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Posted: Mon, March 18th, 2024, 10:07 PM • Permalink
NCAA Tournament Tuesday!





Tennessee's round of 32 opponent could be in action tonight as Virginia and Colorado State face off in Dayton. Virginia is the squad to cheer for as Colorado State (believe it or not) has the ability to get downhill on Tennessee's backcourt. Colorado State might in fact be the most dangerous opponent Tennessee could face on Saturday. Then again, if they get to the Vols they'd be playing their 3rd game in 5 days. On the other hand, we've seen teams like Colorado State shoot out of the play in game and go all the way to the Elite 8.


Rams PG Isaiah Stephens is a really nice player. Colorado State lost 4-6 to land here and were the last team in but they're dangerous. Colorado State SMACKED Creighton by 21 back in November to show you the potential timbre of their team. They also have a win over Colorado as well. Tennessee would be favored by 6.5 if the Rams got there.


Virginia would be a sweet draw for Tennessee on Saturday as they would make Kevin O'Neill blush with the way they play offense. I don't want to say that anything in the second round would be a walkover but if Tennessee could square off with Virginia in Charlotte Saturday they'd be onto Detroit Rock City ... Book it!!!! The Cavs just can't score on offense and they're capable of getting blown out. Duke beat them 73-48. Va Tech beat them 75-41, Wake whacked them 66-47. If you can score in the 70's, they're getting hammered. Wisconsin held them to 41 points. Can you imagine watching that? They can drag teams into the mud. They play the slowest tempo in the country with 61 possessions per game. They're like South Carolina but worse. Just a horrendous style of play. Horrendous. The scary thing about playing them is that they can pull you into their nonsense. Their goal is to get up 8 points on you and literally take the air out of the ball. They are unwatchable.


Virginia & Colorado State get us prepared to stay up late for the Vols as they tip at 9:10 tonight.


Of the 3 possible teams Tennessee could play, they're by far the fastest tempo team of the bunch from what could come out of that side of the bracket. St. Peter's plays really slowly and really isn't worth discussing.


Would The Real Vols Please Stand Up! They were 54% from 2 in the first 27 games which is excellent. In fact during the first 27 games Tennessee was 18th in offense.


Down the stretch the Vols are shooting 42% on 2 pointers in their final 5 games. This is 338th nationally.


Since the start of the gauntlet the day of the Auburn game Tennessee is 102nd in offense.


This will obviously normalize. You just hope it's in the next 2-3 games. If it doesn't the Vols won't live to tell about it.


It's the worst 5 game stretch of 2 point shooting since Barnes's first season after Kevin Punter got hurt.


Vols Went 10-7 Vs The NCAA Tournament field. This team is prepared for anything. Which could be the absolute problem. But only certain teams know how to run at the Vols.


Jerry Palm Joins Today And He Doesn't Believe In NCAA Fixes Matchups In Tournament ... Yet: Texas A&M is playing Nebraska in both men's and women's tournament. Nebraska AD Trev Alberts just left for Texas A&M. Special assist Maury Hanks for coming up with that.


Texas is in Tennessee's path in the NCAA Tournament.


Creighton & Oregon are grouped together and Oregon's Dana Altman coached there right before McDermott who's currently there. Coincidence?


ZZ Stops? ZZ and his little bigger brother are facing each other in the first round. Did that just happen blindly?


Tennessee Baseball Report Presented By TLD Logistics (@Drive4TLD):
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Baseball Vols Lose Series At Alabama: 'Disappointing weekend for Tennessee baseball as they saw their winning streak come to an end and ultimately lost the series at Alabama.


Evenly played 3-game series but the Crimson Tide had more timely hits and didn’t let their mistakes cost them in the final two games after the Volunteers won game one.


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Friday

Tennessee hit three home runs and got another solid start from AJ Causey to take the opening game, 11-3.


The Vols scored one run in the top of the 1st on a walk with the bases loaded.


Alabama responded with back-to-back solo home runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 2-1 lead.


Dylan Dreiling and Blake Burke each hit 2-run home runs in the 3rd and 4th innings to give the Vols a 5-1 lead. Tennessee then added three runs in the 5th on RBI hits by Cannon Peebles and Dalton Bargo.


Kavares Tears’ 2-run home run in the 6th inning to make it 10-1.


The Vols added a run on a wild pitch in the 8th inning while Bama hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 9th.


After giving up the two 1st inning home runs, Causey gave up four home hits — all singles — during his 6.2 innings of work. He struck out eight and walked just one to earn his 4th win of the season.


Saturday
The Tide led 6-0 after three innings and held on to win 6-3.



Tennessee left nine runners on base and were 0-of-7 at the plate with runners in scoring position.



A leadoff double in the bottom of the 1st came around to score to give the home team an early 1-0 lead.

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Christian Moore couldn’t cleanly field a grounder up the middle that would’ve ended the 2nd inning. Instead, the next batter tripled off the wall in right centerfield and scored on a throwing error by Moore to put the Vols in an early 3-0 deficit.


The 2-out bad luck for Tennessee starter Drew Beam in the 3rd inning as well. He took a line drive off his right foot. After a walk, a 2-out, 2-strike poke got past Blake Burke down the 1st base line and scored one. After another walk, a single to left field brought two more runs home to give Bama the 6-0 lead.


