This is roundball not pigskin... Except for two years (2011 and 2014) we have held our own with them going back to Jerry Green's tenure. I think Donnie T becomes the 5th Tennessee head coach to beat Donovan.
It's important to savor those all important regular season wins against future Hall of Fame coaches.
The tournament is all about matchups. Hence, UF winning back to back while going 1-3 vs UT during that stretch and UT not making it past the SW16. Both were good teams and given the same paths maybe UT does the same or maybe we lose even earlier than we did. We'll never know. But for 2 yrs in a row we were the better team when on the floor at the same time.
We also lost to unranked Vandy, LSU, Arkansas, FSU and South Carolina twice during that B2B NC run.
It was a big enough deal to LSU, FSU, Vandy and UT to where their students stormed the court.
Teams get upset in the regular season.
Congratulations?
Celebrate batting .500 against a future HoF coach, with little post season success in spite of it.
Play the hand you're dealt I guess.