Tennessee took their first conference loss on Wednesday, and nearly suffered another on Saturday. In both games, it was Zakai Zeigler and Dalton Knecht coming to the rescue. Knecht was able to salvage a win at Georgia, but came up just short against Mississippi State.
Those two have been fantastic — what about everyone else? Well, it looks a lot like Tennessee teams from the past under Rick Barnes. Let’s talk about it.
Consistency issues remain
Through the past several years of Tennessee basketball, this core seemingly always has one completely maddening five-minute offensive drought that they’ve got to overcome.