KNOXVILLE – The Tennessee Volunteers have been here before this basketball season.
Coming off an encouraging performance in a home victory, Tennessee had a skittish performance and disheartening defeat on the road.
It happened after the Vols knocked off South Carolina and Kentucky, ranked teams that share the Southeastern Conference lead.
After Tuesday’s home rout of Auburn, certainly it won’t happen when Tennessee visits the league’s worst team, right?
“I can’t tell you anything different,” first-year coach Rick Barnes said before Friday afternoon’s practice at Pratt Pavilion. “We had a good practice yesterday after a day off. The guys came in and we know we’ve got to continue to get better.