The Tennessee Volunteers (15-18) and LSU Tigers (18-13) men’s basketball teams will duke it out today in an SEC Tournament quarterfinal match up. The 12th seed Vols upset fifth seed Vanderbilt yesterday afternoon 67-65. The game looked like it was headed for overtime until the referees determined Vanderbilt did not get a …
Read More »SEC HOOPS PREVIEW: Kentucky vs. Tennessee
Kentucky is looking for revenge in Lexington tomorrow night after a surprising loss to Tennessee earlier this month. Kentucky’s credentials were called into question after dropping a 21-point first-half lead in an 84-77 loss to the Volunteers on February 2. Now, the #14 Wildcats (19-6, 9-3 SEC) are playing their best basketball and are looking for another …
Read More »Pat Summitt: The Legend That Raised The Rim
She, at the age of 22, was named head coach of the University of Tennessee women’s basketball team in 1974. She holds an overall record of 1,098-208 and an overall conference record of 458-69. She’s collected 16 SEC Tournament Titles and 16 SEC Championships. To add to that ginormous stack, …
Read More »SEC PREVIEW: Auburn at Tennessee
The Auburn Tigers (9-13) make their way to Rocky Top to take on the Tennessee Volunteers (11-12) tonight. Both teams rank in the bottom four of the conference. Unfortunately for the Auburn Tigers, they’ll be without their star guard Kareem Canty who is suspended indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the team. Canty …
Read More »SEC HOOPS PREVIEW: Kentucky at Tennessee
The 20th ranked Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team will hit the road to take on the Tennessee Volunteers tonightin Knoxville. The Wildcats boast a 6-2 conference record, but have struggled to win on the road. Kentucky is 2-4 on the road this season. The Wildcats have scored 78.2 points per game while …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Prepares For Auburn and Bruce Pearl
Bruce Pearl is no stranger to Florida Basketball. In his six seasons with the Tennessee Volunteers, he went 10-2 vs. the Gators, and 4-2 in the O’Connell Center. A coach once faced twice a year, is now seldom seen by Gator fans. But on Saturday night, Pearl will square off with …
Read More »SEC PREVIEW: Tennessee Hosts In-State Rival Vanderbilt at Rocky Top
Kevin Stallings and his Vanderbilt Commodores will attempt to win their third straight SEC game when they travel to Tennessee tonight. The Commodores (10-7, 2-3 SEC) are on a high coming off of two SEC wins against Auburn and Alabama. Wade Balwin IV leads all Vanderbilt scorers with 14.4 points …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Looks For 1st SEC Road Win Tonight vs. Texas A&M
For just the eighth time in program history, the Florida Gators (10-5) and the Texas A&M Aggies (13-2) will meet on the hardwood. Despite coming off of a big SEC win this past Saturday over Ben Simmons and the LSU Tigers, the Gators aren’t the only ones coming into the …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Drops SEC Road Opener to Tennessee, 83-69
On Wednesday night, the Florida men’s basketball team (9-5) looked to carry the same momentum it had after being Georgia at home in its SEC opener but it was not to be as Tennessee (8-6) knocked off the Gators 83-69 in Knoxville. The Gators did not shoot well (34.3% from the floor) and …
Read More »Florida Men’s Basketball Prepares For SEC Road Opener vs. Tennessee
The Florida Gators (9-4) have won three of their last four games, won their SEC opener on Saturday against Georgia, and in that game shot above their season average in both field goal percentage and three point percentage. While the team is certainly happy with the way they’ve started out …
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