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What’s the best context for this team?
As usual, credit Ken Pomeroy for being on top of it: in preseason, Tennessee’s fresh-faced basketball team rated an even 20.00 (points better than the average team per 100 possessions). The Vols, of course, are now done playing; with a handful of tournament games left their rating will still fluctuate […]
Oregon State 70 Tennessee 56: Loss All Around
It’s not so much that this game represented Tennessee’s worst basketball, though that might be true of the performance. It felt more like a team that struggled in the second half of the year with its offensive identity seemed to lose itself completely during this game. No John Fulkerson, and […]
Do the Beavers fit the profile of teams that have beaten the Vols?
What do the teams that have handed the Vols their 2020 losses have in common? Does Oregon State fit that mold? Yes, and no.
Tennessee-Oregon State Four Factors Forecast: Threes vs. Frees?
Vols-Beavers Four Factors Forecast: Oregon State can hit from three, but the Vols might have something to say about that and can get to the free-throw line.
Tennessee vs Oregon State Preview
Our first impressions of Tennessee’s draw were pretty favorable: bid thieves moved some of the more dangerous mid-major champions off the 12 line, and by most any metric you’d rather play Oregon State than Georgetown in that department anyway. It’s easy to look ahead to Cade Cunningham, Illinois, or Sister […]
Cinderella, Cinderella: Most likely surprises in this year’s Big Dance
Who’s most likely to slop her dripper in this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament? Our sometimes precocious, sometimes stinky little toddler weighs in.
First Impressions: Midwest Region
When you play from the 4/5 line, you run into three truths right away: 1. You’re probably going to play one of the best mid-majors in the nation in round one. That’s how, as the NCAA points out in their series on seed history, at least one 12 seed has […]
Alabama 73 Tennessee 68 – Good News, Bad Result
Everything with Tennessee’s NCAA Tournament fate will continue to start with the health and availability of John Fulkerson. But if he can’t go, Tennessee’s performance without him today against Alabama was incredibly encouraging. Credit the Tide for their steadiness, even when down 15 with 17 to play. Alabama is relentless […]
Brackets and Bama without Fulkerson
John Fulkerson is officially out… …which makes this a good time to point out that not only is Rick Barnes 8-6 against Kentucky, he’s 7-2 against Florida. Moving forward, let’s start with Alabama. In the first game against the Tide, Jaden Springer got hurt after playing just five minutes, and […]