The Official Tennessee vs. Texas A&M Game Thread, 1:00pm ET, FSN

[YankeeVol]

Tennessee Volunteers: 12-5 (4-1 SEC)

vs.


Texas A&M Aggies: 12-5 (3-2 SEC)

1:00 PM ET, January 24, 2015
Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee


Line: UT -4
O/U:


TV: Fox Sports Net
Radio: Vol Network
Satellite Radio: N/A
Online: WatchESPN

 

[YankeeVol]

Tennessee's strength-of-schedule ranks 14th nationally according to ESPN's BPI. Tennessee's official NCAA RPI is 40th, as of Thursday.

Armani Moore is the reigning SEC Player of the Week.

A win Saturday over Texas A&M would give Tennessee its best start through six SEC games since it went 5-1 in 2008 and won the league title, finishing 14-2.

The Vols are 8-0 this season when 1,000-point scorer Josh Richardson makes multiple 3-pointers.

Over the last three seasons (dating to start of 2012-13), Donnie Tyndall's teams are 35-2 in regular-season home games (27-1 at Southern Miss; 8-1 at Tennessee).

Over the past three seasons, Donnie Tyndall's teams own a .784 winning percentage in regular-season league games (29-8).

 

[YankeeVol]

Overall: Tennessee leads, 5-3

In Knoxville: UT leads, 3-1

In College Station: Texas A&M leads, 2-1

Neutral Sites: UT leads, 1-0

Current Streak: Texas A&M has won two

Last Meeting: Texas A&M won in OT, 68-65, in College Station 2/22/14

Tyndall vs. Kennedy: Kennedy leads, 8-3

 

[YankeeVol]

Give Tennessee its best start through six SEC games since it went 5-1 in 2008 and won the league title, finishing 14-2.

Extend UT’s current win streak to four games (it’s first fourgame win streak in SEC play since the final four games of regular-season league play last year).

Give Donnie Tyndall his 100th regular-season conference win as a head coach.

 

[calban]

Team stats couldn't get much closer:

Compare College Basketball Teams - StatSheet.com

 

[ScornedPapaVol]

Gig 'em Vols!

 

[volbeast33]

Team stats couldn't get much closer:

Compare College Basketball Teams - StatSheet.com

Yeah going to be a tough one today....huge game

 

[calban]

Yeah going to be a tough one today....huge game

Nail biter and it would appear that Kennedy knows how to attack Donnie's defense. 8-3 Kndy

 

[SamQB7]

Rocky Top! Whooooo!

 

[volbeast33]

Nail biter and it would appear that Kennedy knows how to attack Donnie's defense. 8-3 Kndy

Let's hope it was team talent and not beating the defense lol

 

[daniel 85]

vols by 13

 

[coachwgh]

Kennedy can coach but I don't know that the 8-3 record makes me nervous. I would have to pull up all the games. I am guessing that mostly happened within the KY border and were close ones. This team continues to fight and claw and make plays. I know this will be a tough one but it is hard not to have a lot of confidence in our guys to win this one. The anticipation in the 1/2 ct zone is impressive when the right unit is on the floor. Stay positive, stay orange...GBO!

 

[508mikey]

in the pic of Josh Richardson YV posted above it sure doesnt look like he is wearing Adidas shoes

 

[Caculator]

Going to enjoy another team effort on D and O!

 

[vol_4_life14]

Lets go vols, big game

 

[vol_4_life14]

Do you guys know what Texas A&M's RPI and SOS is?

 

[GatorsGators]

do you guys know what texas a&m's rpi and sos is?

rpi - 51, sos - 52

 

[Christian Lowe]

Idk how to feel about this one. Fihired it'd be a win until the Tyndall firing stuff started back up.

 

[vol_4_life14]

I think Josh Richardson and Armani Moore both have at least 15.

 

[Dave1967]

Tennessee wins by 8. Josh Richardson has 21 and Armani Moore 19.

 

[vol_4_life14]

I think Armani has another double-double.

 

[the_great_pumpkin]

Rocky Top! Whooooo!

Lake City ?

 

[GBO18]

Waiting for Catbone's prediction....

 

[Volunteer country]

Game day! Be huge to get this win as we play at arky on Tuesday so that will be a very tough game! So we need to get the win today! Go Vols!!!

 

[Ace]

House for A&M worries me. He is a scorer Can get his own shot. Anyways, Go Vols!!!