Fun fact for your Tuesday: Tennessee owns two of Kentucky’s five largest losses of the Calipari era. More fun fact: that was the second-fewest points a Calipari Kentucky team has scored in a game. More fun fun fact: that’s one of just three games in the Calipari Kentucky era where Kentucky had a TO% above…
For the longest time this season, Tennessee was rolling. After its first loss against Kansas, it cruised against nearly every team it faced. And so, after 19 straight wins, Tennessee was at the top of the polls, looking like a shoo-in for the SEC Regular Season Title, and staring a one-seed in the NCAA Tournament…
I don’t really know how you start the game preview after you lose on a foul in a tied game with 0.6 seconds left, so whatever. Ole Miss has eight NCAA Tournament appearances all time. They have made the Sweet Sixteen once, in 2001, under Rod Barnes. Rod Barnes never won another game in the…
After two disappointing performances, the No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers are looking to regain the edge that propelled them to a No. 1 ranking and a program-high winning streak. Last week’s 17-point defeat in Lexington proved the Vols (24-2, 12-1 SEC) weren’t as flawless as they appeared in the previous 19 games. Tuesday’s underwhelming home win…
Tennessee was riding high going into the Kentucky game last Saturday. The Vols were No. 1 in the country, had the longest winning streak in program history, and hadn’t really been challenged by an opposing team in a while. Sure, Kentucky was No. 5 at the time, but they seemed relatively beatable. It was a…
Nope! Not again. We are not going to do this again. I am not going to stand by and watch as Yanni Wetzell’s Pretzels and Aaron Naismith Award turn Tennessee’s defenders into turnstiles a second time. No, I will not watch as Saben Lee dribbles into a 23-footer with Grant Williams a foot from him and nails…
Rupp Arena is historically referenced as a premier venue in college basketball. Some consider it the Mecca of the sport. It has a reputation of being a vacuum: a trouble spot that sucks opponents into a black hole. So many visitors get drawn into the abyss, like trekkers venturing through the dark hollows of Appalachian…
Despite facing a stellar shooting performance from South Carolina, the No.1 Tennessee Volunteers remained undefeated at home by outlasting the Gamecocks 85-73 on Wednesday night. The Vols’ high-octane offense was simply too much for South Carolina. After an opening segment of methodically running its offensive sets, Tennessee opened things up by pushing tempo out of…
Go through the SEC’s standings right now and you won’t find too many terrific surprises: Tennessee (22-1, 10-0) Kentucky (20-3, 9-1) LSU (19-4, 9-1) Okay, maybe LSU’s a little surprising, but they were expected to be a borderline Tournament team at the start of the season, per most metrics sites. Not bad! Alright, continue:…
No. 1 Tennessee got off to an interesting start as the sellout crowd at Thompson-Boling Arena rose to their feet for a few minutes, before the Vols finally knocked down their first shot of the day. On Saturday afternoon in which Tennessee was without Yves Pons coming off the bench, especially on the defensive end,…