An Overview Of SEC Basketball On The Eve Of Conference Play
Tennessee basketball is a day away from opening up SEC play against unbeaten Ole Miss at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center. It’s a loaded Southeastern Conference this season with nine-teams projected to make the NCAA Tournament in ESPN Joe Lunardi’s most recent bracketology update. Here’s a quick overview on the SEC with conference play […]
Will Greg Sankey Bring Football Championship Games to the State of Tennessee?
We already know that the SEC has a strong hoops relationship with Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena for the SEC Basketball Tournament. In fact, the Southeastern Conference announced an extended partnership with Bridgestone Arena in 2018 that would keep the SEC men’s or women’s basketball tournament in Nashville through the year 2035. And it makes sense why. […]
How the SEC Players Shook Out in the 2023 NBA Draft
The Southeastern Conference accounted for 10 of the 58 total picks at the 2023 NBA Draft on Thursday night in Brooklyn. Overall, the SEC claimed just under 20% of the league’s newest prospects by way of the NBA Draft. Arkansas led the way with three players being picked: Anthony Black, Nick Smith Jr., and Jordan […]
Wednesday Was A Good Day For Tennessee Basketball
Tennessee basketball received surprising and good news Wednesday afternoon when Josiah-Jordan James withdrew from the NBA Draft and announced he would return to Knoxville for his super senior season. It made for a good day for Tennessee basketball and we wrote about the move here and discussed the ramifications of the decision on the RTI […]
How Tennessee’s SEC Tournament Top-Half Path is the Favorable Route
As the No. 5 seed in this week’s upcoming SEC basketball tournament in Nashville, the Tennessee Volunteers and head coach Rick Barnes will be on the top half of the bracket moving forward, in line with the overall No. 1 seed of the tournament, Alabama. After Tennessee lost to Auburn in the regular season finale, […]
Ole Miss Basketball Mutually Parts Ways with Head Coach Kermit Davis
Ole Miss and head coach Kermit Davis have mutually agreed to part ways, according to an announcement from the Rebels’ basketball program on Friday morning. Davis, a former longtime coach at Middle Tennessee, had been with Ole Miss for the past five seasons, starting in 2018. Kermit Davis ends his time with the Rebels with […]
Analyzing Tennessee Basketball’s Path To A Double Bye In SEC Tournament
There’s five games remaining in the college basketball regular season and after No. 1 Alabama, the SEC race is extremely tight. Four teams get a double bye in the conference tournament and don’t have to play until Saturday. The 2018-19 Auburn team in the only school to win the SEC Tournament without receiving a double […]
Where SEC Basketball Stands in Previous Top 25 Rankings
We are a month into conference play in college basketball season, and Tennessee and Alabama seem to be the top two teams in the SEC. The two teams currently hold a 13-1 combined conference record, with Tennessee having the loss against Kentucky in Knoxville. Overall, Alabama is 17-2 and the Vols are 16-3. In the […]
Where the SEC Lands in Week Nine Basketball Rankings
The Jan. 3 edition of the AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll was officially released earlier this week with five Southeastern Conference teams making the cut. Alabama has jumped over Tennessee in the Top 10 as the Crimson Tide leads the conference with the No. 7 ranking in the country. The Vols, on the other […]
Where SEC Basketball Stands in Rankings as Conference Play Nears
It’s almost conference play time in basketball season now that the calendar year is drawing to a close. Through nearly two months of the 2022-2023 season, several SEC teams have played at a high level, with six southeastern squads cracking the latest edition of the AP Top 25 poll. Tennessee leads the group, coming in […]