The Official Tennessee vs. Wisconsin Game Thread, 1:30 PM ET, CBS

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Tennessee Volunteers: 8-3 (0-0 SEC)

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Wisconsin Badgers: 6-5 (1-1 B1G)

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GAME 12 | TENNESSEE vs. WISCONSIN - Dec. 28, 2019 | 1:36 p.m. ET | Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678)

Line: UT: -3.5
O/U: 121

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Wisconsin Game Notes

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THE SERIES
• Having just met four times since 1981, the all-time series between the programs is tied at 2-2.
• Tennessee swept the first two games, earning a win in 1981 and again in 2000, downing a ranked Wisconsin team in Knoxville.
• The Badgers have since won two in a row, including a 65-62 victory over Tennessee in Madison on Dec. 29, 2001, and a more recent triumph at the 2016 Maui Invitational.
• Tennessee owns a 23-35 all-time record against current members of the Big Ten.
• Rick Barnes is 1-4 in his career against Wisconsin and 30-30 against current members of the Big Ten.
 
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STORYLINES
• Saturday's game has been sold out for several weeks. It is one of five UT home games that has sold out thus far.
• This is the first of two games under the current home-and-home contract. The Vols travel to Madison to face the Badgers on Nov. 11, 2020.
• Tennessee's last contract with a Big Ten program was a two-game series with Ohio State in 2006-07 and 2007-08. Each team won at home.
• Wisconsin boasts four Final Four appearances and a national championship in 1941.
• Tennessee Director of Men's Basketball Sports Performance Garrett Medenwald is a native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and a 2013 graduate of UW-Whitewater.
• Lamonté Turner announced on Dec. 21 that he will no longer suit up for the Vols due to thoracic outlet syndrome.
 
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LAYUP LINES
• Tennessee fell out of the top-25 rankings this week, though it is receiving votes in both polls.
• Tennessee currently ranks third in the country in average home attendance (18,603), trailing only Syracuse and Kentucky.
• Tennessee leads the SEC and ranks ninth nationally in scoring defense, allowing only 57.2 ppg.
• Tennessee is a perfect 23 for 23 at the free-throw line over its last two games.
• Junior John Fulkerson is shooting a team-best .671 from the field while averaging a career-best 11.8 points per game this season.
• Junior forward Yves Pons has blocked at least one shot in every game this season and tied UT's single-game record with six blocks against Jacksonville State.
• True freshman Josiah-Jordan James leads the Vols and ranks 12th in the SEC with 6.3 rebounds per game. He is the top-rebounding freshman in the league.
• Midyear enrollee Santiago Vescovi is set to arrive in Knoxville Saturday.
 
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ABOUT WISCONSIN
• Wisconsin is currently riding an up-and-down season that sees the Badgers sitting at 6-5 overall and 1-1 in Big Ten play. Wisconsin is coming off an 83-64 win over UW Milwaukee last Saturday.
• Thus far, the Badgers have been led by junior Nate Reuvers who leads the team in scoring (15.2 ppg), rebounding (5.2 rpg) and blocks (2.5 bpg). His 2.5 bpg rank 25th in the country and are fourth in the Big Ten.
• Wisconsin has also seen consistent scoring from redshirt-junior Kobe King (11.5 ppg) who's seen a 7.2 ppg jump in scoring production from the conclusion of the 2018-19 season.
• Where the Badgers have struggled this season is moving the ball and assisting on made baskets. Wisconsin has just 128 assists to 263 made field goals, which is an assist rate of less than 50 percent. Their 11.6 apg ranks 287th in the country out of 350 Division I programs, as just one Badger, D'Mitrik Trice, averages more than 3.0 assists per contest.
• Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard has continued the storied success of Badgers basketball following the departure of former head man Bo Ryan. Gard became the third coach in the last 20 years to lead his team to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament in his first two years at the helm of his program when he led the Badgers to the round of 16 in both 2016 and 2017. Gard joined Steve Lavin at UCLA (1996-97) and Mark Few at Gonzaga (2000-01) on that list.
• Wisconsin is a public, state-funded institution that was the first public institution founded in Wisconsin (1848) and remains the oldest and largest public university in the state.
 
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Huh not sure how I’ve missed that were 23 for 23 on free throws the last two games. Hope we’re not due for some hard regression there.
Anyhow I feel like it’s foolhardy to predict any score without knowing what the team will look like without number 1 out there but I’ll be watching from PCB and hoping for a win 🤞
 
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Hate the early tip on this one, hopefully the crowd is ready to go. This would be a great win going into conference play.

Let's hope everyone steps up and the shots finally start falling today. I expect we'll be ready for the press.
 
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Wisconsin's style of play gives us a chance. Or at least their typical style of play. Haven't seen them play this year. I would hate to be facing a strong ball pressure team in this first matchup after Turner beeing shut down.
 
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they're slow and not great shooters, but they are big and tall...now, I say that and they'll look like the Celtics, with Byrd...:D

GO BIG ORANGE!
 
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Bowden could be the key to a win. Will the big name scare him into hiding or will he emerge and not only score but assume the job of feeding the post and bolstering the freshman on point.
 
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So I was given some floor seats at the last minute for this game, and I am not using my 2 tickets in 111. First person to message me can have them.
 
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