Tennessee’s Melvin Goins, left, knocks the ball from Charlotte’s An’Juan Wilderness, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)KNOXVILLE – University of Tennessee men’s basketball players were more in shock than anger late Friday night in Time Warner Cable Arena.
“I can’t believe we’re talking about a loss,” junior guard Scotty Hopson said.
But that was the precise point of discussion after the seventh-ranked Volunteers (7-2) – who have beaten Big East Conference favorites – lost to their second mediocre, mid-major opponent in five days.
On Tuesday, it was Oakland.
On Friday, it was Charlotte.