Basketball

Rick Barnes is staying in Knoxville after all. A chaotic 24-hour period for Vol fans ended on Monday night, and Tennessee still has their guy.

Tennessee had a great week, winning 2 key games. They knocked off Ole Miss in a tightly contested battle on the road, before destroying Kentucky, 71-52 on Saturday.

Tennessee might have had the toughest week of the season up to this point. They survived Vanderbilt for the second time this year, before falling to LSU in overtime on Saturday.

It wasn’t pretty, but Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt in a low-scoring affair, 58-46 on Tuesday night.

Tennessee lost to Kentucky on Saturday. It marks their first loss since November 23 and just their second of the season. The Vols dropped from No. 1 in the AP polls on Monday, a position they held for 4 weeks. They went 7-1 in that span.

The top-ranked Vols suffered a humbling 86-69 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday night. Tennessee never really got into a rhythm to start the game and the Wildcats built momentum with help from their home crowd.

Tennessee picked up their third consecutive 12-point win, as they defeated South Carolina 85-73 on Wednesday night.

Tennessee remains No. 1 in the AP polls for the fourth consecutive week. The Vols handled Missouri and Florida at home this week, winning each game by 12 points.

Tennessee took down the Florida Gators on Saturday, winning 73-61. The Vols played in front on 22,261 fans and the ‘Checker TBA’ campaign was a success.

Tennessee beat a Cuonzo Martin-led Missouri Tigers team on Tuesday, 72-60. It was a methodical win to start a 3-game home stand, but the Vols defense came to play.

Tennessee remains the No. 1 team in the nation, after winning 2 road games and scoring a total of 185 points this week. Their win streak is now 16 games, the longest in program history.

The Vols traveled to College Station and battled the Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday night. It was Tennessee’s fourth game as the No. 1 team in the land, and they took care of business in a 93-76 victory.