The Tennessee Volunteers are 2-0 with two less-than-pretty wins against quality opponents on their resume to this point. After the COVID delay, you can’t ask for much more as this team learns how to play together on the fly.
Tennessee is still playing catch-up with the rest of the college basketball world, and that much was obvious today from the start. The Volunteers started just 4-20 from the floor, despite manufacturing quality looks. The ball just wasn’t falling through the hoop, as simplistic as that sounds.
The Tennessee defense was able to pick up the slack on the other end, making things tough on the Cincinnati offense.