The big picture conversation here will be John Fulkerson: first, his health as we assume he’s in concussion protocol. Second, what that will mean for the Vols against Alabama tomorrow and next week in the NCAA Tournament. The Vols got some good minutes from Uros Plavsic to help on Colin […]
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Tennessee’s Best Basketball: Tournament Edition
What will happen when the Vols and Gators meet for the third time today? Who knows. No Jaden Springer the first time, and the Vols got rolled 75-49. No Tre Mann the second time, and the Vols turned a 14-point deficit into an 11-point win as Florida made just three […]
[UPDATE] Predicting the SEC Tournament with the adolescent Statsy Preview Machine
The new GRT hoops statsy preview machine predicts the SEC men’s basketball tournament, and there’s a path for the Vols with only a few thistles and snakes.
Tennessee Bracket Math: Championship Week
Two days off a huge Senior Day win over Florida, and one year removed from everything being shut down…this is a good week in Big Orange Country. And of all the good things that have happened for Tennessee basketball in the last 15 years, the scenario this team finds itself […]
Tennessee 65 Florida 54: Something To Be Proud Of
Down 31-17 with five minutes to play in the first half, there were plenty of thoughts about what we had to let go of. Expectations, whether preseason leftovers or stubborn through the winter, were all getting a little slippery. Florida beat the Vols by 26 on January 19, and looked […]
The SEC Is Better Than You Think
When the league expanded before the start of the 2012-13 season, basketball was expected to be one of the biggest winners. The year before, not only did Kentucky win the national championship, but incoming Missouri was 30-4 and a two seed out of the Big 12. They lost to Norfolk […]
A Word of Thanks in a Pandemic Year
It’s March, which means we’re just a handful of days from brackets, which means we’re just another handful of days from, “Every team in the tournament loses except one.” What we can say for sure about Tennessee’s season on March 2 is that they will make the NCAA Tournament, and […]
Tennessee-Auburn Four Factors Forecast: Partly cloudy, high chance of turnovers
Vols-Tigers Four Factors Forecast: Auburn will almost certainly turn the ball over at a high rate. Whether the Vols will follow suit is a bit cloudy.
Tennessee-Vanderbilt Four Factors Forecast, II: Return of the Offense?
Vols-Commodores Four Factors Forecast: Is that the sun shining on the offense?
Is this a better/worse roller coaster than years past?
Tennessee needs that game with Florida to be rescheduled. Otherwise, what’s left for the Vols – at Vanderbilt, at Auburn, and a possible reschedule at South Carolina – provides little in the way of opportunity but plenty in the way of potholes on the road. In the 28 brackets released […]