VolNation member hatvol points out the importance of tonight’s basketball game vs. Vandy:
A good rule of thumb for having a successful conference season in basketball is: Win your home games, split your road games. That makes tomorrow night’s game, in my eyes, one of the key games of the season. There are three road games, Florida, Kentucky, and Arkansas that I am counting as probable losses. Therefore, to get 4 conference road wins, UT must win 4 of the remaining 5. Auburn should be an easy victory. Of the other 4, I think Vanderbilt is the game next in line of probability of a Vol win. If you let the game tomorrow night get away, it becomes difficult to see UT playing .500 ball on the road. That won’t doom the season entirely, but it will eliminate UT from contention for a conference title in short order.
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