The No. 3 Tennessee Volunteers travel to Gainesville, Fla. to take on the Florida Gators in what will be a battle of two contrasting teams. The Vols are winners of nine straight, while the Gators are limping into the match by narrowly avoiding what would have been their second straight conference loss and would have…
It was quite a night for the Tennessee fanbase. The No. 3 Volunteers basketball squad found itself in a hole early against former coach Cuonzo Martin and the Missouri Tigers. Grant Williams and Admiral Schofield struggled to get looks while Missouri continued to operate from the 3-point line. The Vols matched their largest deficit of…
CUUUUUUOOOOOONNNNNNNZZZZZOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! He’s back again!!!! I’ll spare you the introduction, but a quick catch-up if you’ve somehow lost track of Cuonzo Martin since his departure from Tennessee: Cal (2014-15 to 2016-17): 62-39, 29-25 Pac-12, one NCAA Tournament bid (lost to 13 seed Hawaii in Round of 64), one NIT bid (lost to 8 seed Cal State Bakersfield…
Saturday afternoon provided an opportunity for the No. 3 Tennessee Volunteers to start conference play on a good note. Not only did they get their first SEC win of the year, they absolutely embarrassed rival Georgia to the tune of 96-50. Eleven players scored and a total of 14 made the box score. A familiar…
Back in the summer, when Tennessee basketball was getting tons of top five hype, I wanted to temper expectations a tiny bit: For Tennessee to play at a top-five level for a full season, you'd need the defense to be in the top five nationally again with the offense making The Jump from the low…
The No. 3 Tennessee Volunteers came into the season possessing a veteran backcourt. There were departures of Chris Darrington and James Daniel III, but the three remaining guards looked to build on their own success. The injury and absence of the reigning SEC Sixth Man of the Year, Lamonte Turner, has drastically changed that dynamic.…
Some fun facts about Samford University: It is a private school located in Birmingham, Alabama. They’ve made the NCAA Tournament twice ever, in 1999 and 2000 (lost in first round both times). Correction: it’s Homewood, Alabama. And that completes today’s list of Things I Know About (Insert Opponent). Samford and Tennessee have played once, back…
Penny Hardaway ended his chat with reporters like this … "Rick Barnes … Get the &*$% out of here." I've never heard a coach talk like Penny just did about Rick Barnes. — Mark Giannotto (@mgiannotto) December 18, 2018 WHAAAAAAAT??? Listen I get it. Rick Barnes and Co. showed up at your house and dropped…
The No. 3 Tennessee Volunteers picked up another win on Saturday as they renewed a rivalry against an old foe from West Tennessee. The Memphis Tigers provided quite a different matchup for the Vols, as the teams combined for 194 points and 60 fouls. Yes, that is correct, SIXTY fouls! Here is what we learned…
The spectacle that took place Sunday afternoon in Talking Stick Resort Arena was a breath of fresh air for Tennessee fans. A much needed win against the No. 1 ranked team in the country provided assurance that this team is not just good, it is elite. The performance by Admiral Schofield was one for the…