In the last article I wrote, we looked at Tennessee’s season-long inability to guard the 3-point shot effectively, and how it could be a troublesome hurdle for the Vols come March. But Tennessee’s 3-point defense wasn’t the problem against Kentucky.
UT gave up just five made 3’s (on 14 attempts) in Lexington on Saturday. That’s tied for the third-lowest single-game total this season. The 38-percent mark is almost dead-on for Tennessee’s average 3-point percentage defense in away games this season -- allowing your opponent to hit nearly 40 percent of the 3’s they take in their gym certainly isn’t ideal, but it definitely wasn’t one of the main reasons Tennessee got thumped so handedly.