Terry A. Lambert

Tennessee had an easy afternoon at Food City Center on Sunday afternoon, taking care of Austin Peay in another tune-up game, 103-68. The Volunteers quickly jumped out to a double-digit lead against the 3-0 Governors and never looked back.

Tennessee traveled south to Athens on Saturday night and found a similar result. Just as they have in every season since 2017, the Georgia Bulldogs came away with the win over the Volunteers.

It took almost no time at all for Tennessee guard Dalton Knecht to prove his doubters wrong. Too old, limited ceiling, needs to work on defense — NBA scouts and executives did quite the mental gymnastics routine to talk themselves out of the best pure scorers from last year’s class.

As expected, Tennessee fell out of the projected College Football Playoff bracket on Tuesday night. The Volunteers dropped to No. 11 in the rankings, which would be the first at-large team out with the Big 12 and group of five champions receiving auto-bids despite being ranked behind Tennessee.

Tennessee’s early season tournament tips off tonight in the Bahamas. The Volunteers have travelled down to Nassau for the Baha Mar Championship, which will consist of four teams. The winners tonight will advance to face each other on Friday night, while the losers tonight will square off in a consolation game.

After losing to Georgia last weekend in Athens, Tennessee has one choice. The Volunteers have to win these next two convincingly and hope for a little bit of help to be sure. Tennessee fell to No. 11 in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings, which places them just outside of the projected 12-team field.

The Tennessee Volunteers are set for their first of two games in the Bahamas. Tennessee, the No. 11 team in the latest AP top 25 poll, will open with Virginia late tonight. Rick Barnes’ squad has been impressive in the first four games, particularly in their lone road test. They’ll get another couple of tests away from home over the next two nights.

Tennessee and Baylor are about to tip off in the Bahamas for the Baha Mar Championship. The Volunteers disposed of the Virginia Cavaliers last night, while Baylor came roaring back a couple of different times to beat St. John’s at the buzzer.

Quite literally from the opening moment of the game tonight, this one was over. Tennessee won the Baha Mar Championship on Friday, beating Baylor 77-62. It was not that close.

It’s Senior Day in Knoxville, with UTEP serving as the opponent. The Tennessee Volunteers are looking to win in style this afternoon, trying to get any style points they can over the next two weeks to impress the College Football Playoff committee. It will be interesting to see how Josh Heupel handles that today.