The Official #12 Tennessee vs. Georgia Southern Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, SEC Network

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#12 Tennessee Volunteers: 6-3 (0-0 SEC)
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Georgia Southern Eagles: 0-9 (0-0 SBC)
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GAME 10 | TENNESSEE vs. GEORGIA SOUTHERN - Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 | 7 p.m. ET | Knoxville, Tenn. | Food City Center (21,678)


Line: UT -32.5
O/U: 143.5

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Georgia Southern Game Notes

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THE MATCHUP

• Georgia Southern is the first of three teams on Tennessee's schedule this season it has never faced before, alongside Tarleton State (12/21/23) and Norfolk State (1/2/24).
• The Eagles are also the second of four teams on the Volunteers' schedule Rick Barnes has not faced as a head coach, joining George Mason (12/5/23), Tarleton State (12/21/23) and Norfolk State (1/2/24).
• Georgia Southern was tabbed No. 13 in the Sun Belt preseason poll after losing three of its top four scorers from a group that finished 17-16 (9-9) last year.
• The Eagles' leading scorer in senior guard Tyren Moore, who is putting up 11.9 ppg.
• Tennessee is 31-5 all-time against current Sun Belt programs and has a winning record against every school it has faced. Rick Barnes is a perfect 31-0 against the league's current membership with wins over eight different schools, including owning a 5-0 mark with the Volunteers.
 
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NEWS & NOTES

• Prior to joining the Volunteers as a volunteer assistant in 2021-22, current assistant coach Gregg Polinsky's last job in the college ranks was as the head coach at Georgia Southern for four years, 1995-99. He took the team from three wins in his first year to double-digit triumphs in each of the next three. Polinsky then worked in the NBA (Nets and Pistons) for the next 22 years before coming to Tennessee.
• Tennessee is on a 25-game non- conference home winning streak, dating back to the 2020-21 season opener (11/8/20), with victories over schools such as Arizona, Cincinnati, Colorado, Illinois and Kansas during that stretch.
• A victory over Georgia Southern would give Rick Barnes wins over 199 DI teams in his head coaching career. The last two additions to the list, George Mason (12/5/23) and Texas (1/28/23), were places he coached at.
• With 785 career victories, Rick Barnes is one away from tying Lefty Driesell for No. 15 on the all- time wins list (min. five years DI).
• With its 86-79 victory over #20/18 Illinois (12/9/23), the Volunteers improved to 15-6 (.714) against ranked teams at Food City Center under Rick Barnes, including 13-5 (.722) versus AP top-20 foes. Tennessee has won 10 consecutive home games against ranked teams, dating back to 1/30/21 against #15/18 Kansas.
• Josiah-Jordan James posted 12 points, a career-high seven assists and six rebounds in the win over the Fighting Illini, becoming the first Volunteer with at least 12p/7a/6r against a top-20 foe since Lamonté Turner (16p/8a/7r) on 11/16/19 against #20/RV Washington at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
• Dalton Knecht, the SEC's second- leading scorer, has scored 16-plus points and paced Tennessee in scoring in seven of his first nine games as a Volunteer. He has tallied 20-plus points in three outings, including two of the past three. The fifth-year guard has totaled double-digit points in 10 of the 18 halves he has played as a Volunteer.
 
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WINNING WAYS

• Over the last seven seasons, dating back to the start of the 2017-18 campaign, Tennessee leads all SEC programs in total victories (150), postseason wins (15) and winning percentage (.714). During that span, the Vols have captured a pair of SEC championships, winning the regular season in 2018 and the tournament in 2022.
• In that same seven-year stretch, the Vols are one of only three SEC teams with an overall winning percentage of at least .700, alongside Auburn (.713) and Kentucky (.700).
• In regular season SEC play over the same six-year period, the Vols own a league-best .706 winning percentage and stand alongside Kentucky as the only programs to log at least 70 league victories.
• Over the last three seasons only, 2021-24, UT owns a 58-22 (.725) overall record. No SEC team has a better winning percentage during that span, while only Texas A&M (59) has more victories.
 
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WINNING WAYS

• Over the last seven seasons, dating back to the start of the 2017-18 campaign, Tennessee leads all SEC programs in total victories (150), postseason wins (15) and winning percentage (.714). During that span, the Vols have captured a pair of SEC championships, winning the regular season in 2018 and the tournament in 2022.
• In that same seven-year stretch, the Vols are one of only three SEC teams with an overall winning percentage of at least .700, alongside Auburn (.713) and Kentucky (.700).
• In regular season SEC play over the same six-year period, the Vols own a league-best .706 winning percentage and stand alongside Kentucky as the only programs to log at least 70 league victories.
• Over the last three seasons only, 2021-24, UT owns a 58-22 (.725) overall record. No SEC team has a better winning percentage during that span, while only Texas A&M (59) has more victories.
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