The Official #5 Tennessee @ Missouri Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, SEC Network

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#5 Tennessee Volunteers: 19-6 (9-3 SEC)
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Missouri Tigers: 8-17 (0-12 SEC)
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GAME 26 | TENNESSEE at MISSOURI - Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024 | 7 p.m. ET | Columbia, Mo. | Mizzou Arena (15,061)


Line: UT -11.5
O/U: 148.5

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Mizzou Game Notes


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THE MATCHUP

• Since Missouri joined the SEC in 2012-13, Tennessee is 9-6 in the series, including 9-5 in league competition.
• The Volunteers are 1-3 in their last four outings versus Missouri after winning each of the prior four contests.
• Tennessee's last six wins over Missouri, from 2/18/17 to 2/22/22, all came by double digits, with half by 20-plus and an average margin of 17.5 ppg.
• Tennessee has won four straight road games against the Tigers and has not lost in Columbia, Mo., since 1/17/18.
• This is the ninth time Tennessee is ranked in its last 10 matchups with Missouri after it was not ranked in any of the first 12.
• After going 25-10 (11-7) and reaching the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 for the first time since 2010, Missouri was picked ninth in the SEC preseason poll.
• Graduate student guard Sean East II is leading the Tigers with 16.0 ppg and 4.2 apg this season.
• Dennis Gates is the only SEC coach Rick Barnes has never beat.
 
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NEWS & NOTES

• Tennessee assistant coaches Rod Clark (Kansas City) and Gregg Polinsky (St. Louis) are both Missouri natives, while UT freshmen Cameron Carr and Cade Phillips graduated together from Link Academy in Branson, Mo.
• Tennessee's next victory will be its 20th of the season. It would be the 30th such instance in program history, including the fifth in the last seven years under Rick Barnes. It would also be Barnes' 24th as a DI head coach, moving him into a tie for No. 13 on the all- time leaderboard alongside Jim Calhoun and Kelvin Sampson, the latter of whom he would match for fifth among active coaches.
• In the triumph over Vanderbilt, Santiago Vescovi became the 19th Volunteer to tally 1,500 career points. He currently has 196 steals, just two away from second place at UT and four from 200.
• Josiah-Jordan James' next point will make him the 40th Vol to reach 1,200. He is also three blocks away from 100, while Jonas Aidoo is just one away from 100. Only 17 UT players have previously hit 100.
 
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WINNING WAYS

• Over the last seven seasons, dating back to the start of the 2017-18 campaign, Tennessee paces all SEC teams in postseason wins (15), while co- leading the league in both total victories (163) and winning percentage (.721). In that span, the Vols have claimed a pair of SEC titles, winning the regular season in 2018 and the tournament in 2022.
• In that same seven-year stretch, the Vols are one of only two SEC schools with an overall winning percentage of at least .700, alongside Auburn (.721). The only other team above even .650 in that time is Kentucky (.6996).
• In SEC play over the same seven-year period, Tennessee (81-38; .681) is second in the league in both victories and winning percentage, trailing just Kentucky (82-37; .689). Only Auburn (77-44; .636) and Alabama (75-45; .625) even 70-plus wins.
• Over just the last three seasons (2021-24), UT owns a 71-25 (.740) overall record. That is good for the most victories and the best winning percentage of any SEC team in that span. Auburn (69-25; .734) ranks second in both categories.
 
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POLL PRESENCE

• Tennessee has played 192 games as a ranked team in the AP Poll under Rick Barnes, posting a stellar 143-49 (.745) record. Over 65.0 percent of the Volunteers' games since Barnes arrived in 2015-16 have come with the team ranked in the AP Poll.
• Furthermore, UT owns a 122-44 (.735) record while ranked in the AP top 20 during Barnes' tenure, a 91-31 (.746) mark while in the top 15, a 71-22 (.763) ledger while in the top 10, a 30-9 (.769) tally while in the top five, a 17-2 (.895) record while in the top three and a 7-1 (.875) mark while at No. 1.
• The Vols are 24-20 (.545) in top-25 matchups under Barnes, including 18-13 (.581) with both teams in the top 20, 10-7 (.588) with both in the top 15 and 7-5 (.583) with both in the top 10.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
The only game of the season I will not have been able to watch. Hope we can come out with a win tonight. Can’t overlook these guys even if they are winless in conference. They are going to be desperate for a win. Hope we are locked in from the jump.
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Reported for lack of commitment!
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Listening to Clark this AM, I don’t think the team is overlooking Missouri. They beat us twice last year & put us out of conference tournament. Most the same roster too…
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I did see ZZ was asked what he remembers about playing Missouri. And he said “Two losses.”

So hopefully they are hungry to beat them down in their own gym.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I did see ZZ was asked what he remembers about playing Missouri. And he said “Two losses.”

So hopefully they are hungry to beat them down in their own gym.
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JJJ missed the first game & had a bad game in tournament against them.

ZZ missed SECT game

Aidoo had 2 bad games against them, I am expecting him to go off a bit. Missouri has 3 7’ guys but none are as athletic, Shaw is probably their best big but only 6’8”

They play small ball usually with 4 players 6’6” or shorter on the court, I think DK could give them fits too.

A dangerous game though, road game against a team with 12 straight loses & nothing to lose. But I think the only thing the team is focused on is 0-2 against them last year & they were a VERY chirpy team.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
JJJ missed the first game & had a bad game in tournament against them.

ZZ missed SECT game

Aidoo had 2 bad games against them, I am expecting him to go off a bit. Missouri has 3 7’ guys but none are as athletic, Shaw is probably their best big but only 6’8”

They play small ball usually with 4 players 6’6” or shorter on the court, I think DK could give them fits too.

A dangerous game though, road game against a team with 12 straight loses & nothing to lose. But I think the only thing the team is focused on is 0-2 against them last year & they were a VERY chirpy team.
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Yep. I remember just how much crowing and chirping was going on both in our own gym and in the SECT. Our guys will hopefully remember that disrespect. Obviously not the same team as last year’s Mizzou squad. But some similar pieces.
 
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8-17 overall
0-12 in conference
Lost to Vanderbilt

All I need to know
Vols win easily.
Missouri stays within 10 in first half,then Vols pull away in 2nd half.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Listening to Clark this AM, I don’t think the team is overlooking Missouri. They beat us twice last year & put us out of conference tournament. Most the same roster too…
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They don't have their top 3 guys from last year which accounted for 40+ PPG. Those guys (Kobe Brown and Hodge especially) torched us last year. This should be a game where Aidoo feasts.
 
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Its kind of weird but they seem to catch everyones best game in the first 10 minutes on the road. Over the last 4 road games I would bet teams have shot 70% from 3 point range first 10. All they need to do is hit a few to keep pace until the home team cools off. The 0-fer performances will not win on the road in the SEC 0 for 10, 0 for 12. If they are ice cold put your head down and drive the basket and avoid those dry spells. UT 88-UM 68.
 
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I think the Vols take this game tonight somewhere between a 13-17 point range. We should be fine, don’t think the environment will impact us much. They are winless in conference play, and I’m sure their fans have given up on the season. Big turnaround for them as last year they were the surprise darlings of the league and this year a total collapse. We are miles better than them, no excuses just get it done. Hopefully, we come away healthy also as I see this game getting a tad chippy in the second half. It would be unimaginable the meltdown if we dropped this game to a winless team. Talk about derailing a season, not sure we could recover. I have complete faith in our coaches and our players that we will be ready to play and prepared for Missouri. We owe them big time! Go Vols! Take care of business! YOU ARE JUST THERE FOR THE WIN!
 
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