After a two week break for final exams the basketball Vols are back in action tomorrow at #18 Butler. The break was made especially long by Tennessee's outcome in Brooklyn: a close call against now 8-1 George Washington, then an 11 point loss to Nebraska. The Vols' weaknesses in the interior were exposed in both games, and in the interim pseudo-post Jabari McGhee transferred out of the program.
George Washington's only loss came in the Brooklyn final to #23 Cincinnati, and Cincinnati's only loss came against #18 Butler. The Bulldogs' only loss came to #17 Miami; Butler is currently 27th in KenPom and running the nation's eighth best offense by their metrics.