Alabama’s Loss Opens the Door for Tennessee’s Outright SEC Championship
With Florida’s win over No. 16 Alabama on Tuesday night in Gainesville, the door to Tennessee’s outright SEC regular season title is within reach for Rick Barnes and the Volunteers. Alabama’s loss means that Tennessee can clinch sole possession of the SEC regular season title with a win over No. 17 South Carolina on Wednesday […]
Looks Like Alabama’s Security Didn’t Need the Court Storming Practice After All
Court storming. Should it be banned? Should it continue with new rules? Left as it is? Does Jay Bilas still want students arrested for stepping on the court? While the discussion has been dying down a little bit in the last few days, the court-storming conversation has been circulating the sports media world and on […]
RTI Instant Reaction: Breaking Down Tennessee Basketball’s Win Over Texas A&M
Tennessee basketball avenged its loss in College Station two weeks ago by dominating Texas A&M 86-51 on Saturday night in Knoxville. The game was tight for the first 15 minutes before Tennessee took control of the game with a 25-8 run in the nine minutes around the intermission. Tennessee never looked back from there putting […]
Tennessee Basketball Tied Atop SEC Standings With Two Weeks Remaining
With two weeks remaining in the regular season, Tennessee basketball is tied atop the SEC standings with Alabama at 11-3. The Crimson Tide fell to Kentucky 117-95 in Rupp Arena on Saturday afternoon while Tennessee knocked off Texas A&M 86-51 in Knoxville to avenge its loss against the Aggies in College Station two weeks prior. […]
Kentucky Stuns Alabama With 117 Points in Win, Opportunity Opens for Tennessee
Alabama’s loss to Kentucky on Saturday afternoon in Rupp Arena opens the door for Tennessee to take the driver’s seat in the SEC standings. The Wildcats nearly hit 120 points in regulation with a 117-95 win over the Crimson Tide in Lexington. Kentucky freshman Justin Edwards scored a career-high 28 points while the Wildcats also […]
Where Tennessee Basketball Stands In SEC Championship Race With Three Weeks Remaining
Saturday was a key day in SEC basketball and particularly in the conference championship race. LSU overcame a massive second half deficit to upset South Carolina in Columbia while Kentucky pulled out its best win of the season by leading wire-to-wire in an upset at Auburn. The Gamecocks and Tigers losses combined with Tennessee’s blowout […]
What’s On Tap for SEC Basketball This Weekend
A small handful of rivalry games shape the weekend basketball slate for the Southeastern Conference. All 14 SEC teams will be in action this weekend including all five on the conference’s ranked teams. Texas A&M will travel to Tuscaloosa to take on No. 15 Alabama in the first game of the Saturday SEC schedule, taking […]
AP Rankings: Trio of SEC Teams Fall in the Latest Poll
After a week in which Tennessee defeated LSU in Knoxville and was knocked off by Texas A&M in College Station, the Vols fell two spots to No. 8 in the latest AP Top 25 poll from Monday, Feb. 12. Marquette and Arizona rose up and into the top five as North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kansas […]
Where the SEC Lands in Latest AP Poll and ESPN Power Rankings
Despite a loss to South Carolina to start the week, Tennessee’s 103-92 win over then-No. 10 Kentucky cemented Rick Barnes’ Volunteers as the top team in the conference moving forward. The Vols have two unranked conference losses to South Carolina and Mississippi State but have dominant wins over Ole Miss, Florida, and Alabama with impressive […]
What’s On Tap For Saturday SEC Basketball Action?
All 14 of the Southeastern Conference men’s basketball teams will be in action around the country on Saturday. Auburn and Alabama lead the conference standings with a 5-1 SEC record with Tennessee closely behind at 4-1 in conference play. South Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia follow behind with a 4-2 SEC record. Florida will host Georgia […]
