The Official #6 [2] Tennessee vs. [15] Saint Peter's Game Thread, 9:20 PM ET, TNT

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Men's Basketball Championship - Midwest Region - 1st Round


#6 [2] Tennessee Volunteers: 24-8 (14-4 SEC)
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[15] Saint Peter's Peacocks: 19-13 (12-8 MAAC)
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GAME 33 | TENNESSEE vs. SAINT PETER'S - Thursday, March 21, 2024 | 9:20 p.m. ET | Charlotte, N.C. | Spectrum Center (17,500)


Line: UT -21.5
O/U: 131.5

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St. Pete's Game Notes


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THE MATCHUP

• Tennessee won its lone previous outing against Saint Peter's, notching a 54-40 home win on 3/14/84 in the opening round of the NIT. Both teams shot under 38.0 percent and no player on either team scored over 13 points.
• Picked No. 10 of 11 in the MAAC preseason poll, the Peacocks tied for third at 12-8 and won the league tournament to reach the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years.
• Sophomore forward Corey Washington, a First Team All- MAAC pick, paces the Peacocks with 16.5 ppg and 6.6 rpg.
• Tennessee is 6-2 all-time against current MAAC schools, with both setbacks coming in neutral-site matchups against Niagara over 50 years ago when it was an independent.
• Rick Barnes is 5-0 versus current MAAC teams. He last faced one on 1/5/03, when he led Texas to an 80-64 home victory over Mount St. Mary's, then in the NEC.
• Saint Peter's guard Armoni Zeigler is the half-brother of Tennessee guard Zakai Zeigler.
 
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NEWS & NOTES

• Tennessee won the SEC regular season crown for the 11th time, notching its sixth outright title.
• The Vols are 25-26 all-time in 25 NCAA Tournament trips, including 16-9 in their opening games, 6-5 under Rick Barnes, 5-3 as a No. 2 seed, 3-0 against No. 15 seeds, 6-7 in North Carolina and 2-4 in Charlotte. More info on Pages 8-9.
• This is UT's sixth straight NCAA Tournament trip, matching the longest streak (2006-11) in program history. It is one of six schools—the others are Gonzaga, Houston, Kansas, Michigan State and Purdue—with active streak of at least six.
• The Vols have earned a top-five seed in all six NCAA Tournament trips under Rick Barnes after they did so six times total before his arrival. UT is a top-three seed for the sixth time, including the fourth under Barnes, and a No. 2 seed for the fourth time, half under Barnes.
• Dalton Knecht's 25.5 ppg scoring average in SEC action led all DI players in league play and marked the second-best figure in the SEC over the last 22 years (2002-24).
• Santiago Vescovi (209) is two steals shy of the program's all- time record (211) held by Vincent Yarbrough (1998-2002).
• Dalton Knecht is 24 points from becoming the fourth Vol (fifth instance) with 700 in a season. Zakai Zeigler needs 13 assists to be the fourth at UT with 200 in a campaign. Jonas Aidoo is three offensive rebounds away from being the fourth Vol (fifth instance) with 100 in a year.
• The next victory for Rick Barnes, a finalist for the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award, will be his 200th overall at UT. He would be the 19th in Division I history to achieve that feat, including the ninth active coach to do so.
• Dalton Knecht is the 10th Vol— 13th honor in 14 seasons—to win SEC Player of the Year. He is the fourth UT player to earn consensus First Team All-America status, joining Grant Williams (2018-19), Dale Ellis (1982-83) and Bernard King (1976-77). He is also the eighth ex-JuCo player to claim the latter honor and first since UNLV's Larry Johnson (1990-91).
 
