The Official #17 Tennessee @ Missouri Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, SEC Network

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#17 Tennessee Volunteers: 19-7 (10-4 SEC)

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Missouri Tigers: 10-17 (4-10 SEC)

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GAME 27 | TENNESSEE at MISSOURI - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 | 7:01 p.m. ET / 6:01 p.m. CT | Mizzou Arena (15,061)


Line: UT -10
O/U: 130.5

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Mizzou Game Notes


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THE SERIES

• Tennessee leads its all-time series with Missouri 10-8, dating to 1961.
• When the series is contested in Columbia, the Tigers own a 5-4 advantage.
• These programs split last season's two meetings, with each squad winning on the opponent's home court.
• Vols head coach Rick Barnes is 5-2 in head-to-head meetings against teams coached by Cuonzo Martin.
• Martin was the head coach at Tennessee from 2011-14 and guided the Big Orange from the NCAA First Four to the Sweet Sixteen in his final season.
• Mizzou assistant coach Marco Harris was a member of Martin's support staff at UT.
• A victory Tuesday would give the Vols 20 wins this season and a 5-5 record in true road games.
• Tennessee senior Victor Bailey Jr. is the son of a Mizzou gridiron great. See full note below.
 
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LAYUP LINES - TEAM

• Tennessee is coming off a loss at Arkansas but has not suffered back-to-back defeats this season.
• Tennessee stands at No. 11 in the NCAA's latest NET ratings. Each of UT's seven losses are Quad 1.
• The Vols have faced nine AP Top 25 opponents so far this season.
• Tennessee joins Kentucky and Auburn as the only three SEC teams that have no losses outside Quadrant 1 this season.
• According to KenPom, the Vols rank fourth in the nation in adjusted defensive efficiency, allowing only 87.4 points per 100 possessions.
• Tennessee's scoring defense of 66.5 ppg in SEC play is the second-best in the league. The Vols have held six SEC teams to 60 points or less.
• The Vols rank eighth among all Division I teams in both steals per game (9.7 spg) and turnover margin (+4.4).
• Tennessee owns a perfect 9-0 record on the SEC Network this season.
 
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LAYUP LINES - PLAYERS

• All-SEC candidate Santiago Vescovi is the league's top 3-point shooter during SEC play, hitting at a .429 clip from long range.
• Naismith Defensive Player of the Year and Bob Cousy Award candidate Kennedy Chandler's 2.28 steals per game rank 16th in Division I and second nationally among true freshmen.
• During SEC play, Vols freshmen Zakai Zeigler (2.57 spg) and Chandler (2.38 spg) rank first and second, respectively, in steals per game.
• A leading candidate for the SEC Sixth Man of the Year award, Zeigler is Tennessee's leading scorer over the last three games (14.0 ppg) while shooting .583 from 3-point range and totaling nine steals.
• Zeigler has scored in double figures in each of UT's last eight games.
 
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ABOUT MISSOURI

• Missouri (10-17, 4-10 SEC) enters Tuesday's game having lost three games in a row.
• Tuesday marks the Tigers' third game in just five days after they played Mississippi State on both Friday and Sunday. The first meeting between Missouri and Mississippi State was originally scheduled for Jan. 5 but was postponed due to health and safety protocols.
• Missouri is 7-7 at home inside Mizzou Arena this year, including a 2-5 mark in SEC play.
• The Tigers are 4-15 in Quadrant 1 and 2 games this season—having won at home against Alabama, at a neutral site over SMU and at Texas A&M in Quad 1.
• Junior forward Kobe Brown has been Missouri's do-it-all player this season—posting team-high averages in points (12.4 ppg), rebounds (7.9 rpg) and steals (1.3 spg).
• Brown's 7.9 rebounds per game rank sixth in the SEC.
• Senior guard Javon Pickett has been a consistent force on offense, having scored in double figures in 11 straight SEC games. In conference play, Pickett is averaging 12.4 points per game and ranks fifth in the league in field-goal percentage (.484) and minutes played per game (34.1).
• Through the games of Feb. 20, Missouri ranks No. 140 in KenPom.com's rankings. The Tigers rank No. 133 in adjusted defensive efficiency and No. 165 in adjusted offensive efficiency.
 
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4th game in a week for Mizzou

2 out of 3 have been blowout losses

We haven’t lost back to back all season.

Think we get a healthy 12-15 point victory
 
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And Cuanzo? wants to stick it to TN any chance he gets. He can get his guys really motivated for single games. We blew them out up there last season only to have them beat us at home when we needed a win. Never know with this game.
 
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Hope this isn't a letdown. After two tough games and the way the last one panned out, going on the road to a desperate team - even a bad one - can be a grind in the SEC. I don't think we'll lose but I could see this one not being our best. Hopefully that's not the case. Would love to see that last game light a fire under us and try to revive the momentum we had going into Arkansas. Don't want anyone to say we already hit our peak.
 
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I’m actually not worried about tonight. We are good following a loss and Missouri has to be running on fumes at this point.
 
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The good news is this team is playing to win the SEC Regular season. They know if they win out they have a very good shot to be conference champions.

Kentucky still has LSU (who can always pull off an upset when they play right) and have to play @ Arkansas
Auburn still has to play us here and has to then play at Miss State
Arkansas still has to play @ Florida, vs Kentucky, @ TBA, vs LSU

Not sure we can get there, but it's nice to know that's still the mindset/goal for the squad. Just take care of business and hopefully finish 4-0 going into the SECT as a 1 or 2 seed.
 
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SGMVols said:
At home, they beat Alabama and almost beat Auburn. It’s going to be a tougher game than you think.
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If they hadn't just played so many games I might agree that it'll be a tougher game. I think them playing Friday and Sunday and now playing Tuesday will change how tough they play.

I think our guys will come out very aggressive after that terrible showing at Arkansas. All season we've responded after any loss with better showings the next game.
 
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After getting jobbed at Waltonworld, I'm not trusting any road game in the SEC for a while. If there's some curious fouls early on Vescovi or Chandler, gonna be another ridiculous night on the road. I'd like just like a game with no injuries and something resembling only slightly biased officiating. Feels like a messy 5-10 point win. I hope that is the case.
 
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