It wasn’t this past weekend’s most dramatic game (that would be Indiana’s wild win over Butler), nor was it the most worthy of the marquee (that would be North Carolina’s victory over Gonzaga). But Saturday’s tilt between Tennessee and Memphis, which the No. 3 Vols won 102–92, may have been its most intense. There were thunderous boos toward Tennessee from the second-largest crowd the Tigers have drawn in their 14 years at FedEx Forum and ample chirping and jawing between players, culminating in an on-court skirmish in the final minute that officials needed to quell.
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