Four Factors Forecast for the Vols: An all-you-can-eat buffet on the offensive boards with turnovers for dessert! But A&M draws fouls like roadkill draws flies, so watch out for that.
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On Hendon Hooker at Virginia Tech
In the midst of what feels like perpetual uncertainty, a surprise: the Vols picked up a transfer portal commitment from Virginia Tech quarterback Hendon Hooker. I live in the Blacksburg “metro”, and have spent nine of the last 15 years in southwest Virginia. I’m by no means an expert on […]
Tennessee-Arkansas Four Factors Forecast: More clangers
The four factors forecast for Tennessee’s game against the Arkansas Razorbacks tonight calls for patchy, dense defense.
In Search of Weakness: We found some!
It makes sense, especially in pandemic times, that just when you’re feeling most confident about your team, you’re brought swiftly back to earth. Tennessee’s 71-63 loss to Alabama dropped the Vols from sixth to eighth in KenPom, though the Vols now have the best defense in the nation in those […]
In Search of Weakness: Quick Whistles
The Vols did their thing against Missouri, leading by 19 in the first nine minutes, 25+ for stretches of the second half, and 20 at the final buzzer. It wasn’t close, but it could’ve been closer in one regard: Missouri got to the line 30 times, but only made 18 […]
Tennessee 73 Missouri 53 – Defense: Everywhere. Offense: Everyone.
Okay. Missouri was undefeated with wins over Oregon, Wichita State, and Illinois. They’re ranked 12th in the country. And Tennessee jumped them 23-4 in the first 8.5 minutes. The Tigers never got within single digits. Defense: everywhere. Offense: everyone. This is Tennessee. Missouri shot 36.4% from the floor, 3-of-16 from […]
Tennessee vs Missouri: Plan C
Big, big game tonight. Cuonzo’s teams make a good living off of frustrating their opponents. When it happens, it can really happen: his second Tennessee team beat Kentucky by 30, his third beat Virginia by 35 and won five straight by 15+ points at the end of the regular season […]
Tennessee-Missouri Four Factors Forecast
Here’s the four factors forecast for Tennessee’s game against the Missouri Tigers tomorrow.
Tennessee, Missouri, and Top 15 Showdowns
How rare is what we’ll see at 9:00 PM ET on Wednesday night? In all the excitement of Tennessee’s hot start, we find ourselves asking not only if the Vols can win the SEC outright…but do so by such a margin that the quality of the rest of the league […]
SEC Basketball Preview
With apologies to Sunday’s clash between Vanderbilt and Alcorn State, we turn our eyes to conference play: four games teams on Tuesday night, then the rest of us jump on board on Wednesday, including the Top 15 showdown between the Vols and Missouri. More on that game to come, but […]