KNOXVILLE – Tennessee’s basketball season may have gone on hiatus after two games in Brooklyn the weekend after Thanksgiving, but the Volunteers hardly have been inactive during their 13-day break between games.
That’s good, too, given that two of their next three games are on the road against ranked teams.
Tennessee hopes to end a two-game losing streak that seemingly began forever ago by springing an upset of 18th-ranked Butler at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis this afternoon.
“I feel like during this down time, it’s been fun, actually, coming into practice,” senior forward Armani Moore said before Thursday’s practice at Pratt Pavilion. “Me and K.P. (Kevin Punter) were talking about it yesterday. Coach (Rick) Barnes has been throwing this guy here and this guy here, seeing how different lineups work.
“We actually figured out that a lot of guys can play a different position. I think that’s very fun to have a team like that. K.P. can slide over to the 2 some, me to slide to the 3, and I think he’s been really trying to focus on what can we do to be successful. That’s been a help having these two weeks off.”