In a way, Tennessee and LSU have been mirror opposites of each other on the hardwood.
At least, you could argue that the two schools’ women hoops programs were. LSU and Tennessee spent the better half of the 2000s battling each other for supremacy in the SEC. Tennessee normally got the best of LSU, especially in Tampa at the 2008 Final Four.
Now, a little more than a decade later, there are some parallels between the two men’s programs, too.
LSU and Tennessee finished No. 1 and No. 2 in the SEC last season. Both made the Sweet 16.