INDIANAPOLIS -- In its men's basketball history, the University of Tennessee has played in 27 NCAA tournaments and has reached the Sweet 16 10 times.
But from Bernard King to Chris Lofton, from Dale Ellis to Grant Williams, and from Ernie Grunfeld to Allan Houston, the Volunteers have never managed to harness all that star power and reach the Final Four.
For the second straight year, Tennessee reached the Elite Eight and is on the doorstep of the program's first Final Four. The No. 2 Vols dispatched No. 3 Kentucky on Friday in a drama-free 78-65 victory at Lucas Oil Stadium in which the Wildcats never cut the lead to single-digits in the second half.