s. Rick Barnes continues to put an elite team out there despite NO 5 star talent. Grit and chemistry. A true coach. Zakai Zeigler is one of the best college point guards in the last decade. Just an amazing program to root for.

Purdue has 11 losses and somehow ended up as a 4 seed in their home city regional. Legitimately think they get some type of unspoken NCAA benefit especially considering the Edey whistle last year.

Todd Golden is sitting in his little stool way too much. Buddy you’re like 40 years old and coaching in the Elite 8. Get up. If he has an injury or condition, I take it back.

Coach Rick Barnes shuts them up again today. VOLS win and grab that first ever Final Four.

Have to be honest - Oz the Mentalist predicting Houston over Vols is a devastating gut punch.

Great season for the Vols. Horrible timing to have a half like that. I feel terrible for Mashack and Zeigler to end it that way. It sucks, but you take back to back Elite 8’s and keep it moving.

I think Rick Barnes has the deepest team he’s ever had at Tennessee. Extremely talented too. This is the year for the Final Four.

Lotta good hoop today! Fortunate enough to do some previews for Sleepers Media 💤🏀 👇🏾🧵 Let’s kick it off with Vols/Gators! Underrated SEC rivalry and it’s gonna be a front court BLOODBATH. I broke it down with JMann_ m.youtube.com/watch?v=YD3KFN…

Wes Rucker Barnes needs to play Estrella 20+ minutes a game. He has same criticisms of Felix every game yet he keeps playing. Estrella also gets same criticism, but has much shorter leash.

Quiet as it’s kept Nate Ament has really turned it around for the Vols

In a league of tanking and load management it’s refreshing to see a guy who will do anything to play competitive basketball again.

Where are the Rick Barnes haters!? 4 straight Sweet 16’s. Two straight Elite 8’s. About to be 3. Every year he’s the punching bag for casual fans for his Final 4 legacy. But every year he puts a college program more focused on football in the dance. He doesn’t play, he delivers!

RICK BARNES!!! Third straight Elite 8. Keep poking fun, but he is the ONLY coach to be this consistent in MARCH lately. He is doing this at a traditional football school - with no basketball history. I am begging - GIVE HIM RESPECT!! Go Vols!!!

Today, the Vols will vanquish the past and finally come through for the most deserving man in the game. -Loyola shot hitting every part of rim in ‘18 -Ryan Cline and the Edwards “foul” in ‘19 -FAU heater in ‘23 -Zach Edey 22 free throws in ‘24 Do it for Coach Barnes! Go Vols!

And 1 for a guy not on the screen! This is absurd!!!!

You could put Steph Curry on Tennessee in an Elite 8 and he’d shoot 15%. Three straight years of our guys missing EVERYTHING

Good season for the Vols. Played very poorly today, but Coach Barnes has built us into a consistent March threat. This program has never been a 1 seed, has no Final Fours, but Barnes has been giving us a shot for a decade. Very optimistic for the future of Tennessee basketball.

Coach Barnes is coming back. Thrilled to hear it. His coaching ability gives an immediate tournament floor. In this day, for a program like this, it’s on the fans and administration to burst him through the ceiling. Football gets too much and the ROI is not there, pivot to hoops