Tennessee Basketball will compete for a spot in the Final Four during Sunday’s Elite Eight matchup against Michigan. The 6-seed Vols and the 1-seed Wolverines will square off at 2:15 p.m. ET from the United Center in Chicago, IL.
The Volunteers reached this spot in the tournament with three straight wins over 11-seed Miami (OH), 3-seed Virginia, and 2-seed Iowa State. The Wolverines, meanwhile, earned a spot in the Elite Eight by beating 16-seed Howard, 9-seed St. Louis, and 4-seed Alabama. According to ESPN, Michigan is the third team in Big Ten history to average 95 PPG through its first three NCAA Tournament games.
Michigan enters Sunday’s Elite Eight game as the strong point favorite over Tennessee. The over/under for the game is set at points.
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The Wolverines are no joke, most recently coming off a 13-point win over Alabama in the Sweet 16 from Chicago. KenPom ranks Michigan as the second-best analytical team in the nation, with the league’s second-rated defense and the sixth-ranked offense. The Wolverines are led by star player Yaxel Lendeborg, who leads his team with 14.9 points and 7.0 rebounds per game.
Tennessee has reached this point in the tournament by physical play, elite rebounding, and balanced production. Ja’Kobi Gillespie and Nate Ament have been the Vols’ go-to scorers, but Tennessee has really benefitted from some big stretches from Bishop Boswell, Felix Okpara, and Jaylen Carey at times in the tournament. Star power is going to be important to knock off a team as well-rounded as Michigan, but the Vols are going to need help from every direction in order to get it done.
(1) Michigan and (6) Tennessee will square off at 2:15 p.m. ET on Sunday afternoon in the United Center. The winner will punch its ticket to the Final Four to take on 1-seed Arizona for a spot in the championship game.
