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The No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers travel to Baton Rouge to take on the No. 13 LSU Tigers on Saturday at noon on ESPN. As we did with the last two games, let’s take a look at the teams’ respective four factors numbers, first as a straight-up comparison and then in […]
Here’s the best way I know to describe what’s no longer on the horizon, but finally here: Tennessee (24-2, 12-1) has played eight games against KenPom’s Tier A, representing a Top 50 opponent when adjusting for location. Half of those came in the non-conference (Louisville, Kansas, Gonzaga, Memphis). Both games […]
Knoxville is going to be buzzing on the weekend of March 2nd, as Tennessee will host Kentucky in a rematch of the Cats’ thrashing of the Vols two weeks prior. Of course, both teams have two games in between now and then, with the Vols going on the road twice […]
The Vols’ win against Vandy last night may not have been the most enjoyable of the season, but where it mattered most — defense and defensive free throw rate — it was welcome.
With 111 entries, all of them updated since the Kentucky game, the Bracket Matrix still has Tennessee as a one seed. And it’s fairly comfortable: the Vols are the last one seed with an average seed of 1.22, and Kentucky is the first two seed with an average of 1.88. […]
The Tennessee Volunteers — who dropped to No. 5 in the polls and No. 6 in the NET, but maintained a projected 1-seed in the Bracket Matrix — host Vanderbilt tonight at 7:00 on ESPN. As we did with the Kentucky game this past weekend, let’s take a look at […]
Here’s our list of games worth watching this week, specifically curated for fans of the Tennessee Volunteers. Monday Tonight, you’ll want to root for Virginia Tech against Virginia at 7:00 on ESPN. Tuesday Tomorrow night, in addition to rooting for the Vols to get their groove back against Vanderbilt, Kentucky […]
The Vols will have to deal with some talk of the latter after this one. Its ultimate destiny will depend on how much it invests in the former. The first half was pure violence, Kentucky six points ahead behind the work of P.J. Washington inside and Keldon Johnson outside. The […]
Here’s the perfect Gameday Gameplan for Vols fans today. Where and when to find the Vols game on TV, what other games to watch, and what to listen to and read as you wait for tipoff.
Here’s our list of games worth watching this weekend, specifically curated for fans of the Tennessee Volunteers. No. 1 Tennessee actually has the national game of the weekend tonight against the No. 5 (for now) Kentucky Wildcats at 8:00 on ESPN. Pace yourselves, y’all. But the appetizers tip at noon, […]