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In KenPom, the distance between the second-best team in the country (Arizona) and the 12th-best team (Villanova) is 2.67 points. It’s an abnormal amount of parity, one that leaves little separation between the bottom of the #1 seed line and the #3 line. It’s why I’ve thought, for a while […]
After six days off, Tennessee returns to the floor tonight against Mississippi State (6:00 PM ET SEC Network) in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament. Victory would send the Vols to round three against Kentucky or Vanderbilt on Saturday. In Thursday’s latest Bracket Matrix, Tennessee is the second #3 seed, […]
You want your best basketball to emerge at this time of year, and behold: the first half yesterday was without question the Vols’ best 20 minutes of the year. And then the second half highlighted some of the things that have hurt Tennessee the most throughout these 30 games. But […]
This is the tenth year of SEC expansion, with Missouri and Texas A&M joining the fray in the 2012-13 season. It felt like it would be an immediate upgrade: the Tigers went 30-5 the year before, earning a #2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. But the first year of league […]
Tennessee’s win over Auburn was the program’s 13th victory over a Top 5 team in the last 17 seasons: seven for Bruce Pearl, six for Rick Barnes. And there may be additional opportunities this season, as early as two weeks from now in Tampa. Yesterday felt like a celebration of […]
There will come a time when Rick Barnes is no longer our coach, riding off into an orange sunset, maybe some gold around the edges. Whenever that happens, we’ll hope whoever is next can continue the program’s momentum. And because of Rick Barnes and Bruce Pearl, we’ll know such a […]
A just-the-facts four factors preview of today’s Tennessee-Auburn game.
For all that Tennessee and Auburn have accomplished in the last five seasons, it’s kind of strange to realize tomorrow is the first elite showdown between the two in Knoxville during that time. In Bruce Pearl’s first three seasons (2015-17), Auburn went 44-54. In that same span, the Vols went […]
In this episode: Post-Kentucky elation. Post-Arkansas oh wells. What is this team’s Kryptonite? Should Fulky start again? Bracketology and resumes.
Rules for this afternoon’s game between Tennessee and Arkansas: No dancing, fewer turnovers than usual, more o-boards than usual, no foolish fouls.