After a thrilling Baylor-St. John’s game played on the same floor just 30 minutes before, Tennessee and Virginia brought the energy way on down — at least on the offensive end of the floor. You knew this matchup was going to generate a struggle to score, and that’s exactly what you got early on.
Back to back three-pointers from Chaz Lanier and Igor Milicic finally got the Volunteers going midway through the first half. Both sides started slow, as you might expect a couple of defense-first programs to do.
A whopping eight to eight was the score at the midway mark of the first half before a couple of shots finally fell for the Volunteers.