Four Factors Forecast for the Vols: Advantages for the Vols over the Gators in turnovers, rebounding, getting to the free throw line, and on defense.
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Combined Pursuits: The SEC and a #1 Seed
The Vols, we think, are back in action tomorrow against Vanderbilt. Tennessee lost a date with South Carolina on Tuesday, then lost the reshuffled trip to Nashville, but we’re hopeful we’ll see the Vols and ‘Dores in Knoxville tomorrow (6:00 PM, SEC Network). The SEC left the final Saturday of […]
Tennessee-Vanderbilt Four Factors Forecast
Bowling_Green 88 Ball_St 73 Bowling_Green -15
C_Michigan 76 Kent 88 Kent -12
Florida 67 Mississippi 71 Mississippi -4
Kentucky 68 Alabama 76 Alabama -8
N_Illinois 55 Akron 83 Akron -28
Ohio 76 Miami_OH 69 Ohio -7
Oklahoma 74 TCU 67 Oklahoma -7
Oklahoma_St 71 Kansas 76 Kansas -5
Toledo 76 E_Michigan 70 Toledo -6
W_Michigan 66 Buffalo 79 Buffalo -13
Virginia_Tech 76 Duke 69 Virginia_Tech -7
Boston_College 66 Miami_FL 77 Miami_FL -11
Michigan 69 Wisconsin 70 Wisconsin -1
Marquette 75 Providence 75 Providence 0
North_Carolina 68 Syracuse 74 Syracuse -6
USC 78 UC_Riverside 68 USC -10
Vanderbilt 57 Tennessee 78 Tennessee -21
SIUE 70 E_Illinois 71 E_Illinois -1
MS_Valley_St 63 Alabama_St 78 Alabama_St -15
Equally Unheard Of: Defense & Balance
Ten games in, we’d normally be 33% of the way through the regular season. But depending on whether Tennessee’s game with South Carolina gets rescheduled, we’re more like 40-42% of the way home this year. Either way, we’ve got enough data to draw a couple of meaningful conclusions about this […]
Tennessee-Texas A&M Four Factors Forecast: We heart extra possessions
Four Factors Forecast for the Vols: An all-you-can-eat buffet on the offensive boards with turnovers for dessert! But A&M draws fouls like roadkill draws flies, so watch out for that.
Tennessee-Arkansas Four Factors Forecast: More clangers
The four factors forecast for Tennessee’s game against the Arkansas Razorbacks tonight calls for patchy, dense defense.
In Search of Weakness: We found some!
It makes sense, especially in pandemic times, that just when you’re feeling most confident about your team, you’re brought swiftly back to earth. Tennessee’s 71-63 loss to Alabama dropped the Vols from sixth to eighth in KenPom, though the Vols now have the best defense in the nation in those […]
In Search of Weakness: Quick Whistles
The Vols did their thing against Missouri, leading by 19 in the first nine minutes, 25+ for stretches of the second half, and 20 at the final buzzer. It wasn’t close, but it could’ve been closer in one regard: Missouri got to the line 30 times, but only made 18 […]
Tennessee 73 Missouri 53 – Defense: Everywhere. Offense: Everyone.
Okay. Missouri was undefeated with wins over Oregon, Wichita State, and Illinois. They’re ranked 12th in the country. And Tennessee jumped them 23-4 in the first 8.5 minutes. The Tigers never got within single digits. Defense: everywhere. Offense: everyone. This is Tennessee. Missouri shot 36.4% from the floor, 3-of-16 from […]
Tennessee vs Missouri: Plan C
Big, big game tonight. Cuonzo’s teams make a good living off of frustrating their opponents. When it happens, it can really happen: his second Tennessee team beat Kentucky by 30, his third beat Virginia by 35 and won five straight by 15+ points at the end of the regular season […]