Episode 166: Bitter exit for Vols in Sweet Sixteen

GoVols247’s Wes Rucker and Grant Ramey went into the GoVols247 Mobile Studio in Louisville to break down the good, bad, ugly and the pain of Tennessee’s 99-94 overtime loss to Purdue at KFC Yum Center.There’s never a good way to end a season unless you win a national championship, but some ways hurt more than others. The Vols’ loss to the Boilermakers is one of the more painful ways for it to end, considering the magnitude of the game and the way it ended. Was there some good? Yes. Plenty of it.Was there some controversy? Yes. Plenty of it.But Tennessee’s mature team tends to look first in the mirror, and the Vols could and should have done several things better against Purdue. But they didn’t. And they lost.There’s plenty of time to break down this full Tennessee season, and plenty of time to look at the now-departed senior class, and there’s plenty of time to discuss whether Vols junior stars Jordan Bone and Grant Williams should declare — at least without an agent — for the NBA Draft and go through the process before making a final decision. We’ll address all those things in future episodes.For now, though, let’s just discuss Thursday’s loss and Tennessee’s overall performance in the NCAA Tournament.