The Official #8 Tennessee @ South Carolina Game Thread, 3:30 PM ET, SEC Network

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#8 Tennessee Volunteers: 12-2 (2-0 SEC)
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South Carolina Gamecocks: 7-7 (0-1 SEC)
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GAME 15 | TENNESSEE at SOUTH CAROLINA - Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023 | 3:31 p.m. ET | Columbia, S.C. | Colonial Life Arena (18,600)

Line: UT -17
O/U: 126.5

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South Carolina Game Notes

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THE SERIES

• Tennessee leads its all-time series with South Carolina, 50-28, dating to 1927.
• The series is deadlocked, 17-17, when contested in Columbia, where UT has won 10 of the last 12.
• The Vols swept the home-and-home series last season, winning the two games by an average of 22 points.
• Saturday's game is a homecoming for two Vols. For freshman Julian Phillips, it is the Blythewood native's first collegiate game in his home state. Senior Josiah-Jordan James is a native of Charleston.
• In two career games at South Carolina, James is averaging 14.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 blocks per game.
• Rick Barnes spent four years in The Palmetto State as the head coach at Clemson from 1994-98. He was a perfect 4-0 against the Gamecocks during that tenure.
• First-year Gamecocks head coach Lamont Paris spent the previous five seasons employed by the UT System, leading the program at UT Chattanooga.
• Paris brought his Mocs squad to Knoxville on Nov. 25, 2019, and the Vols posted a 58-46 victory.
 
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SCOUTING REPORT

• Tennessee ranks among the top 10 nationally in seven different stat categories—and top-five in five of those categories.
• A Tennessee win Saturday would give the Vols their first 3-0 start to SEC play since 2018-19.
• Tennessee has won 23 of its last 30 games against SEC opponents. That's a .767 win percentage.
• Senior guard Santiago Vescovi shot an uncharacteristic .278 from 3-point range through UT's first 11 games (22 of 79). But over the last three games, he is shooting .600 from long range (12 of 20).
• Tennessee's leader in field-goal percentage (.652) among rotation players, senior Uroš Plavšić has made 24 of his last 31 shot attempts.
• UT's bench is giving the Vols 25.5 points per game despite the squad being regularly shorthanded.
• During the Rick Barnes era (2015-present), Tennessee has now made 32 appearances in the top 10 of the AP Top 25.
 
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THE NATION'S BEST DEFENSE

• For the sixth straight week, the Volunteers own the best adjusted defensive efficiency in the country per KenPom, allowing only 80.6 points per 100 possessions.
• Tennessee owns the best 3-point defense in Division I (.212) and the second-best overall field-goal percentage defense (.337).
• In 14 games, Tennessee opponents have managed to make only 66 3-pointers—just 4.7 per game.
• Eight times this season, the Vols have held their opponents to 50 points or less. Tennessee has now done that 28 times during the Barnes era (2015-present).
• Only two opposing players have scored 20 or more points against the Vols this season.
• Tennessee trailed at the break only once this season and is outscoring its opponents 35.8 ppg to 24.1 ppg (+11.7 ppg) in first-half action.
• The Vols have nabbed 10 or more steals in nine games this season. Only Morgan State (10) has had more 10-steal outings.
 
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ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA

• South Carolina (7-7, 0-1 SEC) opened its conference schedule Tuesday at Vanderbilt, falling to the Commodores in overtime, 84-79.
• The Gamecocks are currently ranked No. 255 in the NET rankings and prior to Saturday's matchup with Tennessee, have faced just one Quadrant I opponent—an 84-70 loss at UAB on Dec. 14.
• South Carolina is undefeated at home this season, having posted a 6-0 record at Colonial Life Arena—highlighted by a win over rival Clemson on Nov. 11.
• Lamont Paris is in his first season at the helm of the South Carolina program after serving as Chattanooga's head coach for five years (2017-22) and an assistant at Wisconsin for seven seasons (2010-17).
• South Carolina's roster is highlighted by freshman forward Gregory "GG" Jackson II, who leads the Gamecocks in points (16.9 ppg) and rebounds (7.5 rpg) so far this season. Jackson was the consensus No. 1 player in the nation in the Class of 2023 before reclassifying in late July to become a part of the Class of 2022.
• Upon reclassification, Jackson finished ranked as the No. 6 player in the nation in the final 247Sports Class of 2022 rankings. He is the highest-ranked incoming freshman in program history.
• Jackson is the only freshman in the nation to score in double figures during every one of his team's games this season. He has scored 20 or more points in five games.
• This season's South Carolina roster features just six total returning players from last season. Four freshmen and four transfers joined the new-look Gamecocks this season.
• South Carolina freshman Eli Sparkman is a native of Cleveland, Tennessee, and a graduate of The Baylor School.
 
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I wonder if basketball does or will have the portal available to them like football? Does anyone know?
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Different sports, but I hope our basketball team lays the absolute wood to the Lamecocks today in front of their home crowd. No mercy after football season. I want a literal blood bath.
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I was pretty sure we would beat the chicken worshipers in football. It was a shock. For that reason, I’m a bit nervous today. I do believe we win, but sports is sports and we can expect the unexpected on occasion.
 
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cardvolfan said:
I was pretty sure we would beat the chicken worshipers in football. It was a shock. For that reason, I’m a bit nervous today. I do believe we win, but sports is sports and we can expect the unexpected on occasion.
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I’m always nervous with road games. I think it will be a close game for at least the entire first half.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Him and Meechie are really the only two players worth anything on their roster.
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I could look foolish but guards don’t worry me too much, we are so good there defensively and have depth to throw at them…a dominating big man worries me a bit, especially lottery pick types.
 
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Vols are 17.5 point favorites, a little too high, imo. Vols 70, Cocks 57
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Analytics have it closer to 20 point favorites which is wild for road conference game
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Yeah, that is wild, seems like their weaknesses play right into our strengths. Still, won't bet it at -17.5 and there's no way I'm taking the Cocks (the sounds dirty). So I'm not touching this game
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I’m always nervous with road games. I think it will be a close game for at least the entire first half.
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Yep. Get us out of TBA and sometimes it wreaks havoc with the shooting. That's the real benefit of our defense. As they say....defense travels. My hope is that we can rest JJJ in this one, but the memory of Colorado is still hanging nearby. Won't take any game for granted especially a conference game on the road.
 
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