They suffered their first loss of the year, in 60-57 heartbreaking fashion, Friday night against the Florida State Seminoles. Now Tennessee basketball will face the VCU Rams for the third place finish in the Emerald Coast Classic Saturday.
UT and VCU were the two top 25 teams heading into the tournament, and they both just happened to lose, as VCU lost to the Purdue Boilermakers. With the Vols at 5-1 and the Rams at 6-1, this will be a game to determine who stays in the top 25.
Rocky Top will tipoff at the same time Tennessee football kicks off its final game of the season against the Vanderbilt Commodores.