Not many good things can be said about whatever it was NC State’s basketball team was attempting to do on Friday afternoon. The Wolfpack made a grand total of eight shots in the first half while racking up 16 turnovers—many of them of the thoroughly idiotic variety—and trailed by seven at the break. State would rally multiple times but never played well enough to assert control over Tennessee before fading late and earning a 67-58 defeat.
The Volunteers didn’t exactly light the court on fire themselves, as they posted an eFG% 45.3. But the Vols hit eight of 18 three-point attempts (44.