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. . . make it this, from ESPN:
. . . make it this, from 247Sports:
Everything Jeremy Pruitt said after Wednesday’s practice
The big news in there is that (1) nose tackle Emmit Gooden has torn his ACL and will be out for the season, and (2) offensive lineman Nathan Niehaus has left the team.
It’s Gameday on Rocky Top, with the 2-seed Tennessee Volunteers taking on 3-seed Purdue in the Sweet 16 of the 2019 NCAA Tournament. Here’s the Gameday Gameplan for Vols fans. Where and when to find the Vols game, what other games to watch, and what to listen to and read as you wait for kickoff.
Here are the particulars for today’s Tennessee game against the Purdue Boilermakers:
Here’s the full Sweet 16 schedule:
| Date | Time | TV | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | #4 Florida State | #1 Gonzaga | 7:09 PM | CBS |
| Thursday | #3 Purdue | #2 Tennessee | 7:29 PM | TBS |
| Thursday | #3 Texas Tech | #2 Michigan | 9:39 PM | CBS |
| Thursday | #12 Oregon | #1 Virginia | 9:57 PM | TBS |
| Friday | #3 LSU | #2 Michigan State | 7:09 PM | CBS |
| Friday | #5 Auburn | #1 North Carolina | 7:29 PM | TBS |
| Friday | #4 Virginia Tech | #1 Duke | 9:39 PM | CBS |
| Friday | #3 Houston | #2 Kentucky | 9:59 PM | TBS |
With only 16 teams left, you really should watch all of the games, but assuming Tennessee wins tonight, they’ll advance to face the winner of Virginia-Oregon, so you will want to be sure to at least catch that one.
While you wait for the tip, here’s some stuff to read to get you ready. It includes our pre-game stuff from earlier this week plus stuff worth reading and watching from other sites:
Both of these are Must Read as well. It’s just that you need a subscription to do it:
It’s Gameday on Rocky Top, and the first order of business for the 2-seed Tennessee Volunteers is a date with 15-seed Colgate. Here’s Grant Williams getting warmed up:
And here’s the Gameday Gameplan for Vols fans. Where and when to find the Vols game, what other games to watch, and what to listen to and read as you wait for kickoff.
Here are the particulars for today’s Tennessee game against the Colgate Raiders:
Here’s our list of games to watch today, curated just for Vols fans:
| Date | Time | TV | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | #10 Iowa | #7 Cincinnati | 12:15 PM | CBS |
| Friday | #9 Oklahoma | #8 Ole Miss | 12:40 PM | truTV |
| Friday | #13 UC Irvine | #4 Kansas State | 2:00 PM | TBS |
| Friday | #15 Colgate | #2 Tennessee | 2:45 PM | CBS |
| Friday | #16 Gardner-Webb | #1 Virginia | 3:10 PM | truTV |
| Friday | #12 Oregon | #5 Wisconsin | 4:30 PM | TBS |
Here’s the complete TV and tip-time schedule for the day:
| Date | Time | TV | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | #10 Iowa | #7 Cincinnati | 12:15 PM | CBS |
| Friday | #9 Oklahoma | #8 Ole Miss | 12:40 PM | truTV |
| Friday | #14 Northern Kentucky | #3 Texas Tech | 1:30 PM | TNT |
| Friday | #13 UC Irvine | #4 Kansas State | 2:00 PM | TBS |
| Friday | #15 Colgate | #2 Tennessee | 2:45 PM | CBS |
| Friday | #16 Gardner-Webb | #1 Virginia | 3:10 PM | truTV |
| Friday | #11 Arizona State | #6 Buffalo | 4:00 PM | TNT |
| Friday | #12 Oregon | #5 Wisconsin | 4:30 PM | TBS |
| Friday | #9 Washington | #8 Utah State | 6:50 PM | TNT |
| Friday | #16 North Dakota State | #1 Duke | 7:10 PM | CBS |
| Friday | #14 Georgia State | #3 Houston | 7:20 PM | TBS |
| Friday | #12 Liberty | #5 Mississippi State | 7:27 PM | truTV |
| Friday | #16 Iona | #1 North Carolina | 9:20 PM | TNT |
| Friday | #9 UCF | #8 VCU | 9:40 PM | CBS |
| Friday | #11 Ohio State | #6 Iowa State | 9:50 PM | TBS |
| Friday | #13 Saint Louis | #4 Virginia Tech | 9:57 PM | truTV |
As you hurry home from work to get in front of the TV in time for the tip, be sure to tune in to Will’s weekly appearance with Josh Ward and Will West on WNML’s Sports 180 radio show. He’s on at 1:30 every Friday.
While you wait for the tip, here’s some stuff to read to get you ready. It includes our pre-game stuff from earlier this week plus stuff worth reading and watching from other sites:
. . . make it this, from 247Sports:
. . . make it this, from the Times Free Press:
That’s the most concise description of the key for this year’s Tennessee basketball team that I have seen. It’s not just that the team took too many threes against Auburn, it’s the opportunity cost associated with doing so. If you look at this table from Bart Torvik, you’ll see the drastic difference in ranking between the team’s field goal percentage and its three-point field goal percentage. When this team works inside out, its ceiling may well be the championship, but if not, they’re playing with fire.
Little late on some of this, but ICYMI:
