KNOXVILLE – Even after all the ups and downs of this basketball season for Tennessee, the Volunteers have it all to play for in the final four games of the regular season.
And they know it.
Tennessee will be fighting for its NCAA tournament life this week against Vanderbilt at home on Wednesday and at South Carolina on Saturday before final-week games against LSU and Alabama and the Southeastern Conference tournament.
“We understand the situation that we’re in, and we understand that we’re right there as far as tournament games and tournament,” sophomore forward Admiral Schofield said Monday. “And we understand that these four games are very important, especially at the end of the season. Right now we’re just taking it one game at a time.
Tennessee Head Coach Rick Barnes calls out during an NCAA college basketball game against Tennessee at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn., on Saturday, Feb 18, 2017. Tennessee won 90-70. (Calvin Mattheis/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)“But we understand that we have to win out these four games to for sure be in the (NCAA) tournament at the end of the year. The biggest thing for us is we’re here. What we’ve worked for, we have right in our grasp, and it’s just who wants it.”