Tennessee may be ranked No. 5 overall in the latest AP and Coaches Polls, but advanced analytics show the Volunteers are even better than that. Bart Torvik has UT at No. 1 overall while KenPom has them at No. 2, both listing the SEC contender as the far-and-away best defense in college basketball.
Take a closer look at that: No. 1 in effective field goal percentage defense (38.0%), No. 1 in opposing 3-point percentage (20.9%) and No.