The Official Tennessee @ Arkansas Game Thread, 8:30 PM ET, SEC Network

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Tennessee Volunteers: 15-12 (7-7 SEC)

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Arkansas Razorbacks: 17-10 (5-9 SEC)

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GAME 28 | TENNESSEE at ARKANSAS - Feb. 26, 2020 | 8:35 p.m. ET / 7:35 p.m. CT | Bud Walton Arena (19,200)

Line: UT +4.5
O/U: 131.5

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Arkansas Game Notes

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THE SERIES
• Tennessee leads its all-time series with Arkansas, 22-20, dating to 1936.
• The Razorbacks have a 10-4 edge when the series is played in Fayetteville. Tennessee's only wins there came in 1993, 2003, 2007 and 2009.
• Tennessee defeated Arkansas, 82-61, in Knoxville on Feb. 11.
 
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A WIN WOULD...
• Give the Vols a four-game win streak in the series.
• Complete the season home-and-home sweep of the Razorbacks.
• Be Tennessee's 50th regular-season SEC victory under head coach Rick Barnes.
 
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STORYLINES
• In Tennessee's home win over Arkansas on Feb. 11, true freshman Santiago Vescovi posted season-high with 20 points and eight assists.
• In UT's last three games, Jordan Bowden is averaging a team-best 16.7 points while shooting .417 from 3-point range and posting a 2.6 assist/turnover ratio.
• However, Tennessee also is averaging 19.7 turnovers over its last three games and own a -7.3 turnover margin during that span.
• With 178 career 3-point makes, Jordan Bowden ranks ninth on Tennessee's all-time list. VFLs Jordan McRae and Vincent Yarbrough are tied for eighth with 179 3-pointers.
• In SEC road games, Jordan Bowden and John Fulkerson lead the Vols in scoring with 15.9 ppg and 12.6 ppg, respectively.
• During SEC play, freshmen account for 39.9 percent of Tennessee's total minutes played.
 
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LAYUP LINES
• Tennessee ranks fourth nationally in average home attendance, drawing 18,795 fans per game this season.
• During SEC play, Tennessee leads the league in blocks (6.1 bpg) and owns the conference's best scoring defense (65.5 ppg).
• SEC Defensive Player of the Year candidate Yves Pons has blocked at least one shot in every game this season. He leads the SEC and ranks 20th nationally with 2.5 bpg. His 2.6 bpg during SEC play also leads the league.
• Freshman point guard Santiago Vescovi has made at least one 3-pointer in every game in which he's appeared (15).
• Barring injury or illness, senior guard Jordan Bowden will finish his career in the top five on Tennessee's list for career games played. Wednesday will be the 129th game in which he's appeared.
• Tennessee ranks second among Division I teams in assist percentage, having assisted on 64.7 percent of its field goals this season.
 
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ABOUT ARKANSAS
• After falling in five consecutive SEC contests, Arkansas bounced back on Saturday, taking down Missouri, 78-68, inside Bud Walton Arena. The Razorbacks were led by sophomore guard Isaiah Joe, who poured in a game-high 21 points while knocking down five 3-point field goals in his first game back from injury.
• First-year head coach Eric Musselman has led the Razorbacks to a 17-10 overall record thus far in 2019-20. His win total in year one leaves Arkansas just one win away from equaling its win total of 18 from a year ago.
• Joining Joe in the backcourt is junior guard Mason Jones. Jones is currently the SEC's second-leading scorer, averaging 20.5 points per contest. His average trails only Ole Miss's Breein Tyree. In conference play, Jones has stuffed the stat sheet even further, upping his average to 21.1 points per game. Jones has also shown great efficiency on the defensive end of the floor, leading the Razorbacks and ranking eighth in the SEC with 1.6 steals per game.
• The Razorbacks have also seen solid production from graduate transfer guard Jimmy Whitt Jr. Whitt Jr. is Arkansas' third-leading scorer, with 14.4 points per game and its second-leading rebounder, pulling in 4.7 boards per contest. He has also been huge on the defensive end for the Razorbacks, ranking second in both blocks (0.4 bpg) and steals (1.4 spg).
• One of the university's oldest traditions includes the Arkansas Senior Walk. The Senior Walk is a stretch of more than four miles of campus sidewalk that is etched with the names of every Arkansas graduate since 1871.
 
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Don't like the looks of this game. Keep it under 13 TO's and we win. Otherwise :

UT 66
Ark 69

Same score I had against Aub.
 
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Not feeling it for this game as well, although I think it will be a bit wider margin. Vols have to keep the turnovers down.

UT-61
Ark-70
 
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This looks like another mistake by the awesome UTAD media relations or PR people. At least they are better than they were the last couple of years.

How can someone be in 9th place if there are 2 others tied for 8th? Wouldn't he have to be in 10th place?

"• With 178 career 3-point makes, Jordan Bowden ranks ninth on Tennessee's all-time list. VFLs Jordan McRae and Vincent Yarbrough are tied for eighth with 179 3-pointers."
 
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This will be a tough game but they gotta have it if they have any hope left of an at large bid. We have not played well on the road this year so I don't see that changing tonight.
 
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Kicker82 said:
This will be a tough game but they gotta have it if they have any hope left of an at large bid. We have not played well on the road this year so I don't see that changing tonight.
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I think we've played pretty well on the road. Had a bad stretch at Auburn and failed to finish at USCe, but overall they've played pretty well. JJJ had a couple of bad games at Kansas and at Auburn though.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I think we've played pretty well on the road. Had a bad stretch at Auburn and failed to finish at USCe, but overall they've played pretty well. JJJ had a couple of bad games at Kansas and at Auburn though.
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10-5 at home
3-6 on the road
2-1 neutral site
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
10-5 at home
3-6 on the road
2-1 neutral site
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I didn't say better or had a better record. TN pounded Vanderbilt at Vandy and barely won at home. VCU, Washington, and Alabama are some of the best wins. TN played Kansas and FL State close (as well as Auburn). The worst losses were GA and Wisconsin, the latter being at home.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I didn't say better or had a better record. TN pounded Vanderbilt at Vandy and barely won at home. VCU, Washington, and Alabama are some of the best wins. TN played Kansas and FL State close (as well as Auburn). The worst losses were GA and Wisconsin, the latter being at home.
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3 road wins were Alabama, Missouri, Vanderbilt
6 road losses were Cincinnati, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Auburn


Georgia is the only really "bad" loss on the road since they are 4-10 in conference and 14-13 overall. And unfortunately none of our road wins are really "good" wins since every team we beat has a worse record (currently) than us.

I didn't say you said anything, I just listed the breakdown of home, road and neutral site wins....not sure why you got defensive about that.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
3 road wins were Alabama, Missouri, Vanderbilt
6 road losses were Cincinnati, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Auburn


Georgia is the only really "bad" loss on the road since they are 4-10 in conference and 14-13 overall. And unfortunately none of our road wins are really "good" wins since every team we beat has a worse record (currently) than us.

I didn't say you said anything, I just listed the breakdown of home, road and neutral site wins....not sure why you got defensive about that.
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I posted that I believe that TN has played pretty well on the road. You posted win-loss records with no explanation. Thanks, Mister Wikipedia.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I posted that I believe that TN has played pretty well on the road. You posted win-loss records with no explanation. Thanks, Mister Wikipedia.
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Why so hostile? Our 3 road wins are against bad teams...

On the road we average 67 PPG (have only scored 70 or more once in 9 games) while giving up 70 PPG.
At home we average 67 PPG, but have held opponents to 58 PPG.

On the road we shoot 29.1% from 3, at home it's 30.4% (and we take almost 4 more 3s at home).

We pull down 33.8 rebounds at home vs 30.2 on the road, 16.3 assist at home vs 13.3 on the road, 15.2 turnovers on the road vs just 12.3 at home. We also average 1 more block at 6.3 at home vs 5.3 on the road.
We hold teams to just 37% from the field at TBA, while allowing 44% on the road. We're holding teams to just 8.5 assist at home while giving up 11.9 on the road.


Now Neutral site games we're actually at our best offensively (oddly enough) but we also played all those games with Turner.

68 PPG, 34% from 3, 85% from FT
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Why so hostile? Our 3 road wins are against bad teams...

On the road we average 67 PPG (have only scored 70 or more once in 9 games) while giving up 70 PPG.
At home we average 67 PPG, but have held opponents to 58 PPG.

On the road we shoot 29.1% from 3, at home it's 30.4% (and we take almost 4 more 3s at home).

We pull down 33.8 rebounds at home vs 30.2 on the road, 16.3 assist at home vs 13.3 on the road, 15.2 turnovers on the road vs just 12.3 at home. We also average 1 more block at 6.3 at home vs 5.3 on the road.
We hold teams to just 37% from the field at TBA, while allowing 44% on the road. We're holding teams to just 8.5 assist at home while giving up 11.9 on the road.


Now Neutral site games we're actually at our best offensively (oddly enough) but we also played all those games with Turner.

68 PPG, 34% from 3, 85% from FT
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I said that they've played pretty well away from home (relative to what they've done at home). You keep coming back at me and now you're accusing me of being hostile for simply posting facts that support my assertion? Weird.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I said that they've played pretty well away from home (relative to what they've done at home). You keep coming back at me and now you're accusing me of being hostile for simply posting facts that support my assertion? Weird.
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You've not posted any facts, just assumptions which statically are unsupported. Check Wikipedia next time, it's totally free.
 
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