The Official #6 Tennessee vs. #19 Missouri Game Thread, 8:20 PM ET, SEC Network

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#6 Tennessee Volunteers: 10-2 (4-2 SEC)

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#19 Missouri Tigers: 9-2 (3-2 SEC)

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GAME 13 | TENNESSEE vs. MISSOURI - Jan. 23, 2021 | 8:30 p.m. ET | Thompson-Boling Arena (4,191)

Line: UT -8
O/U: 130.5

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Missouri Game Notes

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THE SERIES

• Tennessee leads its all-time series with Missouri 10-7, dating to 1961. The Volunteers own a 5-2 advantage when the series is contested in Knoxville and have won five straight over the Tigers on Rocky Top.
• The Volunteers have won four straight games against Mizzou—the longest win streak of the series by either team.
• Vols head coach Rick Barnes is 5-1 in head-to-head meetings against teams coached by Cuonzo Martin.
• Tennessee's 20-point win (73-53) at then-12th-ranked Missouri to open SEC play on Dec. 30 stands as UT's largest margin of victory on the road against a top-25 opponent in program history.
• Saturday's contest marks the second time in the series that both teams enter the game ranked.
 
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LAYUP LINES

• Freshman Jaden Springer missed the Florida game with an ankle injury suffered against Vanderbilt last Saturday.
• Tennessee leading scorer Victor Bailey Jr. is the son of a Mizzou gridiron great. See Bailey note below.
• Tennessee assistant coach Kim English was a 1,500-point scorer and an All-Big 12 performer during his collegiate playing career at Mizzou from 2008-12. The Tigers won 107 games during the NBA Draft pick's career. See English note below.
• Tennessee is No. 6 in the latest NCAA NET ratings, with wins over three teams in the top 40.
• The Vols are giving up a league-best 64.7 points per game in SEC play.
• Tennessee owns a +8.3 turnover margin during its home SEC games.
• During SEC play, only 6.3 points per game separate Tennessee's top seven scorers.
• In their two losses, the Vols shot .569 (29-51) from the free-throw line.
• Vols senior John Fulkerson has been named to the Wooden Award's Midseason Top-25 List.
 
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DEFENSE WINS

• Tennessee ranks sixth in the NCAA in scoring defense, allowing just 58.7 points per game.
• According to KenPom, the Vols rank second in the NCAA in adjusted defensive efficiency, allowing only 87.5 points per 100 possessions. College teams typically average close to 70 possessions per game.
• The Vols are forcing 17.1 turnovers per game while converting those turnovers into 18.8 points per game. Tennessee's turnover margin stands at +6.5 (third nationally).
• Tennessee has forced 10 of 12 opponents to turn the ball over on 20 percent or more of their possessions.
• Tennessee has yet to allow an opposing player to score 20 points this season.
• Reigning SEC Defensive Player of the Year Yves Pons has 17 blocks through UT's first six SEC games. Pons has 97 blocks in his last 43 games.
 
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ABOUT MISSOURI

• After beginning conference play with two tough losses to Tennessee and Mississippi State, Missouri experienced a team shutdown due to COVID-19 through the second week of January. When the Tigers returned, they responded with two conference victories over Texas A&M (68-52) and South Carolina (81-70). The Tigers currently sit at 9-2 overall and 3-2 in league action.
• The Tigers' 9-2 record ties the best 11-game start for Mizzou since the arrival of fourth-year head coach Cuonzo Martin in the spring of 2017.
• Through 11 games, Xavier Pinson has continued to be the glue for the Tigers in the backcourt, leading the team in both scoring and assists, pouring in 12.9 points per game and dishing out 3.4 helpers per contest. His assists average ranks ninth in the SEC.
• In the paint, senior Jeremiah Tilmon has been a beast on both the score sheet and the glass. Tilmon is currently averaging 12.0 points and a team-leading 8.0 rebounds. His eight rebounds per contest rank fifth in the SEC. In conference play, he's pulling in 8.2 rebounds per night, which ranks third in the league.
• On the defensive end, the Tigers continue to be led by senior guard Dru Smith, who ranks second in the SEC in steals with 1.9 takeaways per night. In league action, he's creating turnovers at a similar rate, nabbing 2.0 per game through five SEC contests. He also ranks second on the team in scoring (12.1 ppg).
• The University of Missouri was established in 1839 when the state legislature passed the Geyer Act to establish funds for a state university. The citizens of Columbia and Boone County pledged more than $100,000 in cash and land to win the location of the university, making UM the first public university west of the Mississippi River.
 
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Enjoy our #6 ranking while it's still there!

Hopefully, we can recover some of our shine tonight!

Vols 62-54
 
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Yep........hate losing to the lizards out of any team in the country......but hopefully that game wakes us up and we come out play lights out.
 
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I hope DW is taking notes to send to the SEC Office about constant fouling cheap shots on John Fulkerson to get the refs back in line!
 
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This will be a low scoring physical game where Tennessee needs to out rebound or stay even with Missouri on the backboards.

The ball needs to go to Fulkerson and Pons inside to get Tillman in foul trouble.

Bailey needs to be more of a distributor than shooter tonight.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
This is a must win; we lose this the season is over and Barnes should be fired because he's terrible.

Am I doing it right?
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Lack of blue font notwithstanding... I think you nailed it!

The only way you could have improved it would've been with an emoji spray of Jack-laced spittle on your screen.

Oh. And at least five words in ALL CAPS.
 
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Game plan..1) ball goes through our hoop more than theirs, 2) defense to the max without Pons and Fulkerson getting called for any fouls, and 3) please, a little luck, no more forgetting what got you here.
 
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Go Vols.
really hope the distractions of the week are gone and Springer is back.

I think we win 68-59

let’s go!!!
 
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