Maybe Tennessee basketball didn’t have so much of a drop-off after all. On a neutral floor, Rick Barnes’s young Vols scored a huge win over the No. 20 ranked Washington Huskies 75-62, a win that will likely put them in the top 25 next week.
UT had a 40-28 lead at halftime and never really let up. They consistently stayed in the lead, even as Washington threatened at times. Make no mistake, this was a quality win over a team that did have a top 25 win over the Baylor Bears to open the season.
As a result, there’s no way to ignore just how big of a deal this is.