The Official #17 Tennessee vs. Ole Miss Game Thread, 3:30 PM ET, SEC Network

[YankeeVol]

SEC Tournament - 2nd Round

#17 Tennessee Volunteers: 22-9 (11-7 SEC)

vs.

Ole Miss Rebels: 12-20 (3-15 SEC)

GAME 32 | TENNESSEE vs. OLE MISS - Thursday, March 9, 2023 | ~3:30 p.m. ET | Nashville, Tenn. | Bridgestone Arena (18,500)


Line: UT -11.5
O/U: 128

TV: SEC Network / Watch
Radio: Vol Network / Listen / Live Stats
Satellite Radio: SiriusXM: 85 / Internet: 963
Online: WatchESPN.com

Ole Miss Game Notes

 

[YankeeVol]

THE SERIES

• Tennessee leads its all-time series with Ole Miss, 77-45, dating to 1924.
• Tennessee has won seven of the last eight meetings.
• The SEC opener back on Dec. 28 was the only meeting between these teams this season. The Vols triumphed, 63-59, in Oxford.
• When these programs meet in the SEC Tournament, Ole Miss owns a 7-5 advantage. The most recent SEC Tournament clash was an overtime win for the Rebels in New Orleans in 2012, 77-72.
• Tennessee is 4-1 this season in neutral-site games. The lone loss came against Colorado at Bridgestone Arena in UT's second game of the season.
• The Volunteers are 10-10 all-time at Bridgestone Arena.
• Since 2018, Tennessee is 8-3 in SEC Tournament games (.727), with three championship game appearances.

 

[YankeeVol]

SCOUTING REPORT

• Tennessee won last season's SEC Tournament in Tampa.
• Tennessee is No. 3 in the NCAA's NET ratings and hasn't dropped below No. 4 all season. The Vols have racked up seven Quad 1 wins.
• Tennessee and Baylor remain the only teams in the country that own at least three wins over teams currently ranked in the top 10 of the NET ratings.
• During regular-season SEC play, the Vols led the league in assists per game (16.72) and assist/turnover ratio (1.55).
• Santiago Vescovi has repeated as an All-SEC first-team selection, while Zakai Zeigler earned All-SEC second-team and All-Defensive Team honors. Julian Phillips was named to the All-Freshman Team.
• The Vols haven't played with the rotation fully healthy since Feb. 8.
• Lang Wiseman (1989-93) will be honored as Tennessee's SEC Legend this week.

 

[YankeeVol]

THE NATION'S BEST DEFENSE

• For the 15th straight week, the Volunteers own the best adjusted defensive efficiency in the country per KenPom, allowing only 87.8 points per 100 possessions.
• Tennessee owns Division I's best field-goal percentage defense (.364) and 3-point defense (.255), as well as the nation's third-best scoring defense (57.5 ppg).
• 12 times this season, the Vols have held their opponents to 50 points or less. No other Division I team has more than 10 such performances.
• Only five teams have reached the 70-point mark against these Vols.
• Only nine opposing players have scored 20 or more points against the Vols this season.
• In its five neutral-site games this season, Tennessee is allowing only 58.4 points per game with a +5.2 rebounding margin and a +2.6 turnover margin. Its opponents are shooting just .229 from 3-point range (25 for 109).

 

[YankeeVol]

ABOUT OLE MISS

• Ole Miss (11-20, 3-15 SEC) finished 13th in the SEC and enters Thursday's game coming off a win over No. 12 seed South Carolina during Wednesday night's opening session of games.
• On Feb. 24, Ole Miss announced a change in leadership of the men's basketball program, mutually parting ways with fifth-year head coach Kermit Davis. Assistant coach Win Case has served as Ole Miss' acting head coach for the past four games, posting a 2-2 record.
• During the teams' Dec. 28 meeting, Tennessee held Ole Miss leading scorer Matthew Murrell to his second-lowest scoring output of the season. Murrell, who averaged 14.9 ppg during the regular season, was 1-for-9 from the field and scored five points.
• Ole Miss' second-leading scorer, Jaemyn Brakefield, finished 17th in the SEC in scoring during conference play (13.1 ppg) and 11th in rebounding (6.2 rpg).

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

GBO!!!!

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

SEC Tournament - 2nd Round

#17 Tennessee Volunteers: 22-9 (11-7 SEC)

vs.

