The Official #18 Tennessee @ Texas Game Thread, 8:00 PM ET, ESPN

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#18 Tennessee Volunteers: 14-5 (5-3 SEC)

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Texas Longhorns: 15-5 (5-3 Big 12)

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GAME 20 | TENNESSEE at TEXAS - Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022 | 8:05 p.m. ET / 7:05 p.m. CT | Frank Erwin Center (16,540)

Line: UT +4
O/U: 125.5

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THE SERIES

• Tennessee's all-time series with Texas dates to 1952 and is tied, 3-3.
• The Volunteers won the lone meeting in Austin, upsetting the sixth-ranked Longhorns, 95-78, on Dec. 17, 2005.
• The most recent meeting was a 97-78 Texas triumph in a matchup of top-15 teams in Newark, New Jersey, on Nov. 24, 2007.
• Rick Barnes was the head coach at Texas for four of the six previous meetings in this series, and the teams split those four games.
• It was announced in July that Texas (and Oklahoma) will join the SEC by 2025.
• After Saturday, Barnes will have coached against every major-conference school in Division I except for Northwestern and Penn State.
 
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LAYUP LINES - TEAM

• The 2022 Big 12/SEC Challenge marks the event's ninth year. Tennessee is 5-2 in the event, as the Vols did not take part in the inaugural challenge.
• The Big 12 won the challenge in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019. The SEC won in 2018 and 2021, and the series was tied in 2017 and 2020. The Big 12 has a cumulative advantage of 44-35 (.557).
• Tennessee stands at No. 11 in the NCAA's latest NET ratings. Each of UT's five losses are Quad 1.
• Tennessee ranks 16th nationally on the NCAA's official "toughest schedule" metric.
• According to KenPom, the Vols rank fifth in the nation in adjusted defensive efficiency, allowing only 88.2 points per 100 possessions.
• The Vols rank among the Division I top 15 in turnover margin (+4.8, 11th), steals per game (9.9, 11th) and assists per game (17.2, 13th).
 
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LAYUP LINES - PLAYERS

• Santiago Vescovi has increased his team-leading 14.6 ppg scoring average to 16.4 ppg in SEC play.
• Vescovi's 3.63 3-point makes per game during SEC play lead the league.
• Kennedy Chandler's 2.17 steals per game rank second among all Division I true freshmen. And his 4.9 assists per game rank third among true freshmen nationally.
• Chandler has scored (243) or assisted (216) on 32 percent of Tennessee's total points this season (459 of 1,418).
• Over Tennessee's last three games, true freshman Zakai Zeigler is averaging 9.0 points, 4.0 boards and 2.3 assists in 23.3 minutes off the bench.
• The SEC record for career games played is 152, held by Kentucky's Darius Miller (2008-12). John Fulkerson is closing in, having now appeared in a Tennessee-record 149 career games.
 
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ABOUT TEXAS

• Texas (15-5, 5-3 Big 12) is in its first season under the direction of head coach Chris Beard, who served in the same role at Texas Tech from 2016-21.
• Texas enters Saturday's game coming off its second Quad I win of the season. The Longhorns won at TCU on Tuesday, 73-50. Overall this season, Texas has posted a 2-4 record in Quad I games.
• Texas leads the nation in scoring defense this season, holding its opponents to just 54.7 points per game. The Longhorns have held eight of their first 20 opponents to 50 points or fewer.
• The Longhorns were ranked as high as No. 5 this season in the preseason AP poll but dropped out of the AP top 25 this week for the first time all season.
• Upon taking the Texas job, Beard added seven Division I transfers to the Longhorns' roster: Timmy Allen (Utah), Devin Askew (Kentucky), Avery Benson (Texas Tech), Christian Bishop (Creighton), Marcus Carr (Minnesota), Dylan Disu (Vanderbilt) and Tre Mitchell (UMass).
• With per-game averages of 11.9 points and 6.6 rebounds, Allen leads the Longhorns in both categories. Allen's 6.6 boards per game rank seventh in the Big 12, while his 2.5 offensive rebounds per game rank fourth.
• In his one season at Kentucky, Askew started two games for the Wildcats against Tennessee—posting averages of 10.5 points, 4.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game on 8-for-11 (.727) shooting.
• In two seasons at Vanderbilt, Disu started and played in three games against the Vols—averaging 11.3 points and 4.0 rebounds per contest
 
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YankeeVol said:
ABOUT TEXAS
• Texas leads the nation in scoring defense this season, holding its opponents to just 54.7 points per game. The Longhorns have held eight of their first 20 opponents to 50 points or fewer.
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Well, definitely this will be a defensive battle, tough to watch if you like offense. Figure the over/under for total points to be around 110.

Definitely all defense.

Just like the matchup was against Kentucky.
 
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I think the turnovers will tell a lot of the story in how this game plays out. Noticing that the Vols have more TO’s than assists per game now in SEC play. Each possession will be huge and it is imperative we protect the ball. I hope our 4 bigs play strong with the ball and play with awareness and good judgment. Crash the boards and play great defense. If we do these things well, I feel good about our chances as we never know what will happen offensively. I do think we are trending up offensively, though.
 
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cardvolfan said:
I think the turnovers will tell a lot of the story in how this game plays out. Noticing that the Vols have more TO’s than assists per game now in SEC play. Each possession will be huge and it is imperative we protect the ball. I hope our 4 bigs play strong with the ball and play with awareness and good judgment. Crash the boards and play great defense. If we do these things well, I feel good about our chances as we never know what will happen offensively. I do think we are trending up offensively, though.
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Nothing this team does will surprise me. Having said that, I'm not seeing this bunch go on the road and grab this one. If and it's a big if..if this team is going to pull the upset, it's going to depend on Plavi I suspect. He's got to give us physicality and a 10pt/6rb type game. Never thought I'd type such a thing about Plavi.
 
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CAVPUT said:
Nothing this team does will surprise me. Having said that, I'm not seeing this bunch go on the road and grab this one. If and it's a big if..if this team is going to pull the upset, it's going to depend on Plavi I suspect. He's got to give us physicality and a 10pt/6rb type game. Never thought I'd type such a thing about Plavi.
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I could see the play of KC being the deciding factor. He’s a force when he puts a complete game together. 65 points likely wins this game and if KC can efficiently get 20+ I like our chances.
 
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I don’t know Texas that well, but on paper we match up pretty well against them. Should be a low scoring affair, so whomever is making 3 pointers at a higher percentage and takes care of the ball will probably win. Two decent teams going at it. I hope Chandler starts to elevate his play soon.
 
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Good morning Volunteers! Certainly hope we came to play today, the first half against Florida was like creepy scary...... hoping we mean business from the tip off tonight

Go Big Orange
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
TN’s freshmen will need to play smart. Texas has a huge advantage experience-wise. 6 of their first 8 are seniors and the other two are juniors. Askew is their only underclassman getting significant minutes.
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When you look at it that way, the fact Texas hasn’t gotten more from this teaming is pretty surprising. That’s a LOT of experience they’ll be losing next year. Could be a rough job for Beard in 2022-2023.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
When you look at it that way, the fact Texas hasn’t gotten more from this teaming is pretty surprising. That’s a LOT of experience they’ll be losing next year. Could be a rough job for Beard in 2022-2023.
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Beard recruits a lot out of the portal. He does have Dillon Mitchell and Arterio Morris coming in next year.

But the rest of their schedule this year is brutal. Would not surprise me to see them as a 7 or higher seed.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
When you look at it that way, the fact Texas hasn’t gotten more from this teaming is pretty surprising. That’s a LOT of experience they’ll be losing next year. Could be a rough job for Beard in 2022-2023.
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I would say that they play highly disciplined and value every possession. Teams can win with that formula. TN plays with that discipline on the defensive end. FL built a 13 point lead on a 15-0 run but TN’s guys stayed focused and eventually took care of business.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
When you look at it that way, the fact Texas hasn’t gotten more from this teaming is pretty surprising. That’s a LOT of experience they’ll be losing next year. Could be a rough job for Beard in 2022-2023.
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Most of those players are transfers, so Beard may just dip into the portal again for next year
 
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