Robin Villeneuve hit a solo home run to left center field in the top of the 4th to get the Vols on the board.


Moore hit a moonshot well over the scoreboard in left field in the top of the 7th to make it a 6-2 game.


Billy Amick scored in the 8th inning on a Dylan Dreiling fielder’s choice ground ball to shortstop but Kavares Tears was thrown out at 3rd base on the play, the 2nd time the Vols ran into an out at 3rd in the game.


The Vols brought the tying run to the plate with two outs in the top of the 9th but Amick popped out 3rd to tie the series.


Beam went the distance, getting the rare complete game loss. Five of the six runs he allowed were earned. He gave up eight hits while striking out six and walking two.


Sunday

AJ Russell started for the Vols, making his first appearance since the second weekend of the season.


He only pitched two innings but his return should help solidify the weekend rotation for the Vols.


Russell gave up a single to lead off the bottom of the 1st and that runner eventually scored after a balk and an RBI single.


With bases loaded and two outs in the top of the 3rd, Dylan Dreiling cleared the bases with a double to the left-center field gap to give Tennessee a 3-1 lead.


Robin Veillenuve made it back-to-back doubles and brought Dreiling home to make it 4-1.


Bama responded with two runs in the bottom of the 3rd and a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the 4th to tie it at 4-4.


After back-to-back 1-out hits by Blake Burke and Billy Amick in the top of the 7th, Kavares Tears’s groundout to the right side scored one to give the Vols a 5-4 lead.


But a 2-out, 3-run no-doubt home run in the bottom of the 8th off Nate Snead gave Bama a 7-5 lead.


Tennessee would load the bases in the 9th and scored a run on a walk but Villeneuve struck out on three pitches to end it.


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The Vols return to Lindsey Nelson Stadium for an 8-game home stand, beginning with Xavier tonight.


Tennessee hosts Ole Miss this weekend and Georgia next weekend with a midweek game vs Tennessee Tech on Tuesday, March 26th in-between.


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Random musings as the Basketball Vols end up in the Midwest Region and the Baseball Vols blow a series win on the road:

NOT A BAD DRAW ... For Rick Barnes as a #2 seed in the Midwest Region and being sent to Charlotte for rounds 1 and 2. The Volunteers should handle Saint Peter's on Thursday and then face an interesting array of possibilities as an opponent in round 2. The chalk will say Texas in round 2 but the winner of Virginia/Colorado State in the First Four game will be a live dog against the Longhorns.


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BASKETBALL VOLS BLOW A TIRE AT BRIDGESTONE ... Call me crazy, but I'm glad Chris Jans' State Bulldog team is in the West Region ... The Bullies bullied the Tennessee Vols in a Friday matinee at the Bridgestone Arena on Broadway. The damage from the decisive loss included a fall from a possible 1-seed in the West Region to the 2-seed in the Midwest but it remains to be seen if that is worse. Rick Barnes' team served up a bad performance to the thousands of Vols fans who showed up to cheer on the SEC champions but all will be forgotten and forgiven if the Large Orange advances this weekend.


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PAIN IN THE PAINT ... We've talked this season about the real achilles of this Tennessee team and it is inside depth. Barnes and his staff found a great offensive solution in free agency in Dalton Knecht but failed to replace Olivier Nkamhoua after running him off to Michigan, where he was a walking double/double this season. J.P. Estrella is a nice prospect but wasn't and isn't ready to battle hairy-chested men like Mississippi State has. Tobe Awaka is limited and Jonas Aidoo tends to get outmuscled in matchups like we saw on Friday. Even Plavvy could have been of some use against State.


THE FIGHTING VOLTELLOS ... Dropped an SEC opening series on the road at Alabama. Friday saw the offense hammer home an 11-3 win. Saturday saw a terrible start and missed opportunities to overcome an early 6-0 deficit and lose 6-3. Sunday saw the encouraging sign of A.J. Russell throwing 40 pitches in two innings and yielding one run. The culprit Sunday was two-headed: Alabama's bullpen outperformed the Vols and so did their hitters in clutch situations. Not a disaster at all to get one of three on the road to begin the season. Ole Miss comes to The Lindsey next weekend.


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FB COACHES CONTRACTS REVEALED ... One of Doctor Danny's quirks is he likes to hold coaching contract info until releasing it in a big glob but Volquest beat him to the punch on Friday by getting access to new deals on Josh Heupel's staff. The most notable is Willie Martinez only getting a one-year deal. The next step for Tennessee's defense is improved secondary play and for sure at cornerback, which is Martinez' responsibility. The 2024 Vol roster has some new players in the mix in the secondary as spring practice starts today.


LADY VOL ROUNDUP ... Kellie Harper's 6th-seeded Lady Vols are being sent to Raleigh to play #11 Green Bay. If they get past the Phoenix, they'll play 3-seed NC State for a chance to advance to the Sweet 16. Charlie Creme on ESPN proclaimed the Lady Vols as a team to watch! How about that? Karen Weekly's 9th-ranked softball team got off to a good start in the league sweeping #11 Missouri.


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