It was kind of USC and UCLA, all things considered, to let their news loose on June 30. Nine weeks til kickoff, three weeks til SEC Media Days, baseball season moving into the rear view. It’s great content, thanks! So now, is there a great version of where all this […]
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The Good Old Days
And what you learn along the way is, these little moments are always available. Your team doesn’t have to win it all before they can do something meaningful, before we can enjoy them. Whenever I hear people asking if this – right now – is as good as it’s ever […]
Do you have to win at an elite level before you can recruit at one?
In the last 10 years, 20 different schools signed at least one Top 10 recruiting class (via the 247 Composite): 10x: Alabama 9: Georgia, Ohio State 8: LSU 6: Auburn, Clemson, Michigan, Texas, Texas A&M, USC 5: Notre Dame, Oklahoma 4: Florida, Florida State 2: Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, […]
Vols in the NBA Draft: Finding the Right Fit
The NBA Draft is Thursday, and Kennedy Chandler finds himself in familiar territory for VFLs. In the latest mock drafts, Chandler’s most common landing spot is somewhere in the 20s: Kennedy Chandler Mock Draft Projections Yahoo: 20th, San Antonio CBS: 22nd, Memphis ESPN: 22nd, Memphis SB Nation: 26th, Dallas The […]
It’s Steep Out Here
There is no hurt like “we had a chance to win it all” hurt. The pain is a privilege. This, of course, was not, “Tennessee fans think they have a chance to win it all, but…”. These baseball Vols were number one for months, consistently the best in a way […]
Grant Williams Comes Alive in Game 3
Twenty-three years ago, Allan Houston was the last Vol to play rotation minutes in the NBA Finals. He did more than that: Houston would make the All-Star Game the next two seasons and play on the U.S. Olympic team. And he had already been responsible for getting the Knicks past […]
Success, Relatively Speaking
One of the most interesting and most difficult questions to answer right now is, “What is a successful outcome for this Tennessee baseball team?” When you’ve been number one for months and you find yourself in best. team. ever. conversations, there’s a version of this answer that goes national championship […]
How hard is it to win an SEC Championship?
If I asked you to guess where Tennessee ranked in SEC Championships in the five biggest sports (football, men’s & women’s basketball, baseball, softball) in the last ten years, what would you say? We know football is still working on the comeback. We know the Lady Vols aren’t at the […]
What are the most dominant regular seasons in UT’s modern era?
Tennessee’s baseball team begins its final regular season series today at Mississippi State. The defending national champs have struggled this season, 9-18 in league play and fighting to make the SEC Tournament next week. Meanwhile, Tennessee already clinched the SEC title at 22-5, five games up on Arkansas. The Vols […]
Let It Fly.
Two years ago, Grant Williams entered Game 7 against Toronto with seven minutes to play. This was in the bubble, where things felt like they mattered more because there were fewer other sports to matter at the time. Gordon Hayward was hurt, and Daniel Theis was in foul trouble, so […]