Ole Miss Rebels: 12-20 (3-15 SEC)

GAME 32 | TENNESSEE at OLE MISS - Thursday, March 9, 2023 | 2305 p.m. ET | Nashville, Tenn. | Bridgestone Arena (20,000)


Line:
O/U:

TV: SEC Network / Watch
Radio: Vol Network / Listen / Live Stats
Satellite Radio: SiriusXM: 85 / Internet: 963
Online: WatchESPN.com

Auburn Game Notes

Wrong Game Notes linked

 

[YankeeVol]

Wrong Game Notes linked

Because there aren't any. I'll fix it when UT posts it, but thanks

 

[volz2wallz]

GBO!!

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Because there aren't any. I'll fix it when UT posts it, but thanks

They’re there now.

Tennessee Basketball Game Notes vs. Ole Miss | March 9, 2023 (PDF) - University of Tennessee Athletics

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Gonna miss ole Kerm. It was fun watching him bish and complain during the games . Whip the Kermitless rebels!
GBO!!!

 

[camp_steveo]

Time to go on a run!

 

[Zues1]

Vols by 8

 

[tdd]

Don't get your hopes up! This team isn't going to magically fix all of its problems and find some shooters. Without ZZ it's going to be tough sledding moving forward. We will be lucky to win this game, Ole Miss has been playing better and better. They will be a tough out for sure. I just don't think we have enough offense to move forward. Go Vols.

 

[Larkin]

Win

 

[CNeagleVolFan]

Some of y’all are such negative nancies lol. Win this game and we get a chance at revenge against MIZZOU, which is a good matchup for us. Teams without small quick guards I feel good about playing IMO. We can make it to the semi final at least.

 

[CNeagleVolFan]

Some of y’all are such negative nancies lol. Win this game and we get a chance at revenge against MIZZOU, which is a good matchup for us. Teams without small quick guards I feel good about playing IMO. We can make it to the semi final at least.

With that being said I don’t see us getting past Alabama, but it’s college basketball and strange things happen all the time.

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

Some of y’all are such negative nancies lol. Win this game and we get a chance at revenge against MIZZOU, which is a good matchup for us. Teams without small quick guards I feel good about playing IMO. We can make it to the semi final at least.

Yes, and this forum is also full of eternal optimists. Vols have limped to the finish line of the regular season. It’s not crazy to think they will continue to struggle. We no longer have the home court boost that has been so vital to this team. I think 1-1 in Nashville, 1-1 in the NCAA.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

With that being said I don’t see us getting past Alabama, but it’s college basketball and strange things happen all the time.

I won’t be upset at all if we go 2-1 and lose to Bama, not saying you lay down that game but if you can win these next 2 in solid fashion and seemingly get some things worked out then I’m ready to just rest legs and get to the NCAAT as a 3 seed.

 

[chuckb1448]

I'm going to be watching and hope for the best. Our Big guys Must contribute to win, withh ZZ down our offense Must go to the inside more

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Assuming Mashack will guard Murrell and JJJ/Phillips probably on Brakefield.

Not sure how different this Ole Miss team will play since the last time we faced them and Davis was still there. Hopefully the team just plays intense defense and we keep them under 60.

 

[SmokeyGrayCA]

Grey uniforms finally?????

 

[volfan102455]

Just win!

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

I'm going to be watching and hope for the best. Our Big guys Must contribute to win, withh ZZ down our offense Must go to the inside more

Yep, the nature of the beast this year. So many guys with such WIDE and variable ranges of perfromance. Biggest example is ORN going from bad to 10 for 10. Uros too. Throw in the recovery from injuries for Santi, JJJ, Keye and Phillips and top that off with loss of ZZZ and getting confident in any level of perfromance is just risky. Lots of potential if we have enough guys NOT in the bottom end of their ranges/cycles (?) at the same time.

 

[tdd]

Some of y’all are such negative nancies lol. Win this game and we get a chance at revenge against MIZZOU, which is a good matchup for us. Teams without small quick guards I feel good about playing IMO. We can make it to the semi final at least.

Some of us have watched the season unfold. At the first of the season, I thought we were the deepest team in the country and had our best chance ever to make the final four. As the season progressed, we really don’t have any consistent outside shooters, our bigs are not consistently good and we don’t hit foul shots. And then you throw in injuries and ZZ’s season ending injury. This team can score 80 one game and then the next struggle to score 50. I expect us to continue that trend and exit both tournaments earlier than I hoped. Hoping for a miracle but expecting what we have seen since January. Go Vols.