Tennessee basketball capitalized on the excitement heading into Rick Barnes’s third year with a red-hot start at home Friday night. The Vols jumped out to a 28-1 lead over the Presbyterian Blue Hose at Thompson-Boling Arena after allowing the first bucket. They never trailed again en route to a blowout.
The 1-0 start to the season may not be too impressive coming against this team. However, with over 15,000 in attendance, fans are clearly excited about the season.
Perhaps the struggling football program has something to do with that. Rocky Top needs good news somewhere.
They got that good news Friday.