If you were scrolling through Tweetdeck a little after 5 o’clock Sunday afternoon, you might have come across a 280-character missive from the SEC Network that expressed as much relief as exuberance. A little over 30-minutes later, the channel gave hosannas to the man that made it possible: Admiral Schofield.
Tennessee’s jack-of-all-trades buried a 3-pointer with 24 ticks to play and helped the No. 7 Volunteers to a victory apply the first blemish to top-ranked Gonzaga’s record. Beyond that, though, the neutral floor triumph delivered the SEC a precious commodity: a marquee victory.