KNOXVILLE – Just about every college basketball team has big hopes for glory when the calendar turns to the all-important month of March, and Tennessee is no different.
Don’t expect the Volunteers to be looking too far down the road to the postseason, though.
“A goal is to get to the NCAA tournament and hopefully win it all,” UT freshman Tobias Harris said. “But for our goals, right now it’s one step at a time. Each game coming down the stretch, us winning is going to help us for the future and for the NCAA tournament, so we know we need to just grow as a team right now.”
That first step for UT (17-12, 7-7 SEC) is Thursday at South Carolina, a team the Vols handled with difficulty at home two weeks ago. But UT has one more win on the road (four) than at home (three) in league play, including wins at Georgia and Vanderbilt, two teams ahead of them in the SEC East.
“When you go on the road,” Vols wing Cameron Tatum said, “you’ve got to have a lot more focus. Everybody’s against you.”