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RACKING UP RANKED VICTORIES

• In the past four years (2020-24), Tennessee leads all SEC teams with 21 AP top-25 wins, good for six more than any other SEC program (Alabama has 15). That tally ties Purdue for fourth in the country.
• In that same four-year span, UT also leads the SEC in wins over teams in the AP top 20, top 15, top 10 and top five. Its 19 top-20 wins rank fourth nationally and 16 top-15 victories place third. Its eight top-10 triumphs sit co-sixth alongside Connecticut, North Carolina, Purdue and Texas, while its five top-five wins match Arizona, Gonzaga and Michigan State for the most in the nation.
• The eight AP top-10 triumphs during that time are: #1 Alabama (2/15/23), #3 Kansas (11/25/22), #3 Auburn (2/26/22), #4 Kentucky (2/15/22), #5 Kentucky (3/12/22), #6 Arizona (12/22/21), #10 Texas (1/28/23) and at #10 Kentucky (2/3/24).
• Over the last four seasons (2020-24), UT has played 36 games against AP top-25 opponents, the most in the league, posting a 21-15 (.583) ledger. The Vols are the only SEC team, regardless of number of games, with a winning record against ranked foes during that span. Auburn is a a distant second with a .478 (11-12) mark.
• Tennessee (36), Alabama (34) and Arkansas (34) are the only SEC teams to play over 30 ranked foes since the start of the 2020-21 campaign.
 
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Illinoisvolfan2 said:
We win but do we cover (-21.5)??
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St. Peter’s is a defensive minded, slow tempo team. They will 100% try to slow the game down to a crawl and score in the paint. They are pretty good on the offensive glass and will try to bang the boards and muck this game up. However, St. Peter’s is almost dead last in the country in Effective Field Goal Percentage (359th out of 362) and are just as bad in Adjusted Offensive Efficiency (306th out of 362).

If the Vols establish their pace, this will be a rout. Their defensive metrics are pretty good but I think they’re a little inflated. Playing bad teams and forcing bad teams to operate efficiently in the half court due to their snails pace is where they grind the games away to a win. I don’t see them being able to do any of that to us, at all for that matter.
 
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I like our chances in an up-tempo game, but given our defense and their poor offensive efficiency, I also like our chances in a slow half-court game (just with a lower score)
 
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I may be wrong, and I often am, but after that last showing I have the suspicion that Tennessee is gonna shoot out the gates like a hungry man busting down the doors at the Golden Corral - and St. Peter's is a big ol' tray of buffet chicken wings.

In other words, the Peacocks are about to get devoured. Ravaged. Demolished. Annihilated.
 
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Upset special right here. Our boys better be ready tomm, and Barnes has lost as a 2 seed to a 15 before
 
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NEWS & NOTES

• Tennessee won the SEC regular season crown for the 11th time, notching its sixth outright title.
• The Vols are 25-26 all-time in 25 NCAA Tournament trips, including 16-9 in their opening games, 6-5 under Rick Barnes, 5-3 as a No. 2 seed, 3-0 against No. 15 seeds, 6-7 in North Carolina and 2-4 in Charlotte. More info on Pages 8-9.
• This is UT's sixth straight NCAA Tournament trip, matching the longest streak (2006-11) in program history. It is one of six schools—the others are Gonzaga, Houston, Kansas, Michigan State and Purdue—with active streak of at least six.
• The Vols have earned a top-five seed in all six NCAA Tournament trips under Rick Barnes after they did so six times total before his arrival. UT is a top-three seed for the sixth time, including the fourth under Barnes, and a No. 2 seed for the fourth time, half under Barnes.
• Dalton Knecht's 25.5 ppg scoring average in SEC action led all DI players in league play and marked the second-best figure in the SEC over the last 22 years (2002-24).
• Santiago Vescovi (209) is two steals shy of the program's all- time record (211) held by Vincent Yarbrough (1998-2002).
• Dalton Knecht is 24 points from becoming the fourth Vol (fifth instance) with 700 in a season. Zakai Zeigler needs 13 assists to be the fourth at UT with 200 in a campaign. Jonas Aidoo is three offensive rebounds away from being the fourth Vol (fifth instance) with 100 in a year.
• The next victory for Rick Barnes, a finalist for the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award, will be his 200th overall at UT. He would be the 19th in Division I history to achieve that feat, including the ninth active coach to do so.
• Dalton Knecht is the 10th Vol— 13th honor in 14 seasons—to win SEC Player of the Year. He is the fourth UT player to earn consensus First Team All-America status, joining Grant Williams (2018-19), Dale Ellis (1982-83) and Bernard King (1976-77). He is also the eighth ex-JuCo player to claim the latter honor and first since UNLV's Larry Johnson (1990-91).
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Tennessee has 12 regular season SEC championships now. I’ve seen 11 reported a few times. But the list is here. It’s 12, which is good for 2nd all-time (by ourselves).

List of Southeastern Conference men's basketball champions - Wikipedia

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