The Official #1 Tennessee vs. #23 Arkansas Game Thread, 1:00 PM ET, ESPN

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YankeeVol said:
NEWS & NOTES

• John Calipari (824) and Rick Barnes (819) rank first and second among active DI head coaches in career wins. Barnes is 13-12 in their head-to-head meetings, including 11-0 in the regular season.
• Arkansas senior forward Jonas Aidoo spent three seasons at UT. He was an AP First Team All-SEC pick in 2023-24, averaging 11.4 ppg, 7.3 rpg and 1.8 bpg.
• Tennessee is 5-4 in SEC openers in Rick Barnes' tenure, including 2-1 at home. The Vols are also 5-4 in SEC home openers under Barnes, with three wins in a row.
• UT is among just three undefeated DI schools—all of them are in the SEC—alongside Florida and Oklahoma. It is the only one also unbeaten in women's basketball.
• Tennessee is 13-2 all-time at No. 1 in the AP Poll. It is 12-1 under Rick Barnes (5-0 in 2024-25, 7-1 in 2018-19) and was 1-1 under Bruce Pearl (1-1 in 2007-08).
• The Volunteers are 27-4 all- time as an AP top-three team, including 23-2 under Barnes.
• Jahmai Mashack co-leads the SEC with four-plus steals four times.
• The Volunteers are 13-0 for the second time ever, joining a 14-0 start in 1922-23. This is the fifth time in the SEC era (since 1932- 33) they went undefeated in non- conference play, including the second with nine-plus games.
• Tennessee is on a 13-game winning streak for the fifth time (third in a single season). It is seeking its fourth 14-game ledger (third in a single campaign, alongside 1922- 23 [14] and 2018-19 [19]).
• UT leads the nation in 3-point percentage defense (24.6), plus ranks second in both scoring defense (56.2) and field-goal percentage defense (34.7). It is also third in scoring margin (23.8).
• After averaging 2.50 made 3-pointers per game over his first four outings as a Vol, Chaz Lanier is at a 4.56 mark across the last nine contests (41 total makes).
• The Volunteers' 184 wins over the last eight years (2017-25) rank co-seventh nationally, alongside Virginia. Only Gonzaga (223), Houston (217), Kansas (200), Duke (196), Purdue (191) and San Diego State (185) possess more
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Barnes now leads Calipari 14-12 in hth meetings and Milicic had a very good game and might grab 20 rebounds at some point this season.
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
Our 2 biggest wins on the season weren't reliant on Knecht
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Well idk what you consider the 2 biggest wins. I’d assume tournament wins over Texas and Creighton. He had 44 combined there, but his shooting percentage was pretty low. Josiah actually showed up though for both of those, and Ziegler was rather good in the Creighton game.

Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that when we lost, it was because no one else stepped up alongside Knecht, who tended to be really good in our losses. I think he averaged over 25 in our losses and scored at least 30 in over half of them. I may be overreacting to how Gainey stepped up against Illinois, but to me, seeing him do that with Lanier and Ziegler struggling/on the bench, it just felt different from last year.
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
Well idk what you consider the 2 biggest wins. I’d assume tournament wins over Texas and Creighton. He had 44 combined there, but his shooting percentage was pretty low. Josiah actually showed up though for both of those, and Ziegler was rather good in the Creighton game.

Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that when we lost, it was because no one else stepped up alongside Knecht, who tended to be really good in our losses. I think he averaged over 25 in our losses and scored at least 30 in over half of them. I may be overreacting to how Gainey stepped up against Illinois, but to me, seeing him do that with Lanier and Ziegler struggling/on the bench, it just felt different from last year.
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I mostly agree

Without a doubt at Alabama and at Kentucky, IMO. That enabled us to win the SEC and get a 2 seed. Getting a 1 or 2 is critical
 
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Lefteye said:
I thought DStone aka Candyman arguably had one of his best games. I know the number hos will disagree, but he chewed up minutes in the first half and showed he could play bigger than his height, against more than decent competition.
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Who in hades is DStone?
 
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Probably one of Barnes' better in game coaching runs today, Arky has big talented guards that go toward the basket and will give a lot of teams fits this season, particularly if they shoot better than they did today, Barnes was up every offensive possession and most defensive set ups, not too different that last year's win at Vandy, when he planted a chair in the spot he usually stands in, it is always good to see him fully engaged with what is happening on the court.

Regrettably, in a conference full of riches and extremely good basketball teams this year, our SEC referees leave quite a bit to be desired and the inconsistency in their calls in a physical game today was deplorable, SEC referees are too much a part of the game, their glaring misses and then followed up with ticky tack fouls is abysmal and until the conference lays down the law that you call games in the SEC exclusively or you don't call any conference games, we'll continue to have our conference games polluted with this type of pathetic referee corps that want to be as much a part of the game as possible.
 
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KTrain said:
I'm not sure why but almost all the top teams do that it's not like high school. There might be something to the margin of victory in NET and could move you a seed or2 in the tourney when accessing close teams if you don't do your due diligence. Just a guess.
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That makes good sense. I guess I’m just worried a starter will get hurt in a 25 point game with 2 minutes left.
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
I mostly agree

Without a doubt at Alabama and at Kentucky, IMO. That enabled us to win the SEC and get a 2 seed. Getting a 1 or 2 is critical
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The win on the road in Columbia is up there. Hard fought win there that clinched us the SEC championship. Home game against Auburn was great too, even though Knecht won us that game.
 
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