The Official Tennessee vs. Ole Miss Game Thread, 6:30 PM ET, SEC Network

[YankeeVol]

Tennessee Volunteers: 13-10 (5-5 SEC)

vs.


Ole Miss Rebels: 14-9 (5-5 SEC)

FEB. 8 » THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA » KNOXVILLE, TENN. » 6:31 P.M. ET


Line: UT -5
O/U: 153


TV: SEC Network
Radio: Vol Network
Satellite Radio: Sirius: 145, XM: 190
Online: WatchESPN

 

[YankeeVol]

Overall: UT leads, 70-44

In Knoxville: UT leads, 40-12

In Oxford: Series tied, 25-25

Neutral Sites: UM leads, 7-5

Current Streak: Ole Miss has won three straight

Last Meeting: Ole Miss won, 80-69, in Oxford, 1/17/17

Rick Barnes vs. Ole Miss: 0-2

Rick Barnes vs. Andy Kennedy: Kennedy leads, 2-0

 

[YankeeVol]

Tennessee has ascended to No. 35 in the NCAA’s offcial RPI listing (the only 10-loss team in the top 50).

True freshman forward Grant Williams has scored in double figures in five consecutive games.

Freshmen have played 46.9 percent of Tennessee’s total minutes and have scored 47.3 percent of UT’s total points this season.

 

[YankeeVol]

Extend Tennessee’s home winning streak to four games

Give the Vols their sixth SEC win, which would match their total from last season

Snap the Rebels’ three-game win streak in this series, which stands as UT’s second-longest active losing streak to an SEC opponent (lost five straight to Arkansas)

 

[VolNExile]

Will Bama-SC be over by then?

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

TN (-7)? No way. If I was in Vegas I'd bet the house on Ole Miss.

 

[Ace]

Needless to say, this is a must win for us.

 

[Dallasbowlin]

Need this one. go vols!

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Needless to say, this is a must win for us.

Except it's not...need minimum 5-3...a loss just mean 5-2. A win obviously increases your margin for error, but a loss wouldn't be the end all be all.

 

[cwbytruckers]

Sickening what Vandy is doing to Arkansas and Auburn to MSU. Take the first Ole Piss meeting and we should be 16-7 and 8-2.

 

[JRVOL11]

Just thinking that we could already be locked in for the NCAA Tournament..

 

[YankeeVol]

TN (-7)? No way. If I wish in Vegas I'd bet the house on Ole Miss.

Way. It's 6.5 to 7

 

[Catbone]

TN (-7)? No way. If I wish in Vegas I'd bet the house on Ole Miss.

Me too

 

[RollerVol]

they're all big games from here on out through SECT and beyond...and, as always...

GO VOLS!

 

[BlackhorseVol]

Got $20 on this game. Let's go Vols (win and I'll split it with you)!

 

[Mullins2010]

Gbo

 

[sport3500]

UT needs Hubbs to score at least 13 to 17 points tomorrow night and have Grant Williams and Admiral Schofield continue to be relentless on the glass along with Alexander.

 

[PackersVols91]

UT needs Hubbs to score at least 13 to 17 points tomorrow night and have Grant Williams and Admiral Schofield continue to be relentless on the glass along with Alexander.

Isn't Hubbs dinged up? Or at least it seems that way. We need him healthy in a bad way.

 

[Ace]

Except it's not...need minimum 5-3...a loss just mean 5-2. A win obviously increases your margin for error, but a loss wouldn't be the end all be all.

A loss tonight will be hard to recover from IMO. Young team needs confidence and really needs to protect home court tonight and Saturday.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

A loss tonight will be hard to recover from IMO. Young team needs confidence and really needs to protect home court tonight and Saturday.

I get that aspect of it and agree with you

 

[CAVPUT]

Isn't Hubbs dinged up? Or at least it seems that way. We need him healthy in a bad way.

It's UT. It's Hubbs. Expect injuries to derail things. Dark cloud remains over our orange nation. I expect the base vols to start quick only to lose an arm or bat or both sometime near the start of SEC play. Kinda get used to it. Yeah...I'm a negative Nancy. Who wouldn't be given our history.

 

[RollerVol]

lets see I'm gonna go Vols by 3...even if Hubbs has a boo boo...need this one bad...:clapping::good!:

GO VOLS!

 

[appyvol]

Go Vols!

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Except it's not...need minimum 5-3...a loss just mean 5-2. A win obviously increases your margin for error, but a loss wouldn't be the end all be all.

Yes, technically it's not.

But let's be honest, realistically it's a must win. You can't lose this game tonight.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Yes, technically it's not.

But let's be honest, realistically it's a must win. You can't lose this game tonight.

At 12-10 (excluding Chaminade) and eight games left, the best finish is 10 games over .500. However, every loss reduces that by two. With probable losses at KY and USCe, that makes the realistic best finish 6 games over .500 and a loss tonight makes it 4 games over .500 (17-13). It's pretty much a must win without a deep run in the SECT to make up for it.