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 […]
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Here Comes The Money
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 […]
Rocky Top the Place to be on March 2nd
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 […]
Tennessee-Vanderbilt four-factor review
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.
The Vols Still Make Their Own Fate
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. […]
Worth reading 2.19.19: On improving the defense
If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . . . . . make it this, from 247Sports: Fixing defensive issues is ‘absolutely a mindset’ for No. 5 Vols Other Vols stuff worth reading today Tennessee-Vanderbilt: the four factors, via Gameday on Rocky Top Vols staffer Tom Satkowiak […]
Tennessee-Vanderbilt: the four factors
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 […]
Can Vols Start a Whitehaven Pipeline in Football and Hoops?
It’s common knowledge that Coach Jeremy Pruitt is making Memphis a huge priority in the class of 2020. The Vols have targeted upwards of ten Memphis prospects in the class, and Memphians make up four of the top 7 prospects in the state according to 247 Sports. Pruitt and Co. […]
College basketball TV schedule for Vols fans: Week of 2.18.19
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 […]