Consider the difference in these simple words: here or there and now or then.
Eight days ago was the rousing Tennessee romp over Kentucky in rambunctious Thompson-Boling Arena.
Four days ago was …

Well, it was good while it lasted.
Tennessee won eight Southeastern Conference games in a row. Arkansas stopped the streak. Or maybe the Vols stopped it.
The Razorbacks got credit for a …

Rick Barnes is not easily impressed but he used “tremendous” once and “great” three times in his spontaneous description of the Tennessee victory over Kentucky.
The coach was right, it was …

This could be habit-forming.
Tennessee has won seven consecutive Southeastern Conference games.
Good guard play was again the winning edge. A strong performance by John Fulkerson helped.
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The Vols defeated visiting Vanderbilt, 73-64. …

As Gomer Pyle used to say, surprise, surprise, surprise.
Tennessee, learning to play without Olivier Nkamhoua, undoubtedly surprised Mississippi State Wednesday night in Starkville.
The Volunteers won, 72-63, with a very impressive finishing …

Long-ago UCLA basketball coach John Wooden said defense travels well. Offense has ups and downs on the road.
Wooden’s offense didn’t have all that many downs. His Bruins, in the 1970s, …

With just nine games to go, Tennessee basketball still hasn’t told us who it is.
It isn’t that the Volunteers are keeping a secret. They don’t know, either.
Rick Barnes has no …