Here’s the four factors preview of Tennessee’s game against the Florida Gators.
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Tennessee-Arkansas four factors preview, The Sequel: Save yourself with rebounds! Again!
Here’s the four factors preview of Tennessee’s game against the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Tennessee Turnover Rate
We use Ken Pomeroy’s numbers a lot around here, and Joel writes a Four Factors preview for each contest. It’s the backbone of Pomeroy’s ratings: how well do you shoot it, how often do you turn it over, how many second chances do you give yourself via offensive rebounds, and […]
Auburn 73 Tennessee 66 – It Hurts More This Way
This team plays so hard so often. It gets more from Yves Pons than we bargained for at the start of the year and more from John Fulkerson that we had to have as the year went on. It gets more from Santiago Vescovi than anyone in his situation should […]
Tennessee at Auburn: The Gauntlet We Need
In the KenPom era (2002-present), Tennessee’s average strength of schedule is 27th nationally. The last three years it ranked 16th, 11th, and 25th. By this metric Tennessee played a Top 25 schedule four times in Bruce Pearl’s tenure, and never finished lower than 34th in those six years. And though […]
Tennessee-Auburn Four Factors Gameplan
Here’s the four factors gameplan for Tennessee’s game against the Auburn Tigers.
Tennessee-Vanderbilt Four Factors Gameplan
Here’s the four factors gameplan for Tennessee’s game against the Vanderbilt Commodores.
Is there a path back to the bubble?
Tennessee’s at-the-wire finishes are coming in small bursts this season: two games in Destin against Florida State and VCU, both games against South Carolina, and the win at Alabama. The Vols are 3-2 in those one possession games, which is about what you’d expect; for every, “If we’d only hit […]
Tennessee at South Carolina: Just Wins, Baby
For NCAA Tournament purposes, Tennessee’s formula remains much the same as it was two weeks ago: the Vols need wins, and their closing schedule should be strong enough that it doesn’t matter much how they get to 18-13 or 19-12 as long as they get there. Coming into the month, […]
Tennessee-South Carolina Four Factors Gameplan
Here’s the four factors gameplan for Tennessee’s game against the South Carolina Gamecocks.