And just like that, another basketball season is in the books. Tennessee fell to FAU on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, once again making a disappointing exit from the NCAA Tournament. The stars had seemingly aligned for Tennessee to make an Elite Eight run, but the ninth-seeded Owls had other plans.
The abrupt season-ending loss stings, but as a player, you don’t get any time to process things before questions come up about next year. Julian Phillips now has to work on that decision.
The former five-star prospect had a disappointing freshman season with Tennessee, never finding any sort of rhythm offensively.