DALLAS – Why start now?
That’s the question the Tennessee basketball team has for everyone who picked the Volunteers to finish 13th in the Southeastern Conference.
As the No. 3 seed Vols (25-8) play their 2018 NCAA tournament opener against No. 14 seed Wright State (25-9) at 12:40 p.m. EDT Thursday at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, they hope you don’t pick them.
Most aren’t.
In a stacked South Regional that features No. 1 seed Virginia, No. 2 seed Cincinnati and college basketball blue bloods Arizona and Kentucky, the Vols are expected to win a game or two. But they are not a trendy pick to advance out of the South Regional.