NCAA tournament tests eternal optimism

Marvin Westwestwords

Tennessee will resume play Thursday at Charlotte against the Peacocks of St. Peter’s (19-13). The Vols are the No. 2 seed in the Midwest bracket. Top team is Purdue.
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Mississippi State stuns SEC champs

Marvin Westwestwords

Well, that was quick.
Tennessee played a horrible first half, worst of the year, and was unceremoniously dumped from the SEC tournament.
It didn’t take long, less than 20 minutes, to determine …

Time out for Vol baskets, time in for football

Marvin Westwestwords

This is a basketball timeout.
Rick Barnes’ team will next appear on Friday afternoon (3/15/24) in the SEC tournament in Nashville – against the winner of Mississippi State-LSU.
There is a difference. …