The Tennessee Volunteers are sweet again.
Tennessee advanced to a fourth consecutive Sweet 16 of the NCAA basketball tournament Sunday night, with the Midwest Regional’s sixth-seeded Vols turning back third-seeded Virginia 79-72 at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia.
Their NCAA journey will now shift from the “City of Brotherly Love” to the “Windy City,” as Chicago’s United Center will be the site for Tennessee’s next game against second-seeded Iowa State on Friday night (10:10 Eastern on TBS).
“I’m just really excited and proud for our guys,” Tennessee 11th-year coach Rick Barnes said afterward in a press conference. “They worked hard, and they had to against a team like Virginia. Both teams played extremely hard throughout, and every possession mattered.
“It really was a great win for us.”