For the first time in school history, Tennessee basketball enjoyed a No. 1 ranking for back to back weeks. That’s something to celebrate, especially when the Vols and Rick Barnes each have only had one season in which they’ve ever reached a No. 1 ranking.
But considering the fact that the Vols are 18-1, on a 14-game winning streak and haven’t lost since Thanksgiving week, it’s pretty obvious they belong there. Their only loss is in double-overtime to the Kansas Jayhawks with Lamonte Turner not at 100 percent, and they beat the Gonzaga Bulldogs when they were No.