KNOXVILLE-Chances are the Georgia basketball Bulldogs still vividly remember what happened the last time they played Tennessee a month ago.
So it’s not surprising the Volunteers are expecting the Bulldogs to enter today’s game in Knoxville with the motive of revenge added to their desperate need for a resume win.
“As much as their backs are against the wall, our backs are against the wall, too,” UT guard Cameron Tatum said. “This game is very important to us. They’re going to come up here trying to get that one back. We expect it to be a dogfight.”
In the Volunteers’ 59-57 win in Athens on Jan. 18, UT center Brian Williams wrestled an offensive rebound from Georgia’s Chris Barnes and sank an off-balance putback at the buzzer. Possessions earlier, UT’s Josh Bone made a foul-line runner after it appeared the shot clock had expired.
“They’re going to come in fierce,” said UT guard Scotty Hopson, who scored 15 points in that game, “because they felt like they left one on the table, they felt like they let that one go and felt they got cheated or [got] the weaker hand of the deal.”