The Official #17 Tennessee vs. George Mason Game Thread, 6:30 PM ET, SEC Network+

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#17 Tennessee Volunteers: 4-3 (0-0 SEC)
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George Mason Patriots: 7-1 (0-0 A10)
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GAME 8 | TENNESSEE vs. GEORGE MASON - Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 | 6:30 p.m. ET | Knoxville, Tenn. | Food City Center (21,678)


Line: UT -15.5
O/U: 136.5

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George Mason Game Notes

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THE MATCHUP
• The lone prior meeting between between the Volunteers and Patriots came on 3/17/04 in the opening round of the NIT, with George Mason claiming a 58-55 home win behind a co-game-high 16 points from now-head coach Tony Skinn.
• George Mason is 7-1 on the season, good for the best record in the A10 after being picked No. 10 in the league's preseason poll, and has climbed from a KenPom ranking of 164 to begin the year all the way up to 96.
• The Patriots are coming off a 20- 13 (11-7) campaign last year, their most wins since 2016-17, under the direction of then-head coach Kim English, a Tennessee assistant under Rick Barnes from 2019-21.
• George Mason lost six of its top seven scorers from last season and is now led by sophomore guard/forward Keyshawn Hall in both points (15.1) and rebounds (9.4) per game.
• Tennessee is 28-15 all-time against the current 15 members of the Atlantic 10, while Rick Barnes is 13-9 against that group.
 
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FAMILIAR FOE
• Rick Barnes' first college head coaching job came at George Mason in 1987-88 and he guided the Patriots to a 20-10 (9-5 CAA) record, posting a .667 winning percentage that is the co-eighth- best in program history.
• Barnes also served as an assistant coach at George Mason for five years, from 1980-85. During that time, he helped the team to a 77-60 record, including a 39-18 mark over his final two years. The team's 21-7 ledger in 1983-84 was its first 20-win season and still stands as the eighth-most wins in a campaign in school history.
• This is the first time Barnes will coach against George Mason in his career. He is 3-1 all-time when facing a school he was previously the head coach at, as he went 2-0 against Providence while at Texas and is 1-1 versus Texas during his Tennessee tenure.
• A victory over George Mason would give Rick Barnes wins over 198 different DI teams in his 37-year head coaching career. The 197th school on that list was Texas, which he also coached at.
 
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NEWS & NOTES
• This is Tennessee's first home game since 11/14/23, a full three weeks ago. Since their last game at Food City Center, the Volunteers played four contests away from home, all against Power Six opponents, including three versus top-20 teams.
• Dalton Knecht's 37 points, which came on 13-of-17 shooting, at #17/16 North Carolina (11/29/23) marked the second-highest total by any player against the Tar Heels in the last 15 seasons. More information on his performance can be found on Page 6.
• The Volunteers have a minus-54 margin in free-throw attempts over their last three games, as #2 Purdue was plus-18 (48-30), #1 Kansas was plus-14 (22-8) and #17/16 North Carolina was plus-22 (38-16). Purdue's margin was the fourth-highest for any UT foe in Rick Barnes' nine seasons, while North Carolina's edge matched the seventh-highest mark and Kansas' tally tied for No. 20.
• The SEC owns 20 Quad 1/2 wins this season, through 12/3/24, the most of any league in the nation.
 
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YankeeVol said:
NEWS & NOTES
• This is Tennessee's first home game since 11/14/23, a full three weeks ago. Since their last game at Food City Center, the Volunteers played four contests away from home, all against Power Six opponents, including three versus top-20 teams.
• Dalton Knecht's 37 points, which came on 13-of-17 shooting, at #17/16 North Carolina (11/29/23) marked the second-highest total by any player against the Tar Heels in the last 15 seasons. More information on his performance can be found on Page 6.
• The Volunteers have a minus-54 margin in free-throw attempts over their last three games, as #2 Purdue was plus-18 (48-30), #1 Kansas was plus-14 (22-8) and #17/16 North Carolina was plus-22 (38-16). Purdue's margin was the fourth-highest for any UT foe in Rick Barnes' nine seasons, while North Carolina's edge matched the seventh-highest mark and Kansas' tally tied for No. 20.
• The SEC owns 20 Quad 1/2 wins this season, through 12/3/24, the most of any league in the nation.
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This seems like it has a reasonable explanation....

Anyway, GO VOLS.
 
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Not feeling great about this. If JJJ and Santi aren't hitting, we could easily lose.

Assuming DK doesn't play that is.
 
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George Mason lost their coach and most of their starters from last year but they seem to be a good program in a good location for talent and win almost every year.
 
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walkenvol said:
Has GW defeated anyone of note?
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Short answer, no. We're the highest rated in SRS they'll face all year. Their best win is Cornell (7-1) at home, their best win based on SRS was winning at Toledo (3-4).

They have pretty good size, but their biggest big is only 6'9"

Their leading scorer and rebounder is Keyshawn Hall at 6'7" and listed at 250lbs so he could be an interesting matchup...he's listed as a guard so I'm not sure who will be guarding him.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Short answer, no. We're the highest rated in SRS they'll face all year. Their best win is Cornell (7-1) at home, their best win based on SRS was winning at Toledo (3-4).

They have pretty good size, but their biggest big is only 6'9"

Their leading scorer and rebounder is Keyshawn Hall at 6'7" and listed at 250lbs so he could be an interesting matchup...he's listed as a guard so I'm not sure who will be guarding him.
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A 6'7 250 lb guard?!? That sounds like a matchup nightmare. JJJ better lace em up tight tonight.

GBO
 
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Lefteye said:
A 6'7 250 lb guard?!? That sounds like a matchup nightmare. JJJ better lace em up tight tonight.

GBO
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The team's website has him listed at 230lbs...and that looks more accurate. Looks like he was a big body that trimmed down once getting to college.

Still he's going to be a matchup nightmare, good size and from the highlights I've watched he's not just a slow guy playing bully ball.
 
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