As the Vols get set to take on Louisville today in Brooklyn, NY in the NIT Season Tip-Off, in front of them is an opportunity that has rarely been seen by the Tennessee Basketball program. Yes, the Vols have had a few opportunities to make deep NCAA Tournament runs that […]
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Tennessee vs Louisville Preview
The one good thing about your rival being at the peak of their powers is the reward for beating them. And when your rival is operating at the peak of their powers with a head coach that’s especially fun to hate, bonus points. Louisville is certainly not Tennessee’s rival – […]
Tennessee vs Georgia Tech Preview
Two big truths from Tennessee’s last outing against Louisiana: one, “Does this team have anyone who can guard Grant Williams?” is still the first question to ask. When the answer is no, you get Friday’s performance: 31 points and 7 rebounds made Williams #2 in the early KenPom Player of […]
Tennessee vs Louisiana Preview
It’s a progressive opening run for Tennessee: after a D-II blowout win, the Vols will be tested up the ladder by Louisiana tonight (120th in KenPom), Georgia Tech (90th) on Tuesday, then Louisville (66th) in the preseason NIT with a chance to face #1 Kansas. The Ragin’ Cajuns went 27-7 […]
Rotation, Rotation, Rotation
It all starts tonight for the #6 Vols. That’s the highest preseason ranking in program history, and better than any preseason ranking in football since 2005. These are good days. Enjoy them. Lenoir-Rhyne shouldn’t find much to enjoy tonight, the Division II alma mater of Rick Barnes. As such, we […]
What Can Tennessee Do Better?
One of the greatest indicators of health for last year’s basketball team was the absence of any real blueprint for success. From our post on the eve of the NCAA Tournament: The Vols are 19-3 when shooting at least 33.3% from three. But they also beat Florida, Texas A&M, and […]
What Can KenPom Tell Us About Tennessee?
My web browser marks the changing seasons as well as anything. Right now my most visited sites include Sports Source Analytics and the hubs for my fantasy football team and our weekly pick ’em contest. But soon, they will give way to Basketball Reference, the Bracket Matrix, and of course, […]
Tennessee Pays For The Program It Wants To Be
It’s not been a good news week, with the 26-point loss to West Virginia and the injury to Brandon Kennedy. But the most significant thing to happen in Tennessee’s athletic department in the last seven days was this: #Vols’ Rick Barnes now the 10th-highest-paid coach in college basketball and No. […]
Farewell, Friend: How Do We Say Goodbye to John Ward?
Every time I sit down to write, a blank canvass stares back at me. The space is waiting to be filled with words. With excitement. With pain. With sadness. With euphoria. With life. Tonight, I have to write about death, and I don’t know where to start. How can any […]
Vols hoops nabs commitment of 2018 4-star center D.J. Burns
The Vols appear to be adding a 4-star center to the team for this upcoming season.