The Official #12 Tennessee vs. Colorado Game Thread, 6:00 PM ET, SEC Network+

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#12 Tennessee Volunteers: 0-0 (0-0 SEC)

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Colorado Buffalos: 2-0 (0-0 PAC-12)

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GAME 3: Tennessee, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn

Line: UT -5.5
O/U: 136.5

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Colorado Game Notes

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THE SERIES

• UT leads its all-time series with Colorado, 2-0, dating to 1980. The programs have not met since 1981.
• Colorado head coach Tad Boyle was Tennessee's director of basketball operations under head coach Jerry Green during the 1997-98 season. That team finished 20-9 and earned an NCAA Tournament berth.
• Second-year UT assistant coach Kim English was an assistant coach on Boyle's staff at Colorado for two seasons from 2017-19. During that span, the Buffaloes posted a 40-28 record. English helped recruit and develop several players on this year's CU roster.
 
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LAYUP LINES

• Tennessee, ranked No. 12 in the AP poll and No. 16 in the coaches poll, enters Tuesday's matchup with a 30-3 all-time record in season-openers at Thompson-Boling Arena.
• This is Tennessee's 34th season in Thompson-Boling Arena.
• Thompson-Boling Arena will be at close to 18 percent capacity this season. See note on Page 3.
• Given the reduced capacity, all 16 Tennessee home games are sold out and no ticket inventory remains.
• A preseason media poll predicted Tennessee to win this year's SEC championship.
• Seniors John Fulkerson and Yves Pons were both named to the Wooden Award preseason top-50 watch list. Pons also earned a spot on the preseason watch list for the Naismith Trophy College Player of the Year.
• Sixth-year head coach Rick Barnes has already recruited and developed four Vols who have progressed to the NBA. That includes one four-star, one three-star and two unranked prospects (per ESPN). Now, this season's Tennessee roster features three five-star prospects.
 
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ABOUT COLORADO

• Colorado (2-0) was picked seventh in the annual Pac-12 preseason poll.
• During the tenure of 11th-year head coach Tad Boyle, the Buffaloes have logged 19 wins over ranked opponents.
• Senior McKinley Wright IV was named to the preseason All-Pac-12 team, while junior Evan Battey earned honorable mention.
• Gifted guard Wright IV chose to return to Colorado after going through the 2020 NBA Draft process. Through two games, Wright is averaging 22.0 points per game and is shooting an impressive .643 from the field (18-28) while dishing out 5.0 assists per game.
• Wright's 10 assists so far this season leave him just 41 helpers away from breaking Colorado's all-time assist record, held by Jay Humphrey, who finished his career with 562.
• Off the bench, transfer Jeriah Horne has made an instant impact in his first season in Boulder. Through two games, he's the Buffs second-leading scorer with 10.0 points per game and the team's leading rebounder, grabbing 5.0 boards per game.
• Notable alumni of the University of Colorado include Spencer Silver, inventor of the Post-It note, and veteran ESPN broadcaster Chris Fowler.
 
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LONGEST LAYOFF IN 56 YEARS

• Tennessee was less than two hours from tipping off against Alabama at the SEC Tournament in Nashville when the college basketball world screeched to a halt on March 12. The Vols had last played on March 7, at Auburn.
• When the clock starts Tuesday for the Vols' season-opener vs. Colorado, 276 days will have elapsed between games for UT.
• That stands as the program's longest duration between games since 277 days elapsed between the end of the 1963-64 season (ended on Feb. 29, 1964) and the 1964-65 campaign (started on Dec. 2, 1964).
 
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Christian Lowe said:
yeah, that's the freshmen.. but because they're freshmen and haven't practiced, i think vegas is being cautious with us.
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Probably. It’ll be interesting to see how it goes.

The ESPN “experts” had Colorado picked 8th/9th out of 12 teams for what that’s worth
 
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To clarify, if we have SEC Network on our cable package and are logged in to ESPN without our TDS info, we should get SEC+ programming? I know that some of the ESPN (U, +, etc) content requires a subscription.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
To clarify, if we have SEC Network on our cable package and are logged in to ESPN without our TDS info, we should get SEC+ programming? I know that some of the ESPN (U, +, etc) content requires a subscription.
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See about 6 posts up.

If you get SEC Network with your cable/TV provider you have access to SEC Network+
 
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Put the ESPN App on your TV. Have ESPN+. U can watch on your TV. It’s simple
 
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Who's going to get the 1st dunk of the year? I say it's a fast break, JJJ to Keon, maybe even an old fashioned alley-oop!!
